Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | After giving details of the first four murders , Mr John said : ‘ There has been a fifth development , a murder in south London , which bears features similar to the others we are investigating . ’ |
| 2 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 3 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 4 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 5 | We are now evaluating the performance of wether lambs from the first cross to be finished under hill conditions , and we will use the first cross females for early lamb production without using sponges . |
| 6 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 7 | I mean , we can , we can start by we I mean we can get people set up for doing things from the first of March ca n't we ? |
| 8 | Although , as discussed in Chapter 4 , most search consultants encounter difficulties in attracting candidates on behalf of clients who insist on remaining anonymous for at least the initial stages of the search , many clients see this as a real plus in using headhunters in the first place . |
| 9 | ‘ For instance , would openness deter complainants from making complaints in the first place ? |
| 10 | Further difficulties lay in raising funds in the first place . |
| 11 | Acceptance of a proof of debt for voting purposes at the first meeting is not the same as acceptance by the trustee of a proof for dividend and the trustee is not bound by the earlier decision of the official receiver . |
| 12 | Ealing Health Authority obtains regular updates on waiting times for a first outpatient appointment by consultant and , for each consultant , by subspecialty ( for example , general surgery clinics and varicose vein clinics ) from all of its major providers . |
| 13 | DOTING couple Alf and Jean Smith are on speaking terms for the first time in TEN YEARS . |
| 14 | Two TODAY reporters took their children on skiing trips for the first time . |
| 15 | We were famous for bombarding teams for the first 20 mins of games … beating them into submission … p[laying at a pace . |
| 16 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |