Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pawson has pointed out that in building the canals , British engineers had for the first time " to grapple with large scale civil engineering problems " . |
| 2 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 3 | In 1941 , the French Police cooperated in the first mass internments on French soil . |
| 4 | Nearly a third of the principal carers complained at the first interview about the adverse effects of looking after the dementia sufferer upon their own physical or mental health . |
| 5 | Three children survived from the first marriage , John , Richard , and Alice , who married Thomas Smith [ q.v. ] , the customs official , and one daughter from the third , Elizabeth , who married Sir William Morgan of Monmouthshire . |
| 6 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 7 | For example , in 1979 nearly half of all divorces occurred within the first 10 years . |
| 8 | At least seventy three percent of all foetuses aborted in the first trimester are male . |
| 9 | It was reported that three elderly women died during the first Scud attack when they suffocated because they had failed to remove filter covers from their masks . |
| 10 | Unfortunately heavy losses occurred during the First World War with all four being sunk . |
| 11 | Seen purely through the eyes of a bomber captain , the year 1942 saw the awakening of the " sleeping giant " , but although no dramatic results ensued in the first half of the year save the " 1,000-Plan " ( surely the most well-conceived confidence trick of the entire war ) hope for the future was clearly manifest . |
| 12 | It has been shown , for example , that levels of violence during industrial disputes fell in the first three-quarters of this century , but that this trend has been reversed more recently ( Geary , 1985 ) . |
| 13 | Rich raw smells of tar , rotting excrement , spices and brine rose up along with the sight of ship masts , looped sails , small boats beached on the first mud of the receding tide , sailors in striped breeches and greasy caps leaning on the wooden railings , others arm in arm on their way to the taverns , piled kegs and crates , winches , the last of the horsedrawn sleds and — a gathering knot of people beyond a bonded warehouse . |
| 14 | A third of a million Frenchmen died in the first five months … |
| 15 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 16 | Two gunmen went to the first floor and opened fire on two men in the salon , fatally injuring Mr Hughes . |
| 17 | Most cases occurred in the first 48 hours of detention ( until July 1988 Austrian law allowed detainees to be held incommunicado for 48 hours ) . |
| 18 | At Hunstead Park from May nineteen eighty nine until May nineteen ninety , both parents stayed for the first week and thereafter supported the plaintiff in taking her back for home visits , every weekend plus a week at Christmas and Easter . |
| 19 | Most complications occurred with the first few procedures when the technique was being developed . |