Example sentences of "the first [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late seventies saw the establishment of the first women 's film/video distributors , Cinema of Women , followed , some years later , by a second distributor , Circles . |
| 2 | The last few years they had been more apart , until in 1969 they both rediscovered each other in one of the first Women 's Liberation groups in London . |
| 3 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 4 | Hughes , aged29 , has a remarkable record going back to the first women 's World Championships in 1980 including a world gold in 1986 , world bronze in 1987 and two European titles . |
| 5 | Rixi , as she was now known , proved an invaluable asset : Austria won the Europeans that year and the next , then gained a stunning victory at the first Women 's World Championship in Budapest in 1937 . |
| 6 | For sure , the eighties has already had its riots and can expect more , it has seen insurgent movements for progressive and peaceful life on earth , symbolised by the first women 's embrace of the Greenham Common base in December 1982 which shifted popular consensus against the new generation of nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | The first day 's publication of the photos produced an incredible increase in sales of 482,118 more than the same day the week before . |
| 8 | It was the first day 's work in weeks for many of the dockers and all day a steady stream of men passed through the doorway of the little cafe . |
| 9 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 10 | But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading . |
| 11 | BT was five-times oversubscribed and the premium on the part-paid issue price at the end of the first day 's trading was 43p . |
| 12 | The Pytchley , under Mr. George Payne , gave her two brushes — and three rousing cheers , for she enjoyed the first day 's hunting with them so much she stayed for a second . |
| 13 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 14 | The first day 's jumping began as many hoped it would — with a win for superhorse Henderson Milton . |
| 15 | Chairman David Nairn thanked Grant for the open manner with which he had answered these questions and brought the first day 's business proceedings to and end . |
| 16 | Dealers emerged from the first day 's sale of the Blackmer library gasping at the high prices . |
| 17 | After the first day 's dressage the world class field was led by a local rider from Oxford … |
| 18 | ‘ The first day 's threshing I done was for a man by the name of Rogers , Harry Rogers . |
| 19 | The first day 's filming took place at Meadowhall in Sheffield , a prestigious site maintained by the York branch . |
| 20 | The first day 's report — headlined Terror of girl 's assault — described the girl 's evidence as ‘ she wept in the witness box ’ . |
| 21 | Nick celebrated with a close second on Everest Major Wager — to who but John Whitaker ! — in the first day 's speed class . |
| 22 | At the height of the first day 's debate on the Second Reading of the Local Government Finance Bill , there were six Labour Back-Bench Members present . |
| 23 | The Levys stayed tight-lipped after the first day 's hearing . |
| 24 | At the end of the first day 's hearing before us we were told that W. 's condition had deteriorated rapidly since the hearing at first instance . |
| 25 | Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day . |
| 26 | Evaluation of the first year 's operation of the internal market is not straightforward . |
| 27 | When Wordsworth arrived at St John 's College , with which his school had strong connections , he found that he was already in advance of his fellow-students in the basic requirements for the first year 's work . |
| 28 | It has an impressive list of collaborators and the first year 's course has been fully subscribed . |
| 29 | First fruits and tenths , which had previously gone to Rome , came after 1534 to the King : he received a tenth of the annual revenue of every clerical benefice and a sum equivalent to the whole of the first year 's income of every newly appointed bishop . |
| 30 | Marriage was forbidden in their contracts too , but so many of the so-called babes broke the rule during the season that Amy found it impossible to replace them ; not having a large pool of dancers back in Britain she decided to bring the unmarried ones back after the first year 's contract was completed . |