Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 3 | Maloney said : ‘ If we have to fight Tucker we will , but I 've got Alex Stewart lined up for the first defence . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A few notes spaced out like the first stars that penetrate the sky at sunset ’ , as Tovey describes the miraculous midway section . |
| 5 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 6 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 7 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 8 | The Glasgow Gangs grew out of the First World War , when those too young to fight or know any better began to hang around street corners . |
| 9 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 10 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 11 | At his first school , Stockwell Junior School , David dressed up for the first time in a school nativity play . |
| 12 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 13 | Gazza and Maradona square up for the first time for the world 's undisputed No 1 title as Lazio take on Seville in a friendly in Spain . |
| 14 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 15 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 16 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 17 | Finally , David Stirling intended to take a small party and penetrate right through the enemy lines to join up with the First Army , which had landed in Algeria . |
| 18 | Sunsoft Inc says it will start delivering OEM versions of Solaris 2.1-on-Intel by mid-January , fulfilling its promise to get the desktop Unix for Intel Corp iAPX-86 boxes out during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure . |
| 20 | Mansell 's Newman-Haas team-mate Mario Andretti lines up on the first row after finishing second fastest qualifier with 223.414 mph . |
| 21 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 22 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 23 | Hughes , aged29 , has a remarkable record going back to the first women 's World Championships in 1980 including a world gold in 1986 , world bronze in 1987 and two European titles . |
| 24 | Anyone trying seriously to find out what was in the public mind at the time of the Boer War and the years leading up to the First World War will find information here of great value . |
| 25 | In the years leading up to the First World War the Hooligan embarked on a remarkable career , appearing in name if not in person before numerous governmental and semi-official bodies of enquiry . |
| 26 | For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) . |
| 27 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 28 | This piece of information caused Makins to slow down for the first time and look at me more carefully . |
| 29 | ( 2 ) The second point follows on from the first . |
| 30 | Because all our production costs all our commissions come out of the first year . |