Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] a first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 , however , the Ministry of Agriculture took a first step towards meeting environmentalists ' objections , with a new ‘ Guidance for Drainage Authorities ’ on investment appraisal . |
| 2 | The Wall-Paintings of Thera provides a first opportunity to see all the excavated frescos . |
| 3 | While the arrow diameter of 5.5mm remains a first choice , since so many long established and successful aerobatic kites have been designed around it , two larger sizes were introduced in the same unidirectional carbon tubing . |
| 4 | However , more recently , in Eurocopy plc v Teasdale , reported in the journal PLC in November 1991 , the Court of Appeal upheld a first instance decision , and dismissed an application to strike out a defence , that in connection with a sale and purchase agreement , the actual knowledge of the purchaser might still be a defence to a claim for breach of warranty notwithstanding a clause in the sale and purchase agreement which provided that no actual or constructive knowledge on the part of the purchaser would prejudice a claim . |
| 5 | from Knapton becomes a first aid ‘ victim ’ for his father , , in the Fancy Dress . |
| 6 | The aim of the course was to get group members to think about disability issues in order to take a first step forward in working together . |
| 7 | In order to obtain a first idea of how space–time behaves across the horizon , consider an instrumented space probe falling along a radial path into a black hole . |
| 8 | It was reported in August that a ship had left for France to collect a first consignment [ see ED 62 ] . |
| 9 | For little more than a decade , the high level qualification available to students seeking a first degree equivalent was the Diploma in Art and Design ( Dip.AD ) . |