Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curriculum laid down for the first time what pupils should learn in 10 subjects . |
| 2 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 3 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 4 | Her mind drifted back to the first day they 'd seen Crystal Springs . |
| 5 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 6 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 7 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 8 | Sunsoft Inc says it will start delivering OEM versions of Solaris 2.1-on-Intel by mid-January , fulfilling its promise to get the desktop Unix for Intel Corp iAPX-86 boxes out during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure . |
| 10 | ‘ Greed came in for the first time . |
| 11 | Hughes , aged29 , has a remarkable record going back to the first women 's World Championships in 1980 including a world gold in 1986 , world bronze in 1987 and two European titles . |
| 12 | For example , Ellen Ross 's ( 1983 ) discussion of the lifestyle of the working poor in the East End of London , in the period leading up to the First World War , contains evidence about financial relationships between young working adults and their parents , based partly on the surveys of Charles Booth ( 1892b ) . |
| 13 | I would buy the parchment and arrange its transport down to the wharves and we concluded that , if we sold the wine brought back on the first voyage , we would make a profit . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) The second point follows on from the first . |
| 15 | Lane sprang out of the first car at his approach . |
| 16 | To try and reduce the potential for stress to build up in the first place . |
| 17 | THE PRINCESS of Wales last night spoke out for the first time about the ‘ untrue and hurtful ’ allegations about friction between her , and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh . |
| 18 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 19 | Where an applicant voluntarily left accommodation but had then acquired temporary accommodation , the courts interpreted the legislation so as to entitle the local authority to relate back to the first accommodation and so to find that he was intentionally homeless . |
| 20 | A long way off down the hill smoke drifted up from the first stubble-burning of the autumn . |
| 21 | Santa Clara , California start-up Nimbus Technologies Inc will next week come out with the first chipset targeted at the compatible builders which is tailored for use with the superscalar Sparcs — Viking and HyperSparc — both expected to hit the market in the second half of the year , see front page . |
| 22 | He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament . |
| 23 | He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament . |
| 24 | Today , the Mirror looks back to the first tragic deaths in one of the world 's longest and more bitter conflicts . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But even as her low , husky voice rang out with the first notes of the song , her eyes were seeking out the stranger , unable to resist his strangely magnetic pull . |
| 27 | That was the idea of the union starting out in the first place . |
| 28 | LUTON responded to tragedy with a battling performance to move out of the First Division 's bottom three . |
| 29 | The second change follows on from the first . |
| 30 | Lawyers acting for the 31 year-old double terror victim have recently entered into negotiations with Northern Ireland Office lawyers to settle a compensation case arising out of the first attack on him in which he lost a leg and suffered serious damage to an arm . |