Example sentences of "first [adj] [noun] since [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DANIEL BARENBOIM has selected just four cities — London , Madrid , Paris and Cologne — for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 's first European tour since he succeeded Sir Georg Solti as its music director last autumn . |
| 2 | Another highlight will be the Chilean Air Force 's Halcones aerobatic team making their first British tour since they exchanged their Pittses for Extra 300s . |
| 3 | Lazio 's opening game against Tottenham in Rome in August will be Gascoigne 's first full-blown match since he shattered his knee in the FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest in May , 1991 . |
| 4 | Typically , Chalmers did some running , his first such stint since he sustained a double fracture to his right forearm in the Calcutta Cup match earlier this month . |
| 5 | Considering this was the England international 's first full appearance since he ruptured his Achilles tendon in June , his contribution was little short of miraculous . |
| 6 | Fairbrother 's hundred was his fifth in first-class confrontations with Yorkshire — only Chris Lloyd with six stands above him in the Red Rose list — but it was his first three-figure score since he assumed the leadership as captain-elect midway through last summer . |
| 7 | Of the 35,000 who have been accepted , about 26,000 are expected to be at the start and these will include one of Britain 's most famous athletes , David Bedford , who has slimmed down for his first big race since he retired 11 years ago . |
| 8 | The outgoing head of state , Flt. -Lt. ( retd ) Jerry Rawlings , won 58.3 per cent of votes cast on Nov. 3 , in the first presidential elections since he seized power in a military coup in 1981 , according to official results announced in Accra on Nov. 6 . |