Example sentences of "[art] first since the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections in late March 1990 for 10 island councils were the first since the formation of the union territory of Lakshadweep in 1956 . |
| 2 | In municipal elections held on June 28 , the first since the ending in March 1990 of 17 years of military rule , the ruling Coalition of Parties for Democracy ( CPD ) won 53.3 per cent of the vote , against 29.8 per cent for the combined right-wing opposition of the National Renewal ( RN ) and the Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) . |
| 3 | The publication of a White Paper in July 1991 followed the government 's July 25 , 1990 , " options for change " defence review , the first since the collapse of the communist regimes on eastern Europe . |
| 4 | In the late 1950s Western Europe was still basking in the afterglow of the 1955 Geneva summit , the first since the war between the United States and the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | The Cabinet formed in the reshuffle of Ministers in the autumn of 1985 was the first since the war to contain no women ( apart from the Prime Minister herself ) . |