Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initialisation involves a change of handshape to represent the first letter of the English translation of the sign ( see chapter 6 ) . |
| 2 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 3 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 4 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 5 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 6 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 7 | Shellac records were simply too fragile to be posted ; so the special circumstances of war justified the first vinyl records . |
| 8 | On 5 September 1818 , James Hamilton , grocer extraordinaire and showman by nature gave the first public commercial showing of the new ‘ light-brackets ’ by installing ‘ sex jetties ’ , or six of the ‘ wee lights ‘ , as we might say today . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal dismissed the first and second defendants ' appeal against Mr Justice Vinelott 's order that the defendants permit the plaintiff 's solicitors to inspect and take copies of an affidavit in the possession of the defendants ' solicitors . |
| 10 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 11 | IN MARCH , Wood Group ESP was awarded its biggest international contract to date to supply the first large-scale utilisation of electric submersible pump systems to Saudi ARAMCO . |
| 12 | In the 1952 election campaign the Republicans promised to take a tough line with the Russians , and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State seemed the first step in fulfilling that pledge . |
| 13 | The King James translation of the Book of Genesis renders the first line as In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth , confident that prior to God there was nothing , that Yahweh created the universe ex nihilo . |
| 14 | The ploy worked and from its modest slot around 4.30 on Sunday afternoons Pathfinders in Space attracted the first real family audience for a science fiction serial . |
| 15 | In their application to authenticity testing the first consideration is whether the sample size required is likely to inflict unacceptable damage . |
| 16 | In icy American logging camps it was common for the cook to detonate small amounts of dynamite to cook the first meal of the day , which brought a whole new meaning to bangers for breakfast . |
| 17 | In 1987 Conservative ministers boasted of their success while still claiming that the conquest of inflation remained the first objective of policy . |