Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not done an adaptation before and my fears grew with the first reading of the book , simply because of the enormity of the task . ’ |
| 2 | As one lecturer put it , ‘ I do n't want one of my students working for a first to have the achievement marred because it was ‘ only a 1.2 ’ . ’ |
| 3 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 4 | Today the planes are flying home … their pilots shaken by the first accident at Fairford in 23 years . |
| 5 | In 1980 Irish constituencies had their boundaries and the number of their seats reviewed for the first lime by independent Constituency Commissioners . |
| 6 | Although James Braid is correctly credited with the course design , the Sandwich Professional was also involved for both their names appear on the first year 's accounts published in July 1908 for ‘ laying out , and advising as to links ’ , their respective fees being £15 6s. 6d. and £5 . |
| 7 | Their Lordships turn to the first of the orders under appeal , namely the order of Barnett J. refusing to overturn the decision of Judge Cameron not to grant a perpetual stay of the Barclays ( Asia ) prosecution . |
| 8 | Although he never weighed more than 175 pounds , he had the build of a heavyweight from the waist up , and he fought the world 's leading heavyweights , with few of his fights lasting beyond the first few rounds . |
| 9 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 10 | In thus questioning whether poverty should be defined as existence in conditions below the barest subsistence minimum , or whether a higher minimum standard should be established in the interests of humanity and of aiming for high national standards of comfort and efficiency , Bowley and his colleagues raised for the first time some of the problems concerning the definition of poverty , which have remained at issue ever since . |
| 11 | It is sufficient for our purposes to elaborate upon the first two categories . |
| 12 | Our problems started on the first pitch . |
| 13 | Our findings reveal for the first time death rates of babies born before term who survive into late adult life , although duration of gestation was recorded for only half of the men . |
| 14 | Our findings demonstrate for the first time increased expression of ET-1 in the lungs of patients with CFA compared with the lungs of subjects without CFA . |