Example sentences of "[verb] [art] first [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spatz bowed , then returned behind his desk , opening the first of the files , running his finger over the apparently blank page , the warmth of his touch bringing the characters alive briefly on the specially treated paper . |
| 2 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |
| 3 | In 1525 , parliament was sufficiently alarmed by ‘ the damnable opinions of heresy ’ of ‘ the heretic Luther and his disciples ’ to pass the first of the acts which sought to prevent Lutheran literature being brought into the kingdom . |
| 4 | Note that for a book written by more than two people your textual reference can normally just give the first of the names , followed by " et al. " |
| 5 | But as she mounted the first of the steps to the front door she sensed someone close to her . |
| 6 | Spatz studied the first of the files for a while , then held it out to Hammond . |
| 7 | I will not attempt to summarise the close reasoning of that part of the judgment under appeal which explains the reasons why , but for the authority of Reg. v. Director of Serious Fraud Office , Ex parte Saunders , 138 N.L.J. 243 , the Divisional Court would , in company with Mr. Russell Q.C. , have preferred the first of the grounds of relief , but I believe that the following quotations [ 1992 ] 1 All E.R. |
| 8 | ‘ We have to cross the first of the cordilleras according to the map you showed me . ’ |
| 9 | In 1982 , Lloyd identified those needs and filled the vacuum by providing the first of the clubs that the 1990's tennis player — and his family — desired . |
| 10 | As he reached them he heard the first of the police sirens in the distance . |
| 11 | Emboldened by Carters support , the Shah ordered the publications of the scurrilous attack on Khomeini which precipitated the first of the riots against him and , within a year , had led to his fall , by early 1979 , after what he saw as US failure to support him , and as he now looked for a refuge form Morocco he was less certain . |
| 12 | So while his real eyes glanced round at another vault of blank green rock , his A eyes saw the first of the ghosts sliding out of the stone to say hi . |
| 13 | For the excavation of the twin tunnels through water-bearing strata compressed air had to be used in conjunction with a much-improved design of the Greathead shield , which enabled the first of the tunnels under the Thames to be completed in only fifteen weeks . |
| 14 | On 6 January he attended the first of the sessions of the high court of justice preparatory to the trial , and then attended most sittings of the court . |