Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having won two of this series in the fastest times already , he would have had to finish four seconds behind the steeplechaser Mark Rowland to lose the first prize of £5,000 . |
| 2 | The motion , tabled when the government invoked a technical measure to pass the first reading of the 1993 budget without a division , failed when the Communist Party ( PCF ) deputies once again refused to back it , saying that they would not vote with the right . |
| 3 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 4 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 5 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 6 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 7 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 8 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 9 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 10 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 11 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 12 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 13 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as F to indicate the first version of the module . |
| 14 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as F to indicate the first version of the module . |
| 15 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as F to indicate the first version of the module . |
| 16 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as F to indicate the first version of the package . |
| 17 | The issue number can be specified as an actual number ( eg. 01.01 , 01.01A ) , or as F to indicate the first version of the module . |
| 18 | The people least likely to be able to find £24–95 to buy the first set of reports on science teaching from the Assessment Performance Unit ( APU ) of the Department of Education and science * , the latest volume of which has just been published . |
| 19 | The people least likely to be able to find £24–95 to buy the first set of reports on science teaching from the Assessment Performance Unit ( APU ) of the Department of Education and science * , the latest volume of which has just been published . |
| 20 | Erm , can you get Jeff to do the first soldering for you ? |
| 21 | During a demonstration to mark the first anniversary of the group 's move to its new location , 300 people , including over 160 police officers , were injured in battles between 1,400 police and at least 7,000 demonstrators . |
| 22 | I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries . |
| 23 | THE contest to represent the first district on the Los Angeles Board of County Supervisors hardly sounds like national news . |
| 24 | More than ten thousand British fans travelled to Barcelona last months to witness the first Olympics to be held in Europe for 20 years . |
| 25 | The Spencer soap opera was launched when Raine , daughter of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland , married Lord Spencer to become the first member of the cast . |
| 26 | Although the Democrats increased their share of the vote , the party 's leader Janine Haines failed in her bid to become the first candidate from a minor party since 1966 to win a seat in the 148-seat House of Representatives . |
| 27 | To the passengers in the skies over the Atlantic drinking free champagne to celebrate the first anniversary of Virgin Atlantic , oblivious to all the dramas which had unfolded to keep them airborne , it probably would have seemed a bargain . |
| 28 | Like many sailors before us our soggy footsteps led up the little hill to the Café Sport to sink the first beer in many days . |
| 29 | While it is an oversimplification to view the first decade of operation as some kind of golden age , it is fair to say that until this point the EEC had worked fairly smoothly . |
| 30 | Bombardment of the inner forts followed , and for some three weeks attempts — desultory at best — were made by trawlers to sweep the first line of mines . |