Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adj] of the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fulham have been ordered by the FA to go ahead with their tie at Bristol City , even though flu has claimed most of the first team . |
| 2 | De La Rue , the security printing and payments systems group , has become one of the first companies to announce results under FRS 3 . |
| 3 | Billy Hamilton , who retired from Rentokil several years ago , [ formerly working with Pest Control in Belfast and still collecting debts for the company ] has become one of the first people in Northern Ireland to be presented with a commemorative medal from the Soviet authorities . |
| 4 | Paul has become one of the first fans to have his room decorated with the wallpaper . |
| 5 | A team of 12 journalism students has launched one of the first independent radio stations ( Radio Tartu ) in the former Soviet republic of Estonia . |
| 6 | All very innocent , if a little unfortunate in timing , unless one is a Daily Mirror journalist prepared to fire one of the first shots in the election campaign and print the picture pointing out Mr Major 's unfortunate choice of venue . |
| 7 | Do you remember seeing any of the first world war soldiers about while you were working , on your travels coming home on leave or anything like that ? |
| 8 | ‘ The truth is , I 've broken one of the first rules of being a doctor . |
| 9 | Both were headed by Prof. R.B. Le Page , who had produced some of the first linguistic studies of Jamaican Creole about twenty years previously ( Le Page 1961 ; Le Page and De Camp 1960 ; Cassidy and Le Page 1980 , originally published 1967 ) . |
| 10 | By the middle of the thirteenth-century Milan 's ruling commune had lost its power , and the city had become one of the first to fall to the signori , the city lords . |
| 11 | She had spent most of the first hour of the journey deep in conversation with the Doctor , who had gone to the flight deck to check up on Sheldukher . |
| 12 | He should admit that his efforts have supplied few of the first 999 floors . |
| 13 | While the two men have spent most of the first week concentrating on their acting , Isabella has been burdened by the special responsibility of the leading actress — the look . |
| 14 | I have read three of the first four issues and find it thoroughly enjoyable with lots of practical help and practical help is what I require . |