Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Spelman , general manager of marketing for the Halifax , Britain 's biggest mortgage lender , said the current recession has resulted in the first post-war collapse of house prices . |
| 2 | An analysis of soil samples from a Kurdish village has proved for the first time that in 1988 Iraqi armed forces used nerve gas as well as mustard gas in air raids against civilians . |
| 3 | Having considered the potential benefits of offering discounts for full payment of Council Tax the Council has decided for the first year that it is not beneficial and that therefore no discounts will be offered for full payment . |
| 4 | Jimmy and Gwenda Cornell 's ARC team has grown since the first event in 1986 . |
| 5 | Rainfall in October could reach record levels — more rain has fallen in the first two weeks than usually falls in the entire month . |
| 6 | A DECADE has passed since the first report of a second messenger function for inositol(1,4,5)-trisphosphate ( InsP 3 ) . |
| 7 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
| 8 | The main debate within planning has focused on the first of these types of development . |
| 9 | The Chinese government has said for the first time that it intends to try to stop the tiger trade . |
| 10 | This Government has embarked on the first ever strategy for health . |
| 11 | An S-A-S officer who led a mission to prevent the Gulf conflict spreading throughout the Middle East has revealed for the first time what happened behind enemy lines . |
| 12 | This carefully documented book makes known for the first time a major work executed by Bakst at the end of his life : his seven scenes from the ‘ The Sleeping Beauty ’ , a tale which fascinated him throughout his career . |
| 13 | The Paraguayans , says Obdulio Menghi of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) , " are working like never before , because of the professional and political [ commitment ] that the country has assumed for the first time . " |
| 14 | As part of our continuing review of quality systems , we are completing an evaluation of the way the new system has worked in the first year . |
| 15 | A quick dust , to get rid of the cobwebs , and it 's off to the track , adrenalin pumping , because that time has come for the first track workout of the summer . |
| 16 | BUCKINGHAM Palace has admitted for the first time that Princess Diana 's marriage is in trouble . |