Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] first [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is independent of the quality process but , in retrospect , would make the ideal first step in instituting a management system which is also a quality system . |
| 2 | Wolters Kluwer has made a striking first acquisition in Scandinavia . |
| 3 | By 1899 , having collected almost every available Prize and Exhibition there , he had obtained a First Class Honours degree in History at the London Examination , and his School Exhibition was extended to take him to Balliol College , Oxford , where he obtained a further First Class in History in 1903 . |
| 4 | Can we not do more even than we 're doing at the moment to restore to the centre of the life of the church the glorious concept of a team of pastoral care and a high command of power strategy in which dominance by ministers will be reduced to the minimum in order that together we may be ready to let the lifeblood of Christ flow through us in such a way that we will be better able to welcome the twenty first century in his name . |
| 5 | A bill to grant posthumous pardons to all three hundred and seven British soldiers who were executed in the first world war , has gained a formal first reading in the house of commons . |
| 6 | Call the inaccessible first thing in the morning or last thing in the evening , when their ‘ oppos ’ may not be there . |
| 7 | They put me in touch with a few other people in nearby Sheffield and we arranged to have a tentative first meeting in someone 's flat . |
| 8 | He beat to take the coveted first prize in a hard-fought battle at the Sneyd Arms , Sneyd Green . |
| 9 | However , following the successful first round in July , the three-day talks were generally regarded as disappointing . |
| 10 | The 30-year-old British Lions full-back faces a tough first season in charge as the 1990 Grand Slam winners begin a rebuilding programme . |