Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specifications of November 1939 became a reality just 43 years ago , when a CW pump evacuated model with sealing wax joints was switched on for the first time at the end of February 1940 , and operated successfully . |
| 2 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 3 | He had one fight in 1984 and was knocked down for the first time in his career . |
| 4 | The serious Christian , set down for the first time in a Christian community , is likely to bring with him a very definite idea of what Christian life together should be and try to realize it . |
| 5 | But you can get it in For the first time at any age . |
| 6 | Eventually , on Feb. 23 , a non-Congress ( I ) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years . |
| 7 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 8 | The oral phase occurs in about the first year of a child 's life . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 10 | The two feet would shrink with a cheating stick , and perhaps we could avoid some of the easier but time-consuming lower pitches by sneaking in along the first terrace from an easier route . |
| 11 | The period of time when acceptance becomes possible seems to link in with the first anniversary of events . |
| 12 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |
| 13 | Cologne , 2-0 down from the first leg in Belgrade , won through to the quarter-finals with two goals from Goetz , his equaliser coming seven minutes from time , and a last-minute winner from Ordenewitz . |
| 14 | His assertion that the problem remains and is handed down from the first generation of Homo sapiens to the present one in the institutions of religion and art seems to be , prima facie , very plausible . |
| 15 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 16 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 17 | Miss Fletcher was 0–2 , down in the first set before taking ten games in a row and going on to retain her title . |
| 18 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 19 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 20 | I asked Danny ( Knight ) to put down at the first chance after crossing back over the Channel , and he did ’ . |
| 21 | It 's not as huge as a Jeff Beck model , being just under an inch deep at the 12th fret , nor is it anywhere near as vee-shaped as a Clapton Strat , but it 's still a sizeable handful , except down by the first couple of frets where it 's a fair bit shallower , in good ‘ 59 fashion . |
| 22 | Instead , a message came through during the first part of the show that Sigourney loved Julian , and was asking specifically to be seated next to him . |
| 23 | Second , the Old English , descendants of settlers who had come over with the first wave of English conquest during the Middle Ages . |
| 24 | Ideally the Civic Society would like to see far more drastic policy change , possibly thinking in terms of forty hectares but we realize the minimum possible would be the thirty point five hectares which is hanging over from the first phase of the structure plan , and so that must of course be regarded as committed . |
| 25 | us through to the first week of September . |
| 26 | Harold , through to the first quarter-final of his professional career , said : ‘ This is obviously my best ever win , and while Stephen did n't play well I like to think it was something to do with the way I played . ’ |
| 27 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 28 | Second-row Jackson was sent off for the first time in his career along with South Wales Police hooker Colin Hillman after the two were caught wrestling off the ball . |
| 29 | In a million bathrooms , pores breathed sighs of relief as the trowelled-on layers of moisturiser , foundation , blusher , shaper , powder , eye liner , eye shadow , mascara , lashes , and lipstick were scraped off for the first time in decades . |
| 30 | He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season . |