Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When John Lehmann published the second issue of Orpheus , an annual symposium of the arts which folded after the first two volumes , he employed Minton to design its dustjacket and small tail-pieces . |
| 2 | This was a bribe-riddled deal which resulted in the first imprisonment of a former cabinet official . |
| 3 | The Roll of Honour , dedicated to the men of Patrington who served in the First World War , stands in the middle of the village . |
| 4 | The results represented a success for the Moderates and for two parties who exceeded for the first time the statutory 4 per cent threshold for parliamentary representation — the Christian Democrats ( whose only previous representation had been in 1985-88 when one of the Centre party 's seats was allocated to Christian Democrat in an electoral pact ) , and the New Democracy Party . |
| 5 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 6 | In December , Stuttgart will host the Davis Cup final , in which the West Germans will defend the trophy they won for the first time by defeating Sweden in Gothenburg , and in the coming three years Frankfurt will stage the ATP Tour World Championship , which will supersede the Nabisco Masters in New York . |
| 7 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 8 | Clinton needed five stitches in an eye cut he suffered in the first round , when he also badly displaced the knuckles on his left hand . |
| 9 | Privately , Rangers ' management feel the Belgian player involved with Hateley was guilty of conning the referee into taking the action he did during the first half of Wednesday 's match . |
| 10 | There was one last wave as they crossed the stone bridge before swinging away right , up the long gentle pull which led to the first draw . |
| 11 | The teachers in our study did use strategies which came into the first category , but it was the second which was the key to understanding the all-pervasive quality of the collaboration and the self-sufficiency of the children which had so impressed us , allowing the teacher uninterrupted periods of time for working with individuals and groups . |
| 12 | Appointed principal of the Calcutta School of Art and keeper of the Government Art Gallery in 1896 , a post he held until 1906 , he was responsible for momentous changes in the art-school curriculum which led to the first Indian nationalist art movement , the Bengal School of Painting , under the artist Abanindranath Tagore . |
| 13 | In one such mood I turned for the first time to Marcus Aurelius . |
| 14 | As it banked over the Cambrian Mountains , the reservoir which featured in the first party political broadcast sparkled far below . |
| 15 | Three miles below the village they came upon the first of the hallowed plantations of Father Noah . |
| 16 | The youngest of the trio — he was a-twenty-seven-year-old ex-seminarian who had been greatly under the influence of Molloy before going to Africa — began to sing , in a terrible , faltering voice , probably the most unmelodious I ever heard from a Danuese what sounded like the first lines of ‘ O , Mighty Mountain ! ’ |
| 17 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 18 | At this point I saw for the first time , a really good reason for my being in Thailand as PCV . |
| 19 | In the second half it was pretty much a similar story , Leeds pressing from the start , then a Soton injury , then a lovely classy move which led to the first goal . |
| 20 | William Temple , while Archbishop of York , wrote in the York Quarterly , a journal which expired in the first year of the Second World War . |
| 21 | Even if the insurance market allows that to continue to the same extent , it will be small compensation to the director who abdicated in the first place an increasing responsibility to him or herself to ensure that necessary controls and preventive measure were in place to prevent a risk turning into a reality . |
| 22 | And all you 'll get back is the £1.70 you paid on the first and second instalments . |
| 23 | Yes , Chair , it 's er , remember at the , the last meeting we touched on the first part of the report , the worry about the issue of closing shops , and rural post offices and garages , and there 's considerable interest from all members er , as to what could be done . |
| 24 | As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing . |
| 25 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 26 | As I came down into Salisbury that day I knew for the first time that I had been happy . |
| 27 | In the Ladies ' Singles , Jenny Binns is defending the title she won for the first time last year . |
| 28 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 29 | A vanishing ! ’ they exclaimed , hearing the nacarena 's voice pour through the pulled blinds from the house marked with black crosses and hung with newly dyed banners of death ; women 's voices , giving birth to the eternal soul , were louder than the priest 's obsequies , the relatives ' rosaries , and the lullabies they sang after the first birth , the entry into the mortal transit . |
| 30 | ‘ Old Mr Misfortune ’ found consolation for his latest failure by marrying his 17-year-old bride , on the very day they met for the first time , 2 September 1719 . |