Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 2 | The AT&T programme , called ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ , describes itself as the first corporate effort in the U.S. to help promote recently created work by living artists , especially the work of women and ‘ artists of colour ’ , the term now used to refer to artists of the many racial minority groups vying for exhibition space and for a dwindling pool of public and corporate funds . |
| 3 | I went outside quietly and found a length of driftwood of the appropriate shape , came back to the Bunker , caught the snake by the neck with the piece of wood and bundled it into the first rusty can I could find which still had a lid . |
| 4 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 5 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 6 | They lie proximal to the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 7 | The adoral shields are large and are restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 8 | The adoral shields are short , slightly curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 9 | The adoral shields are slightly convex occupy a large portion of the jaw proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 10 | The adoral shields are curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 11 | The adoral shields are large , not particularly wing-like , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 12 | The adoral shields are convex , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 13 | The adoral shields are small slightly convex but not particularly wing-like , and restricted to the proximal edges of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 14 | The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields . |
| 15 | Mark Williams Co of Northbrook , Illinois bills the 4.0 release of its Coherent Unixalike as the answer to an impecunious Unix-lover 's prayer , describing it as the first inexpensive , easy-to-use , 32-bit clone of Unix and ‘ smaller , faster , and less expensive than any other Unix operating system for the Personal Computer ’ . |
| 16 | She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter . |
| 17 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |
| 18 | It is just that I am trying to find ways of helping him through the first bad spell of his career . |
| 19 | And then as he turned and walked away he took the blackjack , which had come out of his pocket in the same handful , and tossed it into the first unblocked drain that he saw . |
| 20 | Lesley 's family , colleagues and friends were praying she would make it through the first critical hours . |
| 21 | He opened his mouth as in a dream , shaping it around the first barbaric syllable . |
| 22 | This is an extra allowance , worth £1,720 a year at current rates , specially given to widows to assist them over the first difficult period . |
| 23 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 24 | In 1896 the fourth Congress resolved itself into the first National Council with a permanent staff and offices , at first in Birmingham and then in the Congregationalists ' London headquarters , Memorial Hall . |
| 25 | He caught the wide , levelled eyes watching him with the first faint shadow of doubt and disquiet , almost distaste , and laughed shortly . |
| 26 | I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi . |