Example sentences of "[adj] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In her eighties Lunia recalled a slightly different first meeting with Modigliani . |
| 2 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 3 | Sudden moves from the government can cause terrible trouble in the housing market , in this case fr first time buyers faced with bigger bills . |
| 4 | This seems to be the view of Weston , whose conclusion after an exhaustive analysis is that ‘ the threat of a strategic first strike , a tactical first strike , a second countervalue strike , and possibly also a second counterforce strike as well as most tactical second strikes ’ would fit the logic of illegality ( Weston , 1983 , p. 587 ) . |
| 5 | Abel , the oldest at 24 , is already a full Swaziland international , but training with the reserves he 's found there 's strength in depth at an English First Division Club . |
| 6 | In 1990 , an interesting phonological analysis of the structure of English first names was published in the Journal of Linguistics ( by Anne Cutler and two colleagues at Cambridge ) . |
| 7 | Clinton 's wife Hillary one of America 's top lawyers has already made it clear she will not be just the mild , meek First Lady . |
| 8 | O'Hare ( 21 ) is interesting First Division 5 Barnsley while Scottish clubs Partick Thistle and Hamilton are monitoring McIvor 's progress . |
| 9 | It was interesting first time out , but after a couple of them I realised it was n't my cup of tea . ’ |
| 10 | This book is dedicated to his 30 years ' research in the area , and he has contributed an interesting first chapter on his reminiscences . |
| 11 | ‘ Twenty-four hours a day , ’ interjects his faithful first lieutenant , bassist Steve Zimmerman . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Frenchman Jean-Pierre Papin scored twice as the AC Milan machine rolled mercilessly over lowly first division newcomers Ancona on Sunday , winning 2-0 to go six points clear at the top of the Italian first division . |
| 13 | Just seventeen months separated that lowly first performance at The Ritz to headlining the city 's most prestigious concert hall . |
| 14 | Activities that would lead towards the objective of writing a short story might be , ‘ clear the spare room out and set up a desk ’ , ‘ enrol on a weekend workshop on creative writing ’ , ‘ set aside the next four Sunday afternoons for writing ’ , ‘ arrange to visit a friend in six weeks ’ time with a completed first draft' . |
| 15 | The completed first phase of the west coast road , which would eventually connect Castries and Soufrière , was formally opened to traffic in December 1990 . |
| 16 | Written by John Parsons , the tennis correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and photographed by Allsport , the book offers a memorable insight into the fortnight , from the disastrously wet first week , to the emergence of a new , ‘ outsider ’ men 's champion and the return of an ‘ old ’ favourite in the women 's event . |
| 17 | He emerged intact from a chastening first championship appearance in a Martlet sweater , taking the only Hampshire wicket to fall on a gruelling opening day and bowling more overs than anyone all told . |
| 18 | To pull this off , the government should keep in mind some first principles . |
| 19 | In order to comprehend the direction and scope of the modern law of contract , it is therefore helpful to return to some first principles of political and moral philosophy . |
| 20 | Some first degrees should also be lengthened to four years . |
| 21 | This is seen , correctly , as potentially very rewarding for the domestic industry , and in some First World non-hegemon countries and in the NICs the supply of materials and components , for example to the automobile TNCs , has certainly been economically rewarding . |
| 22 | Mrs. Farr , hearing my screams , came out , picked me up , carried me into the house , calmed me down , then applied some first aid . |
| 23 | Hopefully , you 've brought along some first aid remedies in your kit bag to deal with blisters , cuts or rubbed areas . |
| 24 | The old man had sunk to his knees , so , ignoring the Blackshirt on the pavement , I tried to rescue what I could from my medicine case and give him some first aid . |
| 25 | And a compact certificate , and they 've got some sex education and possibly some first aid . |
| 26 | It was then that I realised I needed some first aid training . ’ |
| 27 | Some first impressions and , early experiences of college life remain clearly in my mind — what was this new world where the academic staff all taught , but many of them were not ‘ teachers ’ like me but engineers or nurses or painters and decorators ? |
| 28 | Last year , on the back of industry acclaim for its work , 88open took some first steps beyond the 88000 horizon by offering its binary testing suites to other manufacturers and bodies . |
| 29 | Last year , on the back of industry acclaim for its work , 88open took some first steps beyond the 88000 horizon by offering its binary testing suites to other vendors and organisations . |
| 30 | Consequently , some first performances also prove to be the last . |