Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 2 | DEC also announced NAS support for Sun and NAS Advantage — a higher level of conformance with DEC 's Network Application Support architecture , with SAS and Progress as the first applications to win the brand-level . |
| 3 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 4 | Some similar process in Ursula presumably explained her willingness for the first time to discuss arrangements for the funeral , which they agreed should be held as soon as possible . |
| 5 | It is described by wildlife experts as the first animal to benefit from the collapse of communism . |
| 6 | A PUBLIC inquiry today could make legal history as the Nature Conservancy Council attempts for the first time to purchase compulsorily a farmer 's land to protect a rich wildlife habitat . |
| 7 | It concerned only new developments and enabled local authorities for the first time to make town-planning schemes ‘ as respects any land which is in course of development or appears likely to be used for building purposes ’ . |
| 8 | The fact that Guatemala in 1954 had ‘ returned from Communism ’ ( and was regarded by the United States as the first country to do so ) increased Soviet reluctance to be perceived to be experiencing another ‘ loss ’ in the area ( even though they did not accept that Castro was embarking on a road towards Communism ) . |
| 9 | But Colin Young , then managing director of Lawrie and Symington , had negotiated a tough deal as the first company to sign an EASE franchise in early 1990 . |
| 10 | In 1975 , Laura visited the United States for the first time to see the San Francisco venture for herself . |
| 11 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
| 12 | Percy Pilcher , a naval architect at Glasgow University was experimenting with a powered glider and , but for the tragic accident that ended his life , would have entered the history books as the first man to fly an engine-driven aircraft . |
| 13 | The Tories entered the record books as the first party to secure a fourth term in power since the early 19th century and caused a further surprise by regaining seats in Scotland — confounding predictions of a Conservative collapse north of the border . |
| 14 | You 'll remember we were offering five copies each of the latest Sega and Super Nintendo Tips Books to the first people to tell us the name of the hero in Rocket Knight Adventures . |
| 15 | The attempt by the first headmaster to run Whittingham as a Jewish Eton was not appreciated by the children . |
| 16 | No , I was simply asked to be General Chairman of the first dinner to raise funds for Aids . |
| 17 | Glenavon are on the march again with a Gold Cup quarter-final place in the bag and a £1,000 jackpot as the first team to score ten goals in the tournament . |
| 18 | Glenavon are on the march again with a Gold Cup quarter-final place in the bag and a £1,000 jackpot as the first team to score ten goals in the tournament . |
| 19 | It also ratified ordinances which allowed various crafts for the first time to organize their activities . |
| 20 | The warehouse was opened by Dr. Cowan on 20th July with the first vessel to discharge being the S.S. Wilhelmina on 24th November when two new pneumatic elevators were commissioned giving a discharge rate of 400 tons per hour . |
| 21 | AFTER 112 pioneering days as the first man to live with a permanent artificial heart , Barney Mark , the Seattle dentist died last week , after a viral infection attacked his weakened body . |
| 22 | According to contemporary writers , and repeated regularly ever since then , Piper had already gained fame as the first European to have been behind the Great Wall of China . |
| 23 | And despite her best entreaties , this Woking housewife achieved instant fame as the first person to miss the deadline for the much-hyped water offer . |
| 24 | In 1975 , SAVE was involved in an inquiry into the first application to demolish . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , its anorexic attractions are exactly the kind of thing you 'd expect from people who only formed a band in the first place to get off the dole . |
| 26 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
| 27 | Evidence exists from the period before the First War to show that some women were choosing not to have sexual relations with men as a political act . |
| 28 | Azumah Nelson of Ghana had earlier retained his WBC featherweight title when he fought a draw with Texan Jesse James Leija , and Californian Terry Norris stopped Joe Gatti of Canada in the first round to retain the WBC super welterweight title . |
| 29 | Azumah Nelson of Ghana had earlier retained his WBC featherweight title when he fought a draw with Texan Jesse James Leija , and Californian Terry Norris stopped Joe Gatti of Canada in the first round to retain the WBC super welterweight title . |
| 30 | 6 One movement in a single section but in two different versions ( no. 5 ) has a timing , but it is not clear to which version this timing relates ; however , the composer 's autograph direction , ‘ Point viste , mais marque ’ and those given in the Cauvin MS ( Versailles , Bibl. mun. , Ms mus 226 ) and the 1729 edition ( ‘ Rondement et marque ’ ) , together with the stated desire on the first folio to shorten the work , strongly suggest that it is the shorter version of 60 bars to which this timing applies . |