first four ships
Britishplural noun
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the earliest settlers' ships to arrive in the Canterbury Province
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to be a founder member of Canterbury
Example Sentences
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The first four ships left Ukraine last week under the agreement.
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2022
The Navy estimates that retiring the first four ships in the program, which would otherwise need significant and expensive upgrades to be deployable, would save $1.2 billion.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2020
The first four ships will be used for testing developing technologies and systems being installed on the littoral combat ships.
From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2016
Soon after the first four ships of the lee division had cut through between the centre and rear of the enemy’s line.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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