Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , this finding has led to further speculation about the role of hostile , critical and overprotective parenting in the first onset of schizophrenia . |
| 2 | They had , especially in the hard hopeless times of the first half of the century , been fused into a homogeneous mass of the discontented and the oppressed . |
| 3 | DUNMORE 'S National Sprint winner Ballyfolion Shy can take another step towards classic glory in the first round of the Respond Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park tomorrow night . |
| 4 | As he explained in the rhyming preface to the first part , he had written it |
| 5 | The offence is in outline very similar to the pre-existing offence under the Public Order Act 1936 , section 5A , although it adds ‘ behaviour ’ to the list of proscribed activities for the first time . |
| 6 | The adoral shields are large , not separating the oral shield from the first arm plate . |
| 7 | For the purpose of the Anticipation — the advance payment of the first instalment of the subsidy on assessments of £40 — both lands and goods were treated alike , their owners being considered equally capable of paying sooner than anyone else . |
| 8 | In Spain , as part of the administrative reorganisation under the first Bourbon king , Philip V , a new secretariat of state was created in 1714 for the handling of foreign affairs . |
| 9 | These steps were agreed by the government , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and 17 other political groups at the first meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( CODESA ) in December [ see pp. 38662-63 ] . |
| 10 | At the beginning of that period the devastating experience of the First World War and the abolition of the monarchy had created a hiatus in the self-confidence of the bourgeoisie which necessitated the founding of the legitimacy of the state on welfare principles ( Offe , 1984 ) . |
| 11 | The authors do not ask why the players adhered to and implemented these unnecessary checks in the first place . |
| 12 | Earlier this season , a last- minute goal from Duncan Ferguson did the damage and the return of the tall striker to the first team after resolving his personal problems is another reason for Aberdeen 's manager , Willie Miller , to view the game with caution . |
| 13 | Possibly the most trouble-free and profitable course in the first year is to grass-let part of the farm , on your own terms , thereby keeping the farm in work whilst leaving you free to get on with your development plans . |
| 14 | In fact there has been a complete census in the first year of every decade since 1801 ( excepting 1941 ) . |
| 15 | The other part is having coherent policies in the first place . |
| 16 | Laws without strong enforcement are words without deeds , and the tragic truth is that courts in both England and the United States have displayed a general unwillingness to mete out harsh punishment to those found guilty of cruelty to animals and an even greater reluctance to render guilty verdicts in the first place . |
| 17 | I said that , as brewers never sell beer at a loss , why did not the brewers knock £30 or £40 off the price of a barrel to the tenants of their tied houses in the first place ? |
| 18 | Salford intend to advertise for a full-time successor to the First Division 's longest serving coach . |
| 19 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 20 | Er I mean the er it 's er , course there are three orders that we are looking at tonight , it includes the er the third order er in relation not to boundaries but to the registration of overseas er voters to enable them to vote er in this , in this er election within U K constituencies and therefore that 's why the position that Mr David Robeddow as the chairman of Conservatives abroad er in Monte Carlo is relevant , er but also bec because of course the purpose of the European parliament for the first time as it will go through under these new boundaries , now is that they will be able to remedy some of that democratic deficit . |
| 21 | A protocol was signed , however , preserving economic ties into the first quarter of 1992 and with the aim of guaranteeing over that period deliveries of the equivalent of 70 per cent of first quarter deliveries in 1991 . |
| 22 | And he was a wounded pensioner er and he , he applied for a grant which you , which er a wounded soldier in the First World War could get if you had a pension he could get a grant of that pension to learn a trade . |
| 23 | Facing the strong wind in the first half , Aldershot defended superbly . |
| 24 | Playing into the strong wind in the first half , Alresford 's tactics were clearly to run all their possession . |
| 25 | Cork were playing into the strong wind in the first half but made the early running with a sixth minute goal from Barry Egan . |
| 26 | Past the school I walked through a stone gate manned by two uniformed guards into the first courtyard ( the palace has fifteen ) , which is overlooked by a high drumtower , used three times a day to summon the household for prayers . |
| 27 | Whereas in the 1980s the reforming emphasis was on market economics without political openness ( perestroika without glasnost ) , the China of the mid-to-late 1990s was driven by a concern for political openness for the first time in its history . |
| 28 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 29 | His height and strength will be badly missed in attacked as Leicester field what must be the smallest striking partnership in the First Division . |
| 30 | Portsmouth against Swindon … 13 goal Guy Whittingham … takes on 11 goal Craig Maskell … they 're the top scorers in the first division … what a head to head … |