Example sentences of "their first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , remarkably few birds of prey survive their first winter in the wild , but once they have done so life seems to be a bit easier for them . |
| 2 | Young birds also have quite a small black beak during their first winter . |
| 3 | To underline the point I thought I 'd show you this four year average one thing that the exercise shows is that between them our book , entertainment and fine china businesses normally account for about seven percent of Pearson 's annual profit in their first half and for about thirty three percent of our profit in the full year . |
| 4 | They 'd only been married months , I thought they 'd had their first row and she 'd come home . |
| 5 | By January 1989 nineteen of her twenty-one Cabinet ministers owed their first preferment to her . |
| 6 | Their first vinyl offering was the rhythm ‘ n ’ bruises of ‘ Fallen ’ . |
| 7 | All a child needs is £1 as their first deposit . |
| 8 | However , when JS opened their first self service shop in Croydon in 195O , there were only two types of film available — a permeable film and a moisture-proof film that could be used to wrap products such as biscuits . |
| 9 | All income tax payers will pay the 20 per cent rate on their first £2,000 of taxable income . |
| 10 | On the night of Nov. 15-16 FRUD forces began their first offensive against the town of Obock . |
| 11 | Indeed , their first trip to Scotland since 1981 would not have been possible without the assistance of four British-based companies trading in Eastern Europe who at the eleventh hour put up a total of £10,000 . |
| 12 | Their first trip was to Munich ( 12 January 1762 for three weeks ) . |
| 13 | For Lindsay Weir , who had been given the nickname of ‘ Dad ’ since his Mt Albert Grammar schooldays , and for Jack Kerr it was their first trip away with the New Zealand team . |
| 14 | If they continue to share Andy 's interests the trouble will come next year when the centre run their first trip to Japan and everyone will want to go . |
| 15 | Albion have sold almost 41,000 tickets for their first trip to Wembley in 23 years . |
| 16 | During his Easter break , Jim took both teams for their first trip to Belgium . |
| 17 | The Boulting obsession with the silver screen began on a wet day in 1921 when the eight year old twins went with nanny for their first trip to the cinema |
| 18 | Two of the earldoms that Edward created in 1337 , those of Gloucester and Huntingdon , died with their first holder , and a third , the Ufford earldom of Suffolk , survived for only two generations . |
| 19 | We can tell a lot about all the characters in ‘ Great Expectations ’ from their first appearances in the novel . |
| 20 | Adelaida points out the different groups : the ‘ grandmothers ’ , who sit in the sun spinning and chatting ; the ‘ complete illiterates ’ , mostly older Aymara women who are making their first letters with painstaking care ; the ’ functional illiterates ’ who have had some schooling and progress more rapidly ; and the groups which practise their recently acquired literacy skills using materials on health and nutrition . |
| 21 | Of children born in 1989 , 67% were to couples in their first marriage . |
| 22 | They report that 9 out of 31 divorced women and 11 out of 33 divorced men returned to their parents ' home when their first marriage ended . |
| 23 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 24 | Once the English champions found their way into the Canberra half , 27 minutes into the game , they made their first attack count . |
| 25 | Captain R.R. ( Bill ) Baldwin 's platoon had a patrol out under Corporal Palmer when the Japanese launched their first attack ( see map p. 77 ) and the platoons withdrew through enemy patrolled country , laying ambushes in the scrub . |
| 26 | Rangers , having just survived a lucky escape , launched their first attack . |
| 27 | The pace the pattern was set seconds later , as Oxford roared back with their first attack . |
| 28 | After Clough headed wide from a curling Orlygsson cross five minutes after the interval , Everton scored with their first attack of the second half . |
| 29 | Subjects generally found the judgment tasks relatively easy to perform and were able to give their first rating immediately upon hearing the tone in almost all cases . |
| 30 | Paykel ( 1979 ) pointed out that events are also more common in the lives of schizophrenic patients in the six months before their first admission and in the six months prior to suicide attempts . |