Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun sg] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have trained the nurse caring for this infant to recognize the first signs of desire for food . |
| 2 | Place three of the wider ones on top of each other to form the first tower . |
| 3 | 14 members of each section attended the first night . |
| 4 | This had been floated in 1948 by the clothing establishment as a discreet gentleman 's fashion harking back to the golden days before ‘ socialism and formica ’ , but had been quickly coopted and camped up by the gay underground ; the more exaggerated aspects of this style caught the first Edwardians ' eye and , together with the Western Look that pervaded their favourite culture , American cowboy films , it formed the first youth style proper . |
| 5 | Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket . |
| 6 | The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years . |
| 7 | I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries . |
| 8 | ‘ Basically we have adopted the original Decca configuration of microphones used from the 1950s through to the 1970s , but we do n't use a tree microphone in the middle of the orchestra ; we have a three-point microphone in front of the conductor and an omni-pair on either side to cover the first violin and first cello . |