Example sentences of "at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first hotel I worked in , I had shared an ‘ office , with one other cleaner — a taciturn alcoholic who taught me how to keep my head down — but in my new job , there were five of us who shared the same poky little room . |
| 2 | I stayed for a while about twenty paces away from the platform barrier , numbed by the realization that I had fallen at the first hurdle . |
| 3 | Inspect plants regularly and spray at the first signs of attack . |
| 4 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 5 | The young officer , he concluded , must escape at the first opportunity or risk being classified as an unambitious ‘ no hoper ’ at an early career stage . |
| 6 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 7 | The momentum of the swing forces you to turn your back on the opponent , who is waiting to counter-attack at the first opportunity . |
| 8 | At the first , input-process level , we do not encounter philosophical problems in the classic sense : these are problems of mental engineering , of ‘ cognitive science ’ — in the current jargon . |
| 9 | To portray specific characters , whether imagined or real ( some were known to members of the audience at the first performance of Enigma Variations and Isadora ) , the would-be choreographer can use classical dance as a firm base but must pay more attention to his characters as particular individuals . |
| 10 | This double characterisation was made more hilarious at the first performances when the bossy one was danced by Helpmann , and later the taller MacMillan , with wonderfully extended développés , and the shyer one by Ashton with dainty attempts to be correct at all costs . |
| 11 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 12 | Select one amplifier for calibration and connect a voltmeter to the test point at the first stage output . |
| 13 | At the first turning of the second stair |
| 14 | At the first turning of the third stair |
| 15 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 16 | The match hinged on the confrontation between Christy O'Connor Jnr and Mark James and it was effectively settled at the first hole . |
| 17 | With the Second Ballot the winning candidate must poll more than half the votes to be elected at the first ballot . |
| 18 | At the first sign we came to , women were bashing wheat sheaves against rocks and men squatted in the dust playing a game with pebbles . |
| 19 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 20 | The best prediction of the vote — to be counted next Thursday at the first parliamentary Labour party meeting after the summer break — is that Mr Davies will just beat Mr Foster by a handful of votes . |
| 21 | The audiences at the first performances of The Creation in Vienna in the late 1790s were entranced by Haydn 's musical depictions of every living creature from the mighty eagle to the lowly worm . |
| 22 | It will be a piquant moment if Hamnett indeed wins the title of British Designer of the Year at the first televised Fashion Awards ceremony at the Albert Hall on Tuesday night . |
| 23 | COPIOUS helpings of greens were available but Nescafe was off the menu on Wednesday at the first Caroline Walker awards ceremony , in memory of the campaigning nutritionist who died aged 38 last year . |
| 24 | I holed a good putt for a birdie at the first hole and that set me up , ’ she said . |
| 25 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 26 | I leave the road at the first sight of Loch Arkaig and go across country , keeping to the paths through the bracken . |
| 27 | Trident was hugely expensive — £10 billion at the first assessment alone . |
| 28 | At the first performance Vivienne was terrified by Sweeney , seeing him as a homicidal madman . |
| 29 | At the first dinner , on 29 October , a letter , prepared by Seely , was read out . |
| 30 | The reaching was straightforward enough : at the first river we took off our boots , rolled up our trousers to mid-thigh and , dividing about thirty kilograms of photographic and emergency equipment between us , waded across . |