Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | , a delightful person , was my guardian angel for the first ten days of the tour , and was also good enough to rearrange my return journey from Hyderabad , so that I could get back in London in time for an appointment on 29 November . |
| 2 | Here I am , Serafin , writing my shopping list on the first piece of paper that comes to hand and what I 'm writing down is two shirts for myself and one for my son . |
| 3 | Used my travel alarm for the first time having been appointed ‘ waker up ’ for breakfast — not a success as I had forgotten to resent for French time ( one hour ahead ) — many comments about my parentage . |
| 4 | They lead Bushbury , who have led for most of the season , 5–1 in their eight-game match after the first session of play . |
| 5 | One consequence of the rise in private asset ownership among elderly people is that many of them do not suffer any drastic reduction of their ability to consume on retirement : indeed , tax changes in the 1970s that encouraged pension schemes to pay out some of their assets as a lump sum mean that many retirees experience an increase in their consumption propensity in the first few years of retirement . |
| 6 | The ambitious plans were revealed when the company threw open the doors of its showpiece development for the first time yesterday . |
| 7 | The Santa Cruz Operation Inc is sidling up even closer to Compaq Computer Corp , following the signing of a worldwide OEM agreement which will see Compaq putting all SCO products through its marketing channels for the first time . |
| 8 | In the official view , the use of the Swiss timer pointed clearly to Libya , not only because it had been supplied to its security agency in the first place , but because the PFLP — GC favoured a barometric-pressure triggering system for its Toshiba bombs . |
| 9 | The Japanese surplus fell to below $50,000 million in the second half of 1989 from over $80,000 million a year earlier , and the West German surplus in the second half of 1989 was also slightly below its record level in the first half of the year . |
| 10 | Downland Housing Association will be making their selection interviews during the first week in May . |
| 11 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun Microsystems Inc to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time : its SunSoft Inc subsidiary plans to market Santa Cruz Operation Inc-owned IXI Ltd 's Motif toolkit under a deal already signed and due to be revealed soon ; subsequently SunSoft will offer a combined ‘ MoLook ’ -type COSE toolkit in first half 1994 . |
| 12 | Adoption of Motif application programming interface specifications by X/Open Co Ltd offers a politically acceptable means for Sun to offer Motif products on its price list for the first time . |
| 13 | It is worth noting that in England , Councils must have competition for 33% of their Engineering service in the first year 1995 and 90% by October ‘ 96 . |
| 14 | Toads hibernate during the winter , and become active again when the temperature rises to about 6°C , migrating to their breeding ponds with the first mild weather of the spring . |
| 15 | It was clear that the Government were not able to get their legislation right at the first attempt . |
| 16 | Patients assigned to receive steroids consumed an unrestricted diet and were asked to record their food intake during the first four weeks . |
| 17 | My low fat eating programme , detailed in my Hip and Thigh Diet books , has helped hundreds of thousands of overweight men and women to lose weight and inches from their problem areas for the first time in their lives ! |
| 18 | And judging by their weekend clash in the first round of the Cawoods Steel and Sons Cup there could well be as little to separate the teams at the end of the season as there is at present . |
| 19 | Damage to the joint and tendons was more severe than expected , but the 26-year-old from Hull still hopes to compete in January 's Commonwealth Games , which feature judo for the first time . |
| 20 | TWIN brothers Damon and Adam Shilton , 17 , of Oldbury , West Midlands , passed their driving tests at the first attempt on the same day . |
| 21 | The fierceness with which peasant deputies in the first two Dumas pressed for all noble land to be handed over startled and frightened the government . |
| 22 | However , the foundation needs to raise £1.8m. to pay for the specially designed building and its running costs for the first year . |
| 23 | Since then campaign organiser Ann Robarts and her team have raised more than £100,000 towards the building 's £1m construction costs and the £650,000 which will be needed to cover its running costs for the first year . |
| 24 | Edna enlarged upon how well Karen had done at college , how , although she was the youngest in her family , she was always being called upon whenever she was at home to help out with other people 's children , how she had passed her driving test at the first attempt . |
| 25 | GRAN Dot Ransom , former mayoress of Warwick , has passed her driving test at the first attempt — at the age of 70 . |
| 26 | The sole Dino Berlinetta Speciale is now part of the permanent collection of the Le Mans car museum in France , a fitting place for a car that drew its design inspiration from the first mid-engined Ferrari sports racing cars and which shocked the world at Paris more than a quarter of a century ago . |
| 27 | Amy brought the complete outfit , including Lycra shorts — also her own design — to a photographic studio and saw her design move for the first time . |
| 28 | Was there utility clothing during the First World War ? |
| 29 | One student looking for employment had finished his grant entitlement in the first quarter of 1984 , and had been job-seeking for six months ( Table 7.2 ) . |
| 30 | ( vii ) In every case it is made clear to the prisoner from the information supplied to him that he may not be recommended for release at the end of his tariff period at the first or any subsequent review . |