Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's opponents in the First Division are the USSR , France , Italy , Sweden and the Netherlands . |
| 2 | Stockport are Liverpool 's opponents in the first round of the National Veterans Knockout Trophy . |
| 3 | But it 's reminded me of one of my father 's books about the First World War , in which the author writes about the demise of a certain kind of army and a certain kind of warfare : cavalries organised in elegant formation for the war of movement . |
| 4 | On Friday 's show Tim will choose one of this week 's winners for the first prize of fish and chips in a Limo with champagne . |
| 5 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 6 | There is n't that sudden moment when the music stops and you look into one another 's eyes for the first time , or whatever . |
| 7 | Fei Yen rose slowly , meeting the prince 's eyes for the first time and seeing how quickly he re-directed his gaze . |
| 8 | Equally remarkable were the ambition and determination that pushed to completion her final novel , which is also her masterpiece , South Riding ( published posthumously in 1936 and awarded the James Tait Black memorial prize ) : a rich regional study of social change and local government , it drew to some extent on her mother 's experiences as the first woman alderman in the East Riding of Yorkshire . |
| 9 | He 's currently developing a play about Lawrence 's experiences in the First World War and he 's been asked to look at Lawrence 's novel Kangaroo , by the BBC . |
| 10 | Won a national competition — well a competition in a national magazine — by imagining how to put together three exceptional outfits for three occasions : a job interview , meeting a partner 's parents for the first time , and addressing a conference . |
| 11 | The report , the product of four years ' work by a special WEC committee , attempts to bring renewable energy sources into the council 's calculations for the first time . |
| 12 | It 's good news for hunting , although I never gave much for Mr Kinnock 's observations in the first place . ’ |
| 13 | Erich Honecker , the party leader , spoke about the country 's problems for the first time in an address to party leaders , but simply echoed the Politburo statement . |
| 14 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 15 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 16 | The purchaser 's objectives for the first meeting should be as follows : |
| 17 | I have a piece of paper listing one traveller 's journeys during the first fortnight of this month . |
| 18 | They made love on the cool marble floor of the terrace , and much later went to bed and slept in each other 's arms for the first time in months . |
| 19 | A BLOOD-SUCKING parasite from Asia is attacking Britain 's bees for the first time and honey supplies could be affected . |
| 20 | The eagerly awaited 1992 results , due to be published next month , will include Dowty 's results for the first time and should answer many questions about the health of the aerospace company . |
| 21 | The highest summit in the world — accorded the status by British surveyors in the 1850s — Everest has been the crowning target for the world 's mountaineers since the first attempt to climb it in 1921 . |
| 22 | Just how is the extra money injected into people 's portfolios in the first place ? |
| 23 | Only after Addington 's budgets of the first decade of the nineteenth century did direct taxation , albeit in a much altered form , begin to recover its share . |
| 24 | IN THE unattractive language of official Washington , Bosnian policy went ‘ on hold ’ when Warren Christopher , the secretary of state , returned from his trip to Europe 's capitals in the first week in May . |
| 25 | These , under pressure to increase the returns on their portfolios over very short review periods , turn over their holdings frequently ( known as ‘ churning ’ ) , disposing of a company 's shares on the first sign that they are under-performing the market . |
| 26 | When Parliament sat again , the government announced that there would not be a ballot for Private Members ' Bills in the first session , and therefore there was no possibility of homosexual law reform , a decision which prompted the Earl of Arran to reintroduce his Sexual Offences Bill into the House of Lords to keep up the pressure . |
| 27 | Remember , these twelve artistic masterpieces are now on collectors ' plates for the first time . |
| 28 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 29 | The view is gaining ground that , if Ms Campbell does not win more than 40% of the delegates ' votes on the first ballot , Mr Charest will take the crown with the help of Mr Edwards 's backers . |