Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
| 2 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 3 | The oral phase occurs in about the first year of a child 's life . |
| 4 | The period of time when acceptance becomes possible seems to link in with the first anniversary of events . |
| 5 | Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 8 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 9 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 10 | The balance in Japan is also healthily positive , at 54% , only slightly down on the first quarter of the year . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Second , the Old English , descendants of settlers who had come over with the first wave of English conquest during the Middle Ages . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | us through to the first week of September . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 18 | There are rumours that most of the sides which face off in the first weekend of post-season action could be absorbed into a new , more important third tier of the Heineken League structure . |
| 19 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 20 | This will protect those personal community charge payers who would otherwise have been more than £3 per week worse off in the first year of Community Charge . |
| 21 | They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none . |
| 22 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 23 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 24 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 25 | Even the best performers sometimes get a tickle in their throats — Jose Carreras warming up for the first night of the Sudeley Summer Festival . |
| 26 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |
| 27 | To catch up with the first part of the competition , the August issue can be obtained from our Back Issues Service , see p51 . |
| 28 | His solution was to come up with the first table of annual premiums based on life expectancy . |
| 29 | Raffle prizes were donated by Roy and Carl and raised more than £130 for the club which just missed out on an historic victory — being runner up in the first division of the Industries League for a second year . |
| 30 | A legally binding agreement to implement this 14-page political declaration was scheduled to be drawn up in the first half of 1992 . |