Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 2 | Coming back , she saw for the first time that a letter addressed to herself lay on the kitchen table . |
| 3 | The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement . |
| 4 | On Nov. 14 the white , black and plum-coloured flag of independent Georgia flew officially in Tbilisi ( the capital ) for the first time since a short-lived independent republic had been overthrown by the Bolshevik Red Army in 1921 . |
| 5 | From the revving intro to Jagger 's absurd Robert-Johnson-on-the-acid vocals , ‘ Jumping Jack Flash ’ single-handedly did change the face of rock , and for the first time provided a fitting soundtrack for The Rolling Stones as devil bastards from Planet Murder . |
| 6 | In 1905 , the massacre on Bloody Sunday galvanised political opposition against Tsarism and was seen by Liberals and Marxist alike ‘ as the first engagement if a larger and longer battle ’ ( Rogger ) . |
| 7 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 8 | This was the end of the first visit and a date , 10 days away , was arranged for the next visit . |
| 9 | The therapist should prepare the patient for termination by making it clear from the first interview that a relatively short period of treatment is planned . |
| 10 | Making his 17th successive appearance since replacing Henry Smith in December , Walker was voted man of the match , which was mainly thanks to a fingertip save from a Michael O'Neill shot in the first half and a crucial stop which denied Paddy Connolly with only ten minutes remaining . |
| 11 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 12 | Even before 1905 , a solidly-based mass press had come into being , and in the last decade of the Empire there was an explosion in the publication of newspapers , while the number of books appearing more than trebled in the first decade and a half of the century . |
| 13 | Witt , a big-serving 6ft 3ins American , produced a disastrous 12 double faults in the match but most of those came in the first set and a half when Wilkinson could hardly put a foot wrong . |
| 14 | There was also a considerable amount of written work , with six written or practical assignments in the first term and a further 16 assignments in the rest of the course . |
| 15 | Both rely on something lost being found , a sheep in the first parable and a silver coin in the second . |
| 16 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 17 | Three arrests have been made in relation to the first incident when a policeman was shot and injured shortly before an explosion at the gasworks . |
| 18 | They queued patiently for lifts and ascended through a " Titanic cobweb " to find a choice of Parisian , Alsatian , Russian and Anglo-American restaurants on the first level and a bird's-eye view of the Seine sparkling beneath . |
| 19 | It was said that on the first occasion that a female student ‘ scrubbed ’ with him he was reaching the end of a long case and held up the piece of cat-gut slung under the ureter ( to identify it and keep it safe during the dissection ) , saying ‘ Cut ! ’ |
| 20 | Next year the permanent collection will be redisplayed on the first floor while a new space will be constructed one floor above , for temporary exhibitions . |
| 21 | There were six bedrooms on the first floor and a further two in a small staff flat above , and from every window a different view of the adjacent hills and woods . |
| 22 | The house had become far too large and expensive to maintain for Aunt Lou and so it had been altered , the top half being made into a separate flat on the first floor and a studio apartment created in the former attics . |
| 23 | There would be 100 single-member constituencies of approximately equal population , with candidates requiring an absolute majority on the first ballot or a simple majority on the second . |
| 24 | It also offered well set out objectives on the first page and a good page-by-page summary of activities . |