Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] the first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not , however , immediately apparent to those photographers , instrument makers and lanternists who had been fired up to experiment with moving pictures after hearing reports of Edison 's Kinetoscope , the original what-the-butler-saw machine , or witnessing the first projection of films made by the Lumière Brothers in 1896 . |
| 2 | There can be little doubt that these are Naxian works , deeply influenced by the East Greek style and transmitting the first impression of that style to Athens where soon , as everywhere , its influence was to become pervasive . |
| 3 | The priest had to act as both choirmaster and precentor , setting the pitch and intoning the first line of each hymn , as well as training his people to sing the Merbecke setting which Father Jackson had adapted for Burmese use . |
| 4 | Bacon is an ‘ empiricist ’ , not because of some theory which shows that sensory experiential knowledge is superior , or prior , to knowledge acquired by reason , but because of methodological concern for advancing and improving the first kind of knowledge . |
| 5 | While seconding the first ascent of Solstice , eagle-eyed Mick Ryan spotted a slab of perfect limestone above the lip and climbed out . |
| 6 | He also ( at any rate while writing the first part of his book ) admired the young Charles , who consulted with his nobles and followed the good counsels of bishops . |
| 7 | GEOFF Hornby had a close shave while making the first ascent of Peak 9070 on the south side of Mount Hunter in Alaska . |
| 8 | When considering the first age of party politics in England , it makes sense to treat the years 1660 – 1715 as a coherent whole . |