Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun pl] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyers joined clergy and laymen for the first day of the hearing at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Great Rissington . |
| 2 | A further promotion will be run on the Pedigree Chum and Whiskas calendars which will be sold through pet shops and supermarkets for the first time ever . |
| 3 | The methods and findings of the first project , which was restricted to a study of vernacular phonology in three inner-city communities have been discussed elsewhere ( Milroy and Milroy 1978 ; L. Milroy 1980 ; J. Milroy 1981a ) . |
| 4 | On the contrary , from the Queen 's Speech of November 1983 onwards , she turned her second term into a crusade of increasing radicalism , the doubts and hesitancies of the first administration mostly shed . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it 's probable that all 12 Premier clubs plus the winners and runners-up in the First Division will be involved in next season 's championship . |
| 6 | In fact , in a series of speeches and interviews in the first week in May , members of the administration have started to give an answer . |
| 7 | They are , in short , symbols of eminence and are normally granted only to peers and knights of the first class of the orders of chivalry — although some baronets also have armorial supporters . |
| 8 | Armour and weapons from the First Crusade were closer in style to those of the Norman Conquest . |
| 9 | Metrolink is seen by transport planners and environmentalists as the first serious attempt to squeeze non-essential car users out of Manchester city centre . |
| 10 | Most babies distinguish reliably between their parents and others during the first six months of life , and so already know that human beings vary . |
| 11 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
| 12 | This edition included all the sketches and tales in the First and Second Series plus one more , ‘ The Tuggses at Ramsgate ’ previously published in The Library of Fiction . |
| 13 | In 1892 , the union 's expenditure exceeded its income and reserves for the first time . |
| 14 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 15 | After taking his trousers and underpants off-for the first time ever in front of someone who was n't a member of his family — he was told he had no transmittable diseases — whatever they were , thought Charlie . |
| 16 | His new innovation won approval and orders for the first 10 tankers were placed with NE ship builders . |
| 17 | POEMS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
| 18 | POEMS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
| 19 | Probyn is one of the few players on the international scene to have played the game at every level : from Old Albanians , Streatham and Croydon through Richmond and Wasps to the first of his 33 caps in 1988 . |
| 20 | At Phaistos , some of the pithoi and store-rooms from the First Temple Period survive , projecting 5 metres further to the west than the storage area of the later temple , and extending under its West Court . |
| 21 | There are underprivileged individuals and groups in the First World , as well as in the Third and Second Worlds . |
| 22 | ‘ There has been a dramatic improvement in the quality of teams and players in the First Division . |
| 23 | Anxious children showed a slightly different pattern : there were often marked increases in fears and worries during the first year of life of the sibling . |
| 24 | A hundred gamma Dragons will go to key customers and ISVs in the first quarter . |
| 25 | It is easy to see that two non- ALT patterns fail to be distinct if and only if there are straightforward permutations of the communications , minimal acceptances and terminations of the first that match the second ( except for names of input variables and the various expressions , but preserving order of expressions ) . |
| 26 | MCC also squandered the marvellous start provided by Fordham and Briers on the first day and so relinquished the initiative . |
| 27 | The prefects and captains of the First Eleven , exercising terrific authority for the good of the school , are rewarded , not just with acquiescence but with — blind devotion . |
| 28 | The acid clearance test failed to discriminate between patients and volunteers in the first group as it was grossly prolonged in most of the subjects ( both patients and volunteers ) . |
| 29 | But the provisional guid the guideline which was set by Policy and Resources in the first instance , was just for this Committee to identify seventy thousand pounds ' worth of reductions . |
| 30 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |