Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] from the first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Bonhams has announced that its turnover from the first quarter of 1992 is 34 per cent up compared with the same quarter of 1991 .
2 Albion were on their guard from the first minute when Steve Guppy curled a shot into keeper Stuart Naylor 's body .
3 Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening .
4 Supporting the announcement , Oracle Corp says it will offer the Oracle 7 database and SQL*Net V2 for NetWare SunLink immediately , whilst Ingres Corp is to add compatibility in version 6.4 of its database from the first quarter of next year .
5 The building of the Henry Ford factory on the Marina had been started a few years before ; and Denis , whose regular walks to Blackrock — solitary now that his father was no longer there to accompany him took him past the site , had watched its growth from the first brick .
6 He took his text from the First Book of Samuel :
7 One of the key things for the male is to time his departure from the first female correctly .
8 In the late 1520s and 1530s , Henry VIII had embarked on a spectacular , even murderous matrimonial career in an attempt to save his kingdom from the first part of that curse .
9 As far as registered conveyancing is concerned , there seems no reason why the transfer should not be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or an original with examined copies ) , the original transfer being lodged at HM Land Registry , the duplicate being held with the second charge certificate and the third being retained by the husband as evidence of his release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity in respect of the second mortgage .
10 And he rarely complained during his recuperation from the first back operation , to repair a number of fractures , which looked like being successful when he returned for Middlesex at the start of 1991 and took four for 60 against Somerset with a performance which particularly impressed his own wicket-keeper Paul Farbrace .
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