Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other structures were dispersed to linger only in the imagination of designers ; in its place Conservative freedom provided London with the first of the giant company headquarters built in the style of Orwell 's Ministry of Truth — the Shell building ( 1958 ) . |
| 2 | When his friend Calder took an autumn break , Sole skippered Scotland for the first time , in a 38-17 win against Fiji at Murrayfield . |
| 3 | In mid-November a United States congressional delegation visited China for the first time since the massacre . |
| 4 | In November a Vatican delegation visited Vietnam for the first time . |
| 5 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
| 6 | However , Mitterrand denied on Jan. 20 that there was any geographical limitation on French commitment to the allied force and on Jan. 24 French aircraft bombed Iraq for the first time . |
| 7 | Where did Karen meet Drew for the first time ? |
| 8 | Unpublished figures from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) , Greenpeace says , indicate that 22,580 tons of toxic waste entered Britain in the first six months of this year . |
| 9 | It is on this trip to Moscow that Anna meets Vronsky for the first time . |
| 10 | The Royal Academy shows Calder in the first British show for thirty years |
| 11 | Kilfedder 's vote seems highly personal and only those who are close to the political scene in North Down can know whether natural supporters of UPNI and Alliance had Kilfedder as a first and personal preference , and then reverted to their natural allegiance , or whether the position was reversed . |
| 12 | A year later Moore captained England for the first time , against Czechoslovakia . |
| 13 | BHUTAN : AI visited Bhutan for the first time in January at the invitation of King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 14 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
| 15 | There were , I found myself thinking , a hell of a lot of people called Roger in the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 16 | And thereupon the said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons pursuant to their respective letters and Elections being now assembled in a full and free representative of this nation taking into their most serious consideration the best meanes for atteyneing the ends aforesaid Doe in the first place ( as their Ancestors in like Case have usually done ) for the vindicating and asserting their antient rights and Liberties , Declare . |
| 17 | Germany outstripped Britain for the first time as the largest contributor last year . |
| 18 | Mr Ashdown , campaigning in north Wales , raised the stakes on electoral reform by saying that his precondition for talks would be legislation to implement PR in the first session of Parliament . |
| 19 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 20 | Tomorrow Barry visits Northampton for the first time since surgeons at the local hospital saved his legs from amputation . |
| 21 | He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 . |
| 22 | Immediately afterwards , during the first Test , Canterbury met ND in the first of two top-of-the-table clashes within a fortnight . |
| 23 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 24 | Commenting on its figures ( see page five ) , Eschborn , Germany-based Linotype AG says its 1992 domestic orders fell by 6% but the company enjoyed solid gains in key foreign markets , with the US up 18% , Japan up 24% and the Middle and Far East showing gains of between 15% and 49% ; the US market surpassed Germany for the first time , and exports at the computerised printing systems and equipment company accounted for 72.1% of overall business in 1992 after 69.1% a year earlier . |
| 25 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |