Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , you start that building that information into the first statement of the girl goes for a walk . |
| 2 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 3 | Some historians have seen St Pirmin 's monastic foundations ( the most famous at Reichenau ) , by which Pirmin made an important contribution to the Christianization of the south-west German world in the first half of the eighth century , as an attack upon Boniface 's episcopal authority among the Germans , or at least as the creation of a counter-sphere of influence . |
| 4 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 5 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 6 | CELTIC savoured victory over Hibs at Parkhead last night for the first time since Liam Brady took over as manager , thanks to a couple of well-taken goals from Andy Payton . |
| 7 | In addition , South Korea had no air force or navy ; air power was one of the key ingredients in North Korean prowess in the first phase of the Korean conflict . |
| 8 | Vodafone Group Plc 's Vodata Ltd has launched a facsimile broadcast service , Vodafax Broadcast : users load information onto a personal computer or facsimile machine and send it to their unique number : information is automatically distributed to a predefined list of recipients , either immediately or at a pre-set time ; there is a £25 connection charge , a £10 monthly charge for the first distribution list and a £5 monthly charge for subsequent lists ; distribution costs from 10p to 14p per minute per recipient . |
| 9 | SCOTLAND took the Amateur Home International Championship for the first time with an 11-7 victory over the Republic of Ireland at Prestatyn yesterday . |
| 10 | Er he will be quite will willing and happy to do that on behalf of the three organizations erm here in County Hall one day in the first week in October well any day barring Thursday of that week . |
| 11 | During this run they won the South American Championship for the first time in 40 years and qualified for the World Cup . |
| 12 | No horse in history has landed the Stewards Cup , Portland Handicap and Ayr Gold Cup treble , but Lochsong is off to Scotland next week with the first two in the bag . |
| 13 | His publication last year of the first matchbox grip catalogue has , he says , not contributed to the sudden rise in prices . |
| 14 | Botswana Satisfactory completion of the first two years of a degree course at the University of Botswana and Swaziland . |
| 15 | You can see on the Covermaster , on an escalating plan , it 's twenty percent each year for the first four years . |
| 16 | Earlier in the day the spokesman had forecast that talks of some form could take place this week after the first week of the strike produced nothing in the way of dialogue . |
| 17 | It is worth emphasizing quite how serious a refusal this finery of the first Edwardians represented . |
| 18 | Price took the £260,000 top prize at the first extra hole . |
| 19 | Digital Equipment Corp has confirmed that its November 10 announcement of the first Alpha-based machines will include five systems ranging in power from a desktop workstation to a mainframe-class machine . |
| 20 | This was brought about in no small degree by the invention in the 1890s of the safety bicycle which gave a wide cross-section of the population real mobility for the first time . |
| 21 | Midfielder Willie Falconer could figure in a Boro first-team squad for the first time since September . |
| 22 | ‘ Operation Desert Shield ’ , said Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens , speaking at an anti-war press conference one week before the first US bombs rained on Baghdad , ‘ is Bush 's way of shielding public attention from the monstrous thefts in the S&Ls ( Savings & Loan Assocs. ) ; from crumbling bridges , roads and subways ; from deteriorating education and healthcare systems ; and from the growing number of people forced to live and beg on city streets . ’ |
| 23 | The AirBreak group , which also includes Next Holidays , Peter Pan Ltd and Suntan Tours , revealed a £2.9 million loss for the first six months of this year . |
| 24 | Cimetine reversed the histamine stimulated proliferation of the first two cell lines , however , at a concentration of 10 - 5 M , which corresponded to the cimetidine concentration that induced complete inhibition of histamine on cAMP accumulation in guinea pig fundus and antrum |
| 25 | 24 year old Shaun Gooch and 22 year old Anthony Gallagher , both from Swindon arrived at Gloucester Crown Court this morning for the first day of their trial . |
| 26 | The opening this month of the first of three exhibitions in memory of the great drawings connoisseur |
| 27 | South Africa Satisfactory completion of the first year of an approved degree course at a recognised university ; higher matriculation certificate . |
| 28 | Swaziland Satisfactory completion of the first two years of a degree course at the University of Botswana and Swaziland . |
| 29 | That you were saying your lecturer explained about one- one session in the first half an hour ? |
| 30 | Assistance amounting to DM800,000,000 for the UK military effort for the first quarter of 1991 was announced on Jan. 30 . |