Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 2 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 3 | The releases mark the first improvement in the human rights situation in Malawi for several years . |
| 4 | The making of the images becomes the first part of the drama , in which ( for example ) the work is inspected by the teacher in role as new Mayor , who commissions a statue to commemorate the return of the children of Hamelin ! |
| 5 | The patrols searching the first group of farms around the village of Pontino were the only ones to bring the Captain anything when they returned , muddy and exhausted , after their double shift . |
| 6 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 7 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 8 | The owners paid the first instalment on April 28 , 1972 . |
| 9 | The topics include the first design , the sculptor 's aims , the carving of the work , the memorial 's defenders and attackers , and a final general reflection on the standing of great art and how it is likely to provoke opposition . |
| 10 | Many of the families spent the first night huddled together in the open but tradition maintains that no one suffered as much as a common cold . |
| 11 | The provisions represent the first time that the Chinese Wall concept has been explicitly enshrined in statutory language in the US . |
| 12 | The book has been rewritten in consultation with the teachers using the first draft . |
| 13 | However , the directors ' report for the 12 months ended 31 July 1992 reveals that in Touche Ross 's opinion , the aggregate of the individual amounts attributed to the players comprising the first team playing squad ( together with first and second year professional players ) as at the year end , was £24m . |
| 14 | Approximately half the respondents described the first stage of the process : how interest in attending courses arose . |
| 15 | Start by laying the weaving yarn over a small amount of needles , then gradually increase the amount of weaving to the centre front before decreasing the length of the rows to match the first half . |
| 16 | She and the children inhabited the first landing , which was brightly decorated , and clean . |
| 17 | If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable , then you must submit to the second . |
| 18 | ‘ If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable … |
| 19 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 20 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
| 21 | Table IV shows how the practices ended the first year in financial terms , and Table V shows how general practitioners and non-medical staff assessed the costs and benefits of fundholding in their practices . |