Example sentences of "first see [art] light [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There seems every reason to believe those 1917 recollections in which Chaplin spoke of how from the moment that he had first seen the light of Brixton he was aware that ‘ unkind fate must have struck his knife unto me ’ and of how he had been ‘ through more hardships and downright poverty than one per cent of the world 's worst Jonahs can tell of ’ .
2 The world would be a more stable and therefore a better place if we extinguished ourselves in the same place where we first saw the light of day , and if we spent the intervening time in as small a circumference as a day 's walking permits .
3 XPG4 — originally set to come out last May , but delayed due to ‘ complex documentation ’ ( UX No 385 ) is the next-generation of X/Open 's Portability Guide , and builds on the long-established XPG3 , which first saw the light of day back in September 1988 ( UX No 197 ) .
4 But please to remember that the Battle of Britain boffinery first saw the light of day in the mid-1930s .
5 THIS wide ranging exhibition of metal work in all its many forms first saw the light of day in Lincoln .
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