Example sentences of "[verb] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A long struggle by writers to establish first domestic and then international copyright resulted not only in a new concept of literary property but new , or at least amended , social relationships of writers . |
| 2 | Philips Electronics NV has reported first net profit down 36.4% at the equivalent of $58.3m on turnover that fell 2.2% to $7,780m . |
| 3 | See first er , line of er is the set prayer , then we go add to that er , say first full hymn is our morning , what , what we call The first line we would call the basic er say route of the er magics , that 's the magic , which erm , er which erm con controls the er eternal er power . |
| 4 | Back in 1972 , he and Camilla Shand found first real love . |
| 5 | ADDS FIRST DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT |
| 6 | UK civil service holds first joint environmental meeting |
| 7 | READY SYSTEMS HAS FIRST PORTABLE REAL-TIME OPERATING ENVIRONMENT … |
| 8 | He came first equal in the foot-race This incident raises for the first time a question which is still being debated two and a half thousand years later : were the Macedonians Greeks ? the orators and propagandists of the fifth and fourth centuries do not help for they contradict each other . |
| 9 | The father of one of the young children who is about to receive First Holy Communion told me that he did n't practise any faith because it bored him but still wanted his child to receive Holy Communion . |
| 10 | Twenty children from St. Denis ' Primary School will receive First Holy Communion on Sunday , 13th June , the Feast of Corpus Christi ( The Body and Blood of Christ ) , a memorable day to receive First Holy Communion . |
| 11 | He had been a sub-editor in those days , working for a huge magazine corporation , and they had struck up an instant rapport , and when he was made first assistant editor and then editor , always moving from magazine to magazine , he had pushed work her way whenever he could . |
| 12 | Very soon chancellors of the Exchequer , exploiting concern that demand for services was much greater than expected , secured first small payments for spectacles and dental treatment , and then prescription charges , as ways of raising revenue . |
| 13 | The picture at the top of the next column shows First Vice President , , his wife , and ( Divisional Chairman ) and National President and his wife . |
| 14 | A normal bowel pattern was accomplished first then toilet training was restarted . |
| 15 | The three men stared out across the French countryside as the light turned first murky , then grey and finally black . |
| 16 | Her hand came up and she caught him a stinging blow across the cheek , watching without a flicker as the mark turned first white , then red . |
| 17 | Watching the stars dim as it turned first grey and then pink . |
| 18 | Dugard finished first equal in the British Final of the World Championship at |
| 19 | Met opens first graphic art and photography space |
| 20 | To multiply two numbers , say A and B , the following sequence of instructions would be performed : Move A to MQ register ( load MQ with multiplier ) Clear Accumulator ( set first partial product , if not done automatically by " multiply " ) Multiply by B The final instruction brings B to a multiplicand register and performs the multiplication , leaving the left-hand portion of the product in the accumulator and the right-hand portion in the MQ register . |
| 21 | BRITISH TELECOM USES GEC PLESSEY , SIEMENS KIT TO BUILD FIRST METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK IN THE UK |
| 22 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 23 | Let us take first statutory inquiries . |
| 24 | God might have first imagined stirs on the rock , |
| 25 | Like her they were teenagers , like her they had enjoyed a smash hit first single , like her they had happened to have come from somewhere other than Britain . |
| 26 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 27 | Finally , Malcolm Fraser , ex-editor of the Standard and of the Daily Express became first honorary press adviser and subsequently was employed to run the press bureau at the colossal salary of £1,200 . |
| 28 | They had allegedly made millions of dollars in the 1980s by borrowing from BCCI to buy and sell shares in the holding company which owned First American , but on Sept. 11 both men , appearing before the House Banking Committee , denied any knowledge of secret control by BCCI . |
| 29 | MINISTER LAUNCHES FIRST ENGLISH DEVELOPMENT ZONE Tadchester New Town determined to attract new industry and cut unemployment |
| 30 | SUN PUBLISHES OGI LIBRARIES — DU PONT LAUNCHES FIRST OGI-COMPLIANT PRODUCTS |