Example sentences of "[noun sg] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham Taylor selected Clough as it became clear that Nottingham Forest have finally signed a transfer form which makes the striker the first summer addition to Souness 's squad . |
| 2 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 3 | In this case the first layer Ni atom is well imaged , but not the second layer Ni atom . |
| 4 | A second police car followed close behind in case the first should break down . |
| 5 | The patient was moved on to a life-support machine and another set of X-rays was ordered in case the first ones had not revealed internal injuries caused by the car accident . |
| 6 | It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw . |
| 7 | For instance the first two letters of this chapter , ‘ It ’ , are at this moment sitting in RAM locations 6446 and 6447 of my computer , which has 65,536 RAM locations altogether . |
| 8 | However the ETUC had begun to press the need for the development of an active social policy in the late 1960s , and in response the first Quadripartite Conference , involving representatives of the Commission , Ministers of Labour , employers and employees , was held in Luxembourg in 1970 . |
| 9 | For one thing , this new record hits you straight at gut level the first time . |
| 10 | At this level the first of the two chords is often chord V of a minor key , rather than chord I. The dénouement of Tancrè de contains three examples , each of which accompanies an allusion to Clorinda 's fate . |
| 11 | An Ingersoll D20 , M6 , M7 , SC71 , NS80 , SC74 or SC76 lock and in the case of double leaf hinged doors in addition the first closing leaf is secured by either : |
| 12 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 13 | Following a general election the first task of the new legislature was to choose the country 's President and Vice-President from amongst its four at-large senators . |
| 14 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 15 | During several visits to the vessel , information was gleaned from USN crew members that all Spitfires on board the first sailing had taken-off successfully for Malta which was , at the time , being systematically bombed by a ruthless enemy . |
| 16 | After half an hour the first English injury occurred , Andy Lloyd going into the record books as the possessor of the briefest of all Test careers . |
| 17 | Phase in your sunbathing gradually , starting with just one hour the first day , and increase your tanning time by perhaps an hour a day . |
| 18 | This is well exemplified in Fokine 's choreography fur the first Nocturne in Les Sylphides , where it can be said that the corps de ballet are marking the overall rhythm lasting sixteen or thirty-two bars , whilst the three soloists represent the shorter rhythmical phrases lasting four to ) eight bars . |
| 19 | It is when this mass of dancers divides and moves to the sides that the open space available for dancing is exposed fur the first time . |
| 20 | Jessie Young fired my imagination with her tales of warfare , politics and terror at Berwick , and fanned in my heart the first flames of a lifelong fascination with Scotland 's history . |
| 21 | Of course the first prerequisite was that he should be able to know his colleagues ' views before deciding whether or not he agreed with them , so he needed access to their report before it was officially released . |
| 22 | Richardson is not of course the first great English novelist , but he is the first to be interested in houses , for the characters created by his predecessor , Defoe , and his contemporary , Fielding , are too often on the move to develop much awareness of their living space . |
| 23 | In 1900 Edinburgh Waverley Station boasted forty lady operators working in the telegraph department , sending out 4,000 messages a day.a But it was of course the First World War which suddenly gave a tremendous fillip to women 's employment in stations . |
| 24 | Of course the first thing we have to find out is whether your heart is in it ? ’ |
| 25 | Alright then , come on then you know I forgot I did n't have me keys with me this morning , of course the first one |
| 26 | By a strange coincidence the first ditching I heard about was in No 77 Squadron in the early months of the war . |
| 27 | Later in the afternoon the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky . |
| 28 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 29 | But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers . |
| 30 | For 249 Squadron the first introduction to real action on Malta came as something of a shock . |