Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 The couple begin to lead separate lives and for the first time there is public concern over the marriage .
2 He became one of the first Conceptual artists and among the first to draw his imagery from television , movies , newspapers and advertising .
3 The specifically German element comes to the fore , however , in Lutheran hymn-settings as in the first part of Normiger 's book and the ‘ Celler Tabulatur ’ of 1601 .
4 Johnson Matthey 's business in the supply of both catalysts and complete engineered systems to control noxious emissions from industrial plants has benefited from the tightening of emission standards in our major markets and from the first signs of recovery from the recession .
5 Naggaroth 's dark master had perfected his evil arts over long millennia and for the first time Teclis met a foe that was his match .
6 Although there were nearly four times as many conscientious objectors as during the First World War , there was no organization remotely like the NCF .
7 Also on Jan. 8 at the weekly Monday demonstration in Leipzig protesters chanted anti-SED slogans and for the first time called for the resignation of both Modrow and Gregor Gysi ( who had replaced Egon Krenz as SED leader in December — see p. 37108 ) .
8 The mid-century gold rush to Australia added further to the supply of diamonds , but it was the development of the South African mines that for the first time brought a dramatic increase in the volume of production .
9 Repeat the checking for other holes as for the first strip
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