Example sentences of "although [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the first units were somewhat spartan , the later builds were well equipped and responsible for a sizeable upturn in passenger business on some routes . |
| 2 | Although the first production order for V-bombers ( the Valiant ) was placed in December 1950 , the V Force itself , carrying British-manufactured atomic bombs , could not become operational before the mid-1950s at the earliest . |
| 3 | Although the first British atomic bomb had only just been tested a month before at Monte Bello Island off the north-west coast of Australia , the British government , under Churchill 's leadership , decided remarkably quickly in December to follow the American lead and to build its own hydrogen bomb as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Although the first revolt was crushed , Desmond Boal could still raise thirteen Unionist backbenchers ' signatures for the removal of O'Neill , and Lord Brookeborough , only three years after handing the premiership to O'Neill , was leading a whispering campaign against him . |
| 5 | Eight branches ( Bungay , Burgh Castle , Hollesley , Ilketshall St. Lawrence , Kersey , Leiston , Walberswick and Wrentham ) had been founded since the New Year , although the first of these had previously been a Student Group . |
| 6 | One such association was with R.A.F. Medmenham , the origins of which perhaps date to the early part of the last War when Danesfield House at Medmenham was taken over by the R.A.F. as its photographic unit , although the first reference in the Minutes is October 1953 . |
| 7 | But although the first ground for the granting of warrants is , as drafted , the most troubling , the second ( for preventing or detecting serious crime ) is also a cause for concern . |
| 8 | Air travel grew rapidly : the first Pan Am passenger flight was on 18 January 1928 , although the first commercial passenger flights had been in German Zeppelins before the First World War , and French and British airlines had begun by the early 1920s . |
| 9 | Although the first two positions are committed to the view that we are sometimes justified in causing nonhuman animals significant pain , in pursuit of institutionalised human interests , animal rightists deny that we are ever justified in doing this . |
| 10 | Garling 's design was also placed first on Angell and Pownall 's and Burn 's War Department lists , although the first place they awarded to another Second Empire scheme on the Foreign Office list , was only awarded the second prize by the judges . |
| 11 | Both effects can be exploited to separate isotopes — for example in enriching uranium by increasing the ratio of uranium 238 compared with uranium 235 , although the first is currently the most used for large-scale enrichment . |
| 12 | Although the first couple of fences are usually very straightforward , the horse must jump them correctly . |
| 13 | Both plants and animals are made up of eukaryotic cells , although the first simple cell was the procaryotic type . |
| 14 | As Eddie detailed in his review , although the first Voxes were designed and made over here , production switched in the later '60s to Italy , where the guitars were built in the Eko factory . |
| 15 | Although the first half had been surprisingly passionless , it was Liverpool who were easily the better side , and had Ronnie Rosenthal seized three opportunities , they would have been comfortably in front by half time . |
| 16 | By June , new wireless sets had arrived , although the first consignment in one of the few supply errors , had no acid for their heavy ‘ wet ’ ( distilled water ) batteries . |
| 17 | Although the first part of the Pilgrim 's Progress was written during this period of imprisonment , it was not published at the time . |
| 18 | Although the first variants suffered from numerous teething problems , the aircraft became one of the most successful products ever built by Lockheed and seeing the various types all filmed in glorious colour certainly makes this video a must for all Constellation fans . |
| 19 | Although the first two rounds of this year 's Davis Cup , one week after the Australian Open and then a week after Lipton , made it possible for him to fit them into his tournament programme for the first three months of the year when his number one ranking was under such threat , he says , ‘ The Davis Cup is certainly one of my priorities now . ’ |
| 20 | Although the first instinct is always to take the puppy to your bedroom , this is really not to be recommended . |
| 21 | ‘ We had hoped that the end of the year — 1992 — which is the first part of our financial year ( CGI ends its fiscal year on August 31 ) , would signal a recovery , but although the first two months — September and October — improved on the year before , they were followed by November and December , which were less and less good , ’ said Robert Mallet , president-director general of the group . |
| 22 | ALTHOUGH the first course in business ethics was offered by Harvard Business School back in 1915 , it is only since the mid-1980s that business schools have truly taken the subject to their hearts . |
| 23 | Arncliff folk were so poor — the meagre belongings of all twenty-seven totalling no more than £9. 7s. 4d. — that when the subsidy came to be levied , Robert Selson and William Prysche , with 20s. apiece , John Knolles ( 26s. 8d. ) , and Thomas and Leonard Atkynson ( 10s. each ) were selected as if at random and assessed at £2 each ; although the first two also enjoyed tiny incomes from land , it is to be hoped that some at least of their neighbours chipped in to make up the shilling due from each . |
| 24 | Although the first fruits of this decision took place in l982 , the writing had been on the wall , and read by us many years before that , and it took a period of some years to find a way of moving out of polythene , which was not only ICI 's own proud invention , but an area where we had been acknowledged world leaders for many years . |
| 25 | Although the first three letters in the word manicure are MAN , the percentage of men who regularly submit to this soothing form of therapy can be counted on the fingers of one ( perfectly manicured ) hand . |
| 26 | Conversely , Gloucester inherited the services of the Tunstalls of Thurland ( Lancs. ) from Warwick , although the first formal record of a fee is apparently that granted by Gloucester to Thomas Tunstall in autumn 1471 . |
| 27 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 28 | Although the first drops of water only officially began to trickle into the basin in 1975 , Rutland Water is already famous for its wildfowl numbers . |
| 29 | Old galvanized water tanks , glazed porcelain sinks ( Fig. 4a ) , or baths with their outlets plugged with putty are all extremely serviceable when sunk in the ground , although the first will corrode and leak unless protected initially with a good rubber-based paint . |
| 30 | Stretching the leg muscles and tendons increases flexibility and improves one 's kicking potential , although the first purpose of stretching is to avoid injury . |