Example sentences of "[verb] the [adj] first [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 He was not told which chick was in which group until we had completed the entire first series of experiments ( this is our normal lab practice — where possible , especially when two of us are involved in the experiment , to run the work ‘ blind ’ until after the data are analysed , to avoid the possibility of unconscious bias ) .
2 An invitation for CLOTHES SHOW readers to attend the EXCLUSIVE FIRST NIGHT of Europe 's Premier Event
3 Judith Mellor stood , unwittingly , between Antonia and her dreams of becoming the smiling First Lady of Number 10 .
4 A state entrance was under a porte-cochère on the Downing Street side which led to the suite of reception rooms occupying the entire first floor of the northern wing .
5 Continuing to use the unchanging first part of the sentence , the different endings could be : lotus flowers ? … pyramids ? … whisky ? … tulips ? … shamrock ? … chopsticks ? … tomahawks ? … clogs ? … coffee ?
6 The Leonardo drawings alone would have made a fine exhibition , although not one to fill the entire first floor of Palazzo Grassi .
7 These fifty or so gifts , of which some twenty are known to have survived , constitute the true first edition of 1865 .
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