Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The reshuffle comes not long after a difficult first half in which profits fell 17 p.c .
2 In other words , there are marvellous projects going on which really stimulate the interest of everybody , and it 's , the Engineering Council 's still trying to push them along into the twenty first century itself .
3 At one time Hakami was ranked 32nd in the world , and her 21-year-old opponent from Birmingham often looked out of her depth , especially in a 27-minute first set .
4 At one time Hakami was ranked 32nd in the world , and her 21-year-old opponent from Birmingham often looked out of her depth , especially in a 27-minute first set .
5 Keep all the things listed below together in a special first aid container .
6 Adrian Hill , the former Cheshire match play champion from Bramhall , who turned professional last year , has also won through after an indifferent first season on the European Challenge Tour , which saw him back in 100th place in the order with earnings of just over £4,000 .
7 Candidates must be graduates , normally with a good first degree , and having either considerable professional experience of translation or of another relevant professional field , or attested research interests in translation .
8 Hirst , seven goals in nine games this term , is banned after being sent off in the 3-1 first leg defeat while £1 million new boy Bright is ineligible .
9 Wednesday 's players are still furious over the controversial refereeing that saw striker David Hirst sent off in the 3–1 first leg defeat in Kaiserslautern .
10 On a back street , just off Bucharest 's Bulevardul General Magheru , a spiral stone staircase winds up to the cramped first floor offices of Comturist .
11 Lord Harris agreed to be chairman and a group of academics , about half of those whom Robertson had approached , turned up to an informal first meeting at Dean 's Yard , Westminster ( ‘ Suddenly all these distinguished geezers I had spoken to on the phone were there in this room ’ ) .
12 The French goal ace had feared being out of the game for two months after hobbling out of the 3-0 first leg defeat with a damaged hamstring .
13 For one answer , think back to the triumphant first term of Ronald Reagan .
14 He raised his hands above his head and then stretched them both out at the unfortunate First Spiritualist .
15 Of many other periodical bibliographical guides , only one needs to be mentioned here as a useful first quarry for the student : the American Foreign Affairs Bibliography published by the Council on Foreign Relations , whose first volume appeared in 1933 .
16 It is salutary to reflect on the fact that decisions taken and qualifications awarded now could affect the mobility of people well into the twenty first century .
17 Instead of moving forward into the twenty first century , the Tories are moving backward us backwards with working conditions that would be more suited to the nineteenth century .
18 The first game was notable in that , apart from a demanding first win , Sebastian Sloane became the first Rugby schoolboy to score a five point try .
19 Apart from an uncharacteristic first fence fall at Ascot on his third start , the only other time he was beaten was when going down by a half length to Minnehoma in the Sun Alliance Chasethe novices Gold Cup .
20 Consultancy profits were down again from the poor first half level .
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