Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analysis of maximum contributions determined during 1988–89 contained in the first Legal Aid Board Annual Report ( 1989–90 ) contains the following figures relating to all courts : |
| 2 | Andy Sharpe led the way with a well compiled 74 break in the first left game . |
| 3 | With the adrenalin in full flow , both East and West concentrated on four further days ‘ curling at various venues in Toronto , at the end of which we were thrilled to emerge as the first Scottish team to win in Canada since 1949 . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , yeah , it 's obvious that Runrig had a good listen to the first Big Country album , you know ? ’ he remarks , archly , and it 's hard to tell from his deadpan tone whether or not he 's joking . |
| 5 | As with NAEP , the science tests exhibit the most imaginative types of questions , although Michael Marland praised those used in the first secondary language survey . |
| 6 | Among those missing from the first Grand Slam event of the year are Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors , who has not played the Australian Open for more than a decade . |
| 7 | William , it was rumoured , could lead a man to the very spot where the Pacific Ocean was first seen by the first European explorer — a place in space and time that changed the historical progress of the world . |
| 8 | Satish Nambiar , the commander of the UN Protection Forces for Yugoslavia ( UNIPROFOR ) , arrived in Yugoslavia on March 9 accompanied by the first advance party of the peace-keeping force agreed by the Security Council in February [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 9 | The mayor , the mayoress and an obscure royal rode in the first sleek open limousine . |