Example sentences of "[verb] at [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coventry v Southampton Having just won at Liverpool for the first time , Coventry ought to be in the mood to take Southampton even though the latter have lost only once in a dozen games . |
| 2 | Child benefit will be frozen at £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for others when Chancellor Norman Lamont unveils next year 's spending package . |
| 3 | Neuron Data hopes to sell around 300 copies of the Japanese development version , priced at $23,200 in the first year . |
| 4 | Together the two are priced at $10,000 for the first copy . |
| 5 | It was only from looking at film of the first episode that everyone remembered Frank had forgotten to wear his famous beret and raincoat . |
| 6 | It was the following year that the ghost was seen at Althorp for the first time . |
| 7 | Microsoft Corp 's MS-DOS 6 , which will be available on Wednesday , will be offered at $50 for the first 60 days , and $130 thereafter , the company said : the two most compelling new features , the company says , are data compression to double hard disk space , and improved memory management ; it also includes the capability to back up files , protect against viruses and reorganize files on the hard disk — the back-up technology was licensed from Symantec Corp 's Peter Norton group , and the anti-viral technology from Central Point Software Inc — but unlike Symantec 's Norton Back-Up , the back-up feature in MS-DOS 6 is n't automatic and does n't support tape drives , and is also slower — and about 300 new viruses have been discovered since Central Point 's virus detection technology was frozen in MS-DOS 6 code ; both companies hope to sell enhancements to the built-in products to users . |
| 8 | Many were , indeed , buried during the Hannibalic War or the civil wars after 49BC , when much of the fighting took place in Italy , but many other hoards were buried at times during the first century BC when there was no fighting there . |
| 9 | I had heard that you were staying at the farm , ’ Claudine stated , condescending to look at Jenna for the first time . |
| 10 | In December 1986 the permissible concentration of alcohol was set at zero for the first two years of driving . |
| 11 | Those pants of his were around his knees when he slammed through the double doors of the brownstone , and around his ankles as he stumbled at speed up the first flight of stairs . |
| 12 | Macallister had one clear run at goal in the first half , and looked to have enough speed to round the keeper and score , but instead he pulled up clutching his back . |
| 13 | Interviews also took place with parents in 10 of the 25 cases selected for follow-up.The study looked at cases during the first six months after the initial case conference . |
| 14 | He looked at McAllister for the first time since she had begun to help him , and saw her strained white face , the eyes enormous in it . |
| 15 | Lots selling for above that figure will be charged at 15% on the first $50,000 and 10% for the remaining amount . |
| 16 | This is the brickbat that has been thrown at Pound from the first , and is thrown at him still , because of his unswerving attention to what makes poetry poetry , and not some other sort of discourse versified . |
| 17 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 18 | Fees start at 1% for the first £500,000 , decreasing to 0.4% for the next £9.5m . |
| 19 | New Zealand 's quarrel with France over the Rainbow Warrior incident was formally ended when a French naval ship docked at Auckland for the first time in almost six years . |
| 20 | A case in point , which we discussed at length in the first edition of this book , is Teesside Polytechnic where the CNAA 's 1978 quinquennial review led to the most critical report ever issued by the CNAA on an institution : among other things , it criticized the local authority for its inadequate support for the polytechnic and the director for a failure in internal management . |
| 21 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 22 | If you were lucky enough to be invited for * Eight at Number Eight' , you would sit at the dining table under the inscrutable gaze of Duncan Grant 's tabby-cat ; this cat was painted at Charleston during the First World War , and bought by the Berkeleys many years later for £75 from the Lefevre Gallery . |
| 23 | Rosalind Plowright , singing at ENO for the first time in eight years , is an Elisabeth de Valois of aptly regal appearance , though her initially expressive line showed increasing signs of strain . |
| 24 | Churchill had at moments in the First World War manifested great strategic prescience ; his intuition swung into action even more powerfully the second time round . |
| 25 | Cove lost at home for the first time in 13 games , going down 3–1 to Epsom & Ewell . |
| 26 | Outside Westminster the government was losing support : eight seats were lost at by-elections in the first eighteen months of peace . |
| 27 | In April 1985 , a Rolex-Jackie Stewart Celebrity Challenge was held at Gleneagles for the first time . |
| 28 | This Meeting , taking also into Consideration the numbers of Complaints against makers & sellers of yearn in Isla , hereby appoint that a Mercat for yearn shall be held at Bowmore on the first Tuesday of March yearly , and on such other days as they afterwards shall appoint , And hereby ordain the Clerk to make advertisments for the different Parish Kirks . |