Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] by [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of the programme , who were numerous in the USA as well as in the Soviet Union , maintained that it would violate the ABM treaty and therefore undermine the whole concept of deterrence by allowing a first strike to be delivered from behind a space ‘ shield ’ which would prevent or at least reduce the risk of retaliation . |
| 2 | The Wright Brothers , in 1903 , were able to demonstrate the possibility of flight by achieving the first flight of just thirty-six metres . |
| 3 | Although a recent constitutional amendment protected a new government from a motion of no confidence during the first 18 months of its existence , it appeared unlikely that Wingti 's new government would be strong enough to break the country 's traditional pattern of politics by becoming the first since independence to survive from one general election to the next . |
| 4 | This indicates that chewing and swallowing at least start to bring our bodily eating controls into action by sending the first satiety signals to the brain — and that the more chewing and swallowing we do the more effective this is likely to be . |
| 5 | STEVE DAVIS might have begun his season behind the other players but he started it in style by capturing the first British ranking event , the BCE International , when beating Stephen Hendry , his most obvious rival , 9-4 at Trentham Gardens , Stoke , writes Janice Hale . |