Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceiling of 22,086,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) agreed upon for 1990 [ see pp. 37053 ; 37335 ] , was substantially exceeded , and estimates suggested that the total output in the first quarter of 1990 was actually around 23,700,000 bpd . |
| 2 | In the former case When m = 0 , all integrals on the right-hand side except the first are zero and therefore This result just confirms , of course , that the steady component is the time average of the signal . |
| 3 | The relatively straightforward use of the transitive property in the first question produced a much higher success rate than did the second series of questions . |
| 4 | Insurance group Guardian Royal Exchange broke new ground by publishing a review by its auditors , also Price Waterhouse , of the interim results for the first half of 1992 ( see ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 17 ) . |
| 5 | This order of magnitude of improvements is reflected in the interim results from the first ten projects . |
| 6 | St Patrick 's High School Ballymena defeated North-eastern rivals St MacNissi 's to reach the Junior semi-finals for the first time . |
| 7 | This suited the broad sweep of the first movement and the magical filigree of the second movement splendidly , but the finale perhaps asks for a degree of conscious showmanship . |
| 8 | In Judaism , of course , the prevailing monotheism of the first century A.D. precluded any deification of the Messiah . |
| 9 | " While giving priority to peaceful means " , the European Council for the first time publicly declared that it did " not exclude the use of military means by the UN " . |
| 10 | As White and John Parrott , who currently occupies third spot , both failed to survive the qualifying rounds in Blackpool last September , Hendry will open up a sizeable lead in the standings if he were to capture the European title for the first time . |
| 11 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 12 | The Czechs put Rangers out of the European Cup in the first round on goal difference . |
| 13 | This new notion of defeasibility seems to allow ( probably ) that I now know that my children are playing in the garden , because the second added truth negates the defeating powers of the first . |
| 14 | You know the one — about there only being three people in the world who ever understood the damn thing in the first place ? |
| 15 | Among the painted sculptures from the first decade of his activity as an abstract artist are ‘ Midday ’ ( 1960 , MOMA , New York ) , ) , ‘ Prairie ’ ( 1967 , NGA , Washington ) and ‘ Early One Morning ’ ( 1962 ) which the Tate Gallery was persuaded to loan only after Caro had agreed to supervise its restoration at the end of the exhibition . |
| 16 | For the purpose of the Anticipation — the advance payment of the first instalment of the subsidy on assessments of £40 — both lands and goods were treated alike , their owners being considered equally capable of paying sooner than anyone else . |
| 17 | The Gulf crisis had an immediate negative effect on the economy , reversing the strong growth of the first eight months in all sectors , denting local business confidence , causing the cancellation of large-scale development projects and provoking the flight abroad of capital estimated at 20 per cent of all bank deposits . |
| 18 | Facing the strong wind in the first half , Aldershot defended superbly . |
| 19 | Playing into the strong wind in the first half , Alresford 's tactics were clearly to run all their possession . |
| 20 | Cork were playing into the strong wind in the first half but made the early running with a sixth minute goal from Barry Egan . |
| 21 | Previous lower definition infrared results had shown these as one object , called IRS 16 ; this picture by Allen and his colleague John Storey shows the triple structure for the first time . |
| 22 | The 40-year gap between the First and Second Empires had in no way diminished the ability of these people to perform their functions properly and with dignity , and it should not be thought that the Court of Napoleon III had a sort of second-hand quality about it . |
| 23 | Islamic rule prescribes a 40-day period of abstinence , i.e. a " natural " period until the possible date of the first menstrual onset . |
| 24 | With the possible exception of the first , the ability and success of these women are unquestionable , even if they exercised power faute de mieux , against the natural order of things . |
| 25 | by no means all purists identified with feminism , but the rapid growth of the women 's movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century can not be understood without reference to the purity crusades , which drew thousands of women into the political arena for the first time . |
| 26 | Women , peasants and young people were drawn into the political arena for the first time . |
| 27 | This tension originated in the political ambitions of the first ruler of Transjordan , the Amir Abdallah , grandfather of King Husayn . |
| 28 | It has been proposed by several workers that trench nephritis was caused by hantavirus , although the classic descriptions from the First World War do not tally closely with the variants of hantavirus infection that have been described in the past 40 years . |
| 29 | The playing lacks spaciousness and refinement , and is n't technically impeccable : for example , there 's some intonational looseness from the first violinist in a busy passage shortly after the one-minute mark in the first movement of K155 . |
| 30 | Just the splendid staircase leading up to the three doorways at the entrance and above that the tall windows of the first floor gallery , all open to the sky , gazing on emptiness . |