Example sentences of "the first [noun] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 2 | This is the first year either side has played in the London League . |
| 3 | We 'll have it as the first course this evening . ’ |
| 4 | Those are the steeples of Saigon Cathedral — the first sight any traveller ever sees of " the Pearl of the Orient . " |
| 5 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 6 | So just watch it after the first dose that evening , if you g Especially if you get out of bed to have a wee . |
| 7 | Despite the stigma and stress associated with a court case that threatened him with jail , he has so far managed to score 17 goals for Brentford in the First Division this season . |
| 8 | I refer to the decision of the Labour Group that in the first instance all Conference items should be submitted to the Labour Group Executive for approval before being placed on a committee agenda . |
| 9 | Thames Polytechnic is envisaging a course which will qualify teachers for the secondary phase ; in the first instance this course will be open to teachers from the Inner London Education Authority only . |
| 10 | Emergency services could face additional problems over the next few days - the first weekend that ambulance officers have been involved in the action . |
| 11 | The first angler each season to stand there and cast out a Black Pennel , about ten yards , always catches a trout of 1lb . ’ |
| 12 | The Box Office opens 15 minutes before the first performance each day and closes 15 minutes after the start of the last performance . |
| 13 | However verbally reticent he was , though , there was nothing wrong with McEnroe 's play as he overwhelmed poor Kulti , who knocked the 33-year-old superstar out of the French Open in the first round this year . |
| 14 | Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year . |
| 15 | The first lesson that afternoon was mental arithmetic . |
| 16 | Last week it admitted its 400th member , the Swedish-owned United Securities Fondkommission , the first time that level has been reached in its 300-year history . |
| 17 | It does n't , if you like , make sense and the key year , as I say , is nineteen seventy eight because that was the first time that spending on overseas holidays exceeded the spending on U K holidays . |
| 18 | ( This , incidentally , was the first time that Boy had heard Madame refer to herself as Mother . ) |
| 19 | It indicated for the first time that quantum theory , which had been developed to account for atomic phenomena , still remained successful when applied to nuclei , systems which are a hundred thousand times smaller . |
| 20 | It 's the first time that protection against meningitis has been offered as a routine childhood immunisation , as Jessica Fowle reports |
| 21 | He is trying to joke , she senses he is at a loss for the first time that afternoon . |
| 22 | Lying there she was aware for the first time that night of Maggie above her and Rachel below her ; both , she imagined , sleeping sweetly , and again the grinding weight of compassion and guilt swept over her . |
| 23 | It was the first time that night Bob had displayed any real emotion . |
| 24 | For the first time that night , he felt lucky . |
| 25 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 26 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 27 | This was not the first time that water had been collected in bulk , but hitherto those who indulged in the practice had generally been powerful bodies , like water or railway companies , who had acted under powers given them by legislation which at the same time made them liable for harm done by its escape . |
| 28 | For the first time that year she sniffed autumn . |
| 29 | When they entered the house one of the brothers reached for the bottle of whiskey and poured four large glasses for the first time that day . |
| 30 | The excitement of delving into the unknown was mine for the first time that day . |