Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | No trace of the plage de l'Arsenal , where Camus glimpsed for the first time the beauty of the Mediterranean . |
| 2 | Coopers & Lybrand worked on the first study in conjunction with Samuel Montagu , the merchant bank which is handling the sale on behalf of the Government . |
| 3 | Then incubate the embryos at room temperature for 15–30 min in the second layer ( an FITC- or TMRTC-conjugated antibody or IgG directed against the first antibody ) diluted appropriately in M2 . |
| 4 | Resentful souls on Earth , tethered there by obligation or obstinacy , muttered that Capella knew from the first what would be found on Mars and why . |
| 5 | Ticket sales for this year 's Ryedale Festival have got off to a record start with more than £16,000 netted in the first three weeks and some events are already sold out , says director Geoffrey Emmerson . |
| 6 | The deputy chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Robert Galucci , said in Bahrain on Jan. 14 that Iraq had for the first time admitted " pursuing a production-scale centrifuge enrichment programme rather than simply a research programme " , after UN inspectors confronted Iraqi officials with evidence supplied by Germany showing the involvement of German firms in this programme . |
| 7 | It is perhaps surprising to find that Jacques married for the first time on 31 March 1728 at the age of 55 . |
| 8 | It is thus possible , indeed common , for each of two rival lineages to claim , as the British and Germans did in the First World War , that ‘ God is on our side ’ . |
| 9 | When he and Adenauer met for the first time , de Gaulle records , ‘ We discussed Europe at length . |
| 10 | There were heats , and Jefferson ran in the first . |
| 11 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |
| 12 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 13 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 14 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 15 | It was day three when I started to haemorrhage and Lee cried for the first time since his brief squawk at the moment of birth . |
| 16 | The independence of the people 's committees was not ultimately compatible with communist rule in north Korea and problems occurred in the first few months of communist dominance . |
| 17 | In 1963 Miles and Haynes met for the first time , in Edinburgh . |
| 18 | There was more in this vein as they turned right , and Mungo realized for the first time that they were actually heading into the forest . |
| 19 | Tobin was completely out of it and Wallace disappeared after the first 10 minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ What had to be done has been done and Cottee trained with the first team squad . |
| 21 | With the widespread translation of Early Irish stories into English around the turn of the century a younger generation of Irishmen and women discovered for the first time a fresh and potent source of images to define their sense of nationality . |
| 22 | Auriol and Biasion tore through the first four special stages to take a commanding lead . |
| 23 | All telescopes and binoculars swivelled at the first shout of ‘ Merlin ! ’ and trained on the dashing raptor . |
| 24 | The broadcasting ‘ liberalization ’ phase under ‘ Chaban ’ had ended : the broadcasting law of July 1972 had distinguished between the state monopoly of radio and television broadcasting and the public organization ( ORTF ( entrusted with the monopoly ; the same law increased — on paper — the autonomy of ORTF and the powers of the ‘ MD ’ who became in addition chairman of the board of directors ( 'PDG' ) ; but conflicts arose between the first ‘ PDG ’ , Arthur Conte , and the Information Minister , Philippe Malaud . |
| 25 | That would imply that the recession started in the second quarter of 1990 , which it clearly did not , because output rose between the first and second quarters of 1990 . |
| 26 | Within Outer London , the experience of Bromley and of Newham are almost mirror images : Bromley did relatively badly in the first and third periods and well in the second , while Newham gained in the first and third periods , but had the smallest increase in the second . |
| 27 | Willie and Zach waited at the foot of the ladder while Sammy scrabbled around the first rung . |
| 28 | While competitors sparkled in the first half , the Sussex-based cidermaker 's profits trickled down from £1.1m to £1.07m . |
| 29 | The world No 1 's five-shot overnight lead was ripped apart by Australia 's Great White Shark , who fumbled a 3ft putt on the last green before Faldo won at the first extra hole . |
| 30 | Before Gabriel acted for the first time , she spent hours brushing his hair and fluffing it out with a hazel twig into a frizzy golden cloud , quite indifferent to his squeaks and ouches . |