Example sentences of "first [noun] since " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the first change since the L-test started in 1935 . |
| 2 | And Sunday 's race — her first marathon since she was forced to wearily pull out after 15 miles in Tokyo — will be an important confidence-booster before the Barcelona Olympics . |
| 3 | They became the first club since the war to win the Cup and the League , and were the first to win the League on goal average . |
| 4 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 5 | Barclays Bank has recorded its first loss since it was established in eighteen nineteen-six . |
| 6 | The first entry since Elsie 's disappearance was on February the eleventh the next year , 1935 . |
| 7 | CHATAM can become the first horse since the great Arkle 27 years ago to land the Hennessy for a second successive year . |
| 8 | At the age of 12 , she is the youngest First Child since Amy Carter 's arrival at the White House aged nine in 1977 . |
| 9 | TV PRESENTER Anne Diamond has given birth to a boy — her first child since her son Sebastian died tragically in his cot . |
| 10 | Kevin Maxwell has been appointed to his first job since he resigned as director of Mirror Group Newspapers following the collapse of Robert Maxwell 's business empire . |
| 11 | And that , I swear to you , dear reader , was the first moment since my awakening at which I had realised what a very special day it was . |
| 12 | MARCO VAN BASTEN , in his first appearance since a cartilage operation last month , scored a first-half hat trick as AC Milan beat Pro Patria 6-0 in a friendly last night . |
| 13 | Otago made a brave challenge , led by Mike Brewer in his first appearance since a series of injuries took him out of the All Black tour of Australia . |
| 14 | In his first appearance since his attempted return from exile on Jan. 6 [ see p. 38731 ] , Gamsakhurdia held a press conference on Feb. 18 in Grozny , capital of the Russian autonomous republic of Chechen-Ingushetia . |
| 15 | Dismissive of the ‘ corridor opportunites ’ , he fails to mention that , so far , the Foreign Secretaries of the UK and Argentina have had their first meeting since the 1982 Falklands War , that the Israeli and Soviet Foreign Ministers have got together as has the US Secretary of State with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts , or that the two German Foreign Ministers have held extensive talks on the current crisis — all with apparently good results : quite useful when several of these countries have no diplomatic relations with each other . |
| 16 | On 28th September 1992 your Committee held its first meeting since the Museum opened in July . |
| 17 | This was the first meeting since both Koreas had entered the UN [ see p. 38437 ] . |
| 18 | Colin Jackson hopes to turn the tables on his best friend , Olympic champion Mark McKoy , in their first meeting since the Canadian controversially won the world indoor sprint hurdles title after seemingly getting a flyer . |
| 19 | All three parties to the Bosnia talks attended the first meeting since the current round began two weeks ago and the Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegovic , said he would sign key documents in a peace package . |
| 20 | In the first attacks since the assassination of an army colonel in mid-June , GRAPO claimed responsibility for three bombings in Madrid on Sept. 6 , 1990 , which injured a dozen people , and for an attack on the PSC/PSOE headquarters in Barcelona on Sept. 10 [ see p. 37719 ] . |
| 21 | Francis made his move after seeing his side squander a hatful of chances in their first match since Hirst cracked an ankle bone against Arsenal . |
| 22 | She has already established a number of landmarks in political history and psephology : the first woman Prime Minister in any major western industrial state ; the first leader since Lord Liverpool in the 1820s to win three elections in a row , and Prime Minister for the longest uninterrupted spell in the twentieth century . |
| 23 | If this is not the first LSSTRT since system startup , you may also get a %DCL-I-SUPERSEDE message , telling you that the logical name LIFESPANCONFIGURATION has been reassigned . |
| 24 | In the ensuing proceedings the local authority were the applicants , W. 's aunt was first respondent since she had parental responsibilities concurrently with those of the local authority and W. was the second respondent by the Official Solicitor as her guardian ad litem . |
| 25 | Announced to the Federal Assembly on Dec. 28 by Federal Premier Ante Markovic , this was the first devaluation since his government had introduced at the beginning of 1990 a convertible dinar pegged to the deutschmark [ see p. 37194 ] . |
| 26 | This was the first devaluation since the introduction of the " big bang " economic reforms in January 1990 . |
| 27 | While celebrating the first occasion since the Spanish occupation of 1571 on which foreign troops had not been based in the Philippines , the country 's President , Fidel Ramos , expressed the hope that his country could develop " even stronger ties with the USA " following the withdrawal . |
| 28 | Lotus Development Corp says it has sold more than 125,000 units worldwide of its new dynamic spreadsheet , Improv for Windows , in the first month since it became available in retail outlets : Improve is being offered at $100 until May 31 . |
| 29 | Killeen were runners-up , taking their first prize since their promotion to Grade 2 , and last year 's Ulster champions , The Tamlaght O'Crilly ‘ A ’ set were third . |
| 30 | Firstly Tony O'Sullivan , in his first game since the all Ireland final , made a big impression at centre field and another substitute , John Fitzgibbon , scored the goal in the 53rd minute which finally shattered the Wexford challenge . |