Example sentences of "[art] [noun] in [v-ing] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plenum won a labour amnesty for employees sacked by the nationalists after the civil war , and took the lead in negotiating the first collective agreement in 1976 . |
| 2 | Wang played a major role behind the scenes in purging the first two of Deng 's chosen successors : Hu Yaobang , who lost his job as Communist Party General Secretary in 1987 , and Zhao Ziyang , thrown out of the party 's top job in 1989 after student-led pro-democracy demonstrations were crushed by the army . |
| 3 | I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 4 | ‘ I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 5 | He had absolutely no difficulty in following the first precept . |
| 6 | The young Communist shop steward had no difficulty in obtaining the first two warning notes . |
| 7 | In a case where the breach is not " capable of remedy " , there is clearly no point in affording the first of these two opportunities ; the object of the notice procedure is thus simply to give the lessee the opportunity to apply for relief . |
| 8 | Emilio Butragueno , who twisted an ankle in earning the first of three penalties , may not be fit for the European Cup first leg in Milan next week . |