Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two years of basic research led to a first description of Mamprusi court ritual and the system of succession . |
| 2 | United 's return begins with a first round tie against , with the opening leg away , while Rangers start at against . |
| 3 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 4 | Forty four year old Michael Byrne from Westlea in the town fell from a first floor window in the multi-storey ward block . |
| 5 | ( b ) List 5 important items of information which should appear in a letter of application written by a person applying for a first job . |
| 6 | At home they had behaved as if she were a toddler going to a first party in a party frock rather than a huge ungainly student eighteen years of age going to university dressed from head to toe in dark clothes . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the National Housebuilding Council said : ‘ Every housing chain begins with a first time buyer and we are hopeful that this vital part of the market will be encouraged by the Chancellor 's additional concession . ’ |
| 8 | The competition called for a first chapter of 2000 words to include a couple of phrases along the lines of ‘ the scent of freshly washed hair++ ’ |
| 9 | As part of the process he resigned as chairman of the ruling MPR and appointed a transitional government headed by a First State Commissioner ( Prime Minister ) . |
| 10 | the number of characters ; ie letters , figures , signs or spaces in a piece of copy , line or paragraph used as a first stage in type calculations . |
| 11 | ‘ We agree there has been a breakdown in communications but hope that from now on we can work together in an open and constructive manner towards our common goal a first class haematology unit run by a first class team of doctors and nurses . |
| 12 | It is striking , in fact , how much the latter idea seemed at the time to dominate as a first priority . |