Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the first [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
| 2 | Swedish certainties David Platt and Paul Parker return after missing the win over France , while John Barnes is included for the first time this season . |
| 3 | A police constable caused great concern with his assertions , made for the first time some years ago , that some Kent police officers were offering inducements to prisoners to make false admissions to offences , and to confess to crimes that they had not committed , so that the force could then add to the number of crimes they had ‘ detected ’ , and thereby improve their crime clear-up statistics . |
| 4 | Palace striker Chris Armstrong has confessed for the first time that manager Steve Coppell took a huge gamble signing him . |
| 5 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 6 | The current study clearly shows for the first time that PT-gliadin and/or fragments are intracellulary present in normal enterocytes after exposure . |
| 7 | We have also shown for the first time such treatment also decreases basal gastric acid secretion significantly . |
| 8 | Here we are told for the first time such details as that the Moreens are American , that they require a resident tutor for their sickly child , and that Pemberton is looking for the tutor 's job ; or rather , we are not told , but are led to infer these facts , for James avoids a direct statement of them . |
| 9 | Had they died for the first crime those thirty- ? ? ? ? people would still be alive today . |
| 10 | Had they died for the first crime those thirty- ? ? ? ? people would still be alive today . |
| 11 | Archie 's Nephew , a stable-companion of Rushing Wild , was scoring for the first time this season , having acted as a schoolmaster for novice riders in several earlier runs . |
| 12 | It indicated for the first time that quantum theory , which had been developed to account for atomic phenomena , still remained successful when applied to nuclei , systems which are a hundred thousand times smaller . |
| 13 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |
| 14 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 15 | Moreover , the contract compared with the first operation some three years ago was most significant . |
| 16 | Lendl , who won his third successive Open title in 1987 , retired against Australian qualifier Neil Borwick while trailing 4-6 6-4 3-1 and became the record fifth men 's seed to lose in the first round this year . |
| 17 | But Agnew 's , who exhibited for the first time this year and made at least one sale of ‘ around $50,000 ’ said they were ‘ pleased with the quality of the crowd and would definitely do the show next year ’ . |
| 18 | The information had arrived by the first post that morning , and Jared Tunstall already knew more about Neil Cochrane than Neil Cochrane did about him . |
| 19 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 20 | And I think originally it may have run in the first year both at easter and at August . |
| 21 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 22 | The Whitechapel Art Gallery London is intent on rectifying this , and the current exhibition Juan Gris , selected by Professor Christopher Green of the Courtauld Institute , collects for the first time many of the artist 's best works . |
| 23 | On 22 July , the Water Authority had admitted for the first time that aluminium had been involved by placing a small advertisement in the local press saying ‘ that the water was no more acidic than lemon juice ’ . |
| 24 | He opened the letter , saw the name at the bottom , and smiled for the first time that day . |
| 25 | driving even further than spain is the Oxfordshire team of Francis Tuthill and Anthony Showell … the winners of the London to Sydney car marathon … are the first to enter the London to Mexico marathon which was unveiled for the first time this week … |
| 26 | Rowledge First School is usually used as the polling station for Bucks Horn Oak voters , but the venue was changed for the first time this year to the Forestry Commission 's offices in Christmas Tree Yard . |
| 27 | Kelly Wagland plays in the centre after injury while Greg Forster and David Minter have the chance to operate as the first string half back pairing . |
| 28 | Statistics from the Severe Hardship Claims Unit , published for the first time this week , reveal successful claims rose dramatically from 10,669 in 1989 to 77,906 in 1992 . |
| 29 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year . |