Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] of the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's description of the first Gentile Christians scattered round the Mediterranean coastlands of the first century AD would be true of the family into which I was born : ‘ not many wise as men reckon wisdom , not many in positions of power or from noblest families , not many wealthy ’ ( 1 Corinthians 1:26 ) . |
| 2 | That this playboy prince-cum-amateur-soldier should have seen the writing on the wall before the professionals hardly enhances one 's admiration of the First War military mind . |
| 3 | The HSE 's review of the first year of COSHH concluded that most firms were aware of COSHH and had tried to comply with the regulations , though many had not gone beyond the collection of information about hazards . |
| 4 | However , the development that particularly interested Nicholson was Perkin 's discovery of the first aniline dyestuff in his home laboratory in the East End . |
| 5 | He wonders at Mr Brooke 's advocacy of the first Reform Bill , for in Dagley 's view its purpose is ‘ to send you an ’ your likes a-scuttlin' ; an' wi' pretty strong-smellin' things too ’ . |
| 6 | I liked Thomson 's account of the First Symphony , too . |
| 7 | Cards on the table , Gavrilov 's reading of the first movement of the Seventh Sonata is one of the finest I 've heard — very nearly as fine as Pollini 's ( DG ) . |
| 8 | Arsenal 's mastery of the First Division was already making them the best-loved , best-hated club . |
| 9 | Sandy 's view of the First Pillar — the defence of the British Isles — was chillingly realistic : |
| 10 | The power of the Imperial illusion is only properly appreciated when we watch the last phase in the career of a politician 's politician of the first rank , Joseph Chamberlain . |
| 11 | Their fluency deceives and leads foreign language teachers to perceive their learners ' command of the first language as perfect by comparison with their knowledge of the foreign language . |
| 12 | Private Richard Downs , 19 , said he was serving as a bar steward in the officers ' mess of the First Battalion Duke of Wellington 's Regiment on election night — April 9 . |
| 13 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |