Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to this the men who were passing through the camp after the first year often had a different view of the war from those who had been there since before the fall of France . |
| 2 | Dendrochronological research for the first millennium AD is still under development with a number of floating chronologies in existence ; but the general rarity of timbers suitable for such work from the types of site belonging to this period also limits the value of the method at present . |
| 3 | WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn has thrown down the gauntlet to much-travelled striker Howard Gayle , who trained at the Racecourse for the first time yesterday . |
| 4 | Numerous product initiatives were undertaken in 1992 , notably the creation of new products in Louis Vuitton luggage , the launch of new cosmetics and the relaunch of the first perfume ever created by Christian Dior — ‘ Miss Dior . ’ |
| 5 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 6 | It will be the prelude to the first election entirely focused on the record of the Government — and its all-mighty leader . |
| 7 | If meaning can be derived by participants in the communication then there must be a significatory system operating and it can be analysed at the level of the first order regardless of what the meaning is . |
| 8 | The route of the first shipment--expected sometime this later year--is being kept secret for security reasons , but the government has said that it will try to avoid territorial waters . |
| 9 | The only thing these artists have in common is their gallery of origin the Bachelier-Cardonsky of Kent , Connecticut , USA which has sent their work for the first time ever to Paris where it can be seen at Gianna Sistu for a month . |
| 10 | " While giving priority to peaceful means " , the European Council for the first time publicly declared that it did " not exclude the use of military means by the UN " . |
| 11 | Young people away from home for the first time also have to find the resources within themselves to create a pattern of living . |
| 12 | Our chief source of information on Roman architecture for the first century B.C. is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio who wrote his famous work De Architectura , which he dedicated to Augustus , in 25 B.C. Vitruvius , as we call him , sets out his plans for an ideal Roman city in the first volume of his work . |
| 13 | This was used to make comma shaped charms ( magatama ) of the kind placed with burials of the Tomb Period during the first half of the first millennium A.D. both in Japan itself and in Korea . |
| 14 | Brass is another important alloy of copper ( made with zinc ) , which first appears during the latter half of the first millennium BC and was widely used from the Roman period onwards . |
| 15 | When Mark Proctor volleyed the ball against the bar in the first half perhaps it was a sign it was not going to be Boro 's night . |
| 16 | Unfortunately Ohmachi could not sustain the connection and the rising son went down 8 and 6 on the Burma Road to Chip Beck in the first round yesterday . |
| 17 | Everything else is a bonus , but it 's also a bit like hunting round the first circuit safely in the Grand National — you know it 's the next circuit that matters . ’ |
| 18 | To their credit the Springboks took a leaf out of the Wallaby book by holding their Friday training session before the test in a township for the first time ever . |
| 19 | This will liberate much needed space in one two one , and enable the Board to bring together its central administration in one place for the first time ever . |
| 20 | COLIN Montgomerie experienced the torture chamber of Baltusrol for the first time yesterday and insisted the time had come for Europe to demolish America 's stranglehold on the U.S. Open . |
| 21 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |
| 22 | Walter Kent , the American composer of The White Cliffs of Dover , visited the town for the first time yesterday and presented an original of the song manuscript to the district council , which will display it in the £14m ‘ White Cliffs Experience ’ due to open in 1991 . |
| 23 | It is hoped that it will be possible to continue the post after the first appointment so that there can be a series of three year appointments but this will be dependant on a review of the financial position . |
| 24 | It has been used successfully in the drilling of the first extended-reach well to the offshore extension of the Sherwood reservoir lying under Poole Bay and is now being used for the second well being drilled . |
| 25 | The modern meaning of the first word usually relates to apparitions or spectres of dead people . |
| 26 | SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 27 | Peterboro 3 , Swindon 3 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 28 | The difference was that the teacher in the first group really related to the material and to the children , and she had understood the underlying purpose and challenge of RE and was able to point up the discussion , listening carefully to what the children said and leading them on in their thinking . |
| 29 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 30 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |