Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , three seminars for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres involved in piloting the first batch of awards have been arranged for March . |
| 2 | Although Braque had been responsible for taking the first steps towards a more abstract type of painting , his own use of the new procedure was much more cautious than Picasso 's . |
| 3 | Family connections — always important in finding the first job for a girl or boy leaving school — could now be used in the printing trade , whatever the union said . |
| 4 | On Friday he played the match of his life to beat the defending champion , Jahangir Khan , in five games , and at 6-0 up in the final game on Saturday he was not far from becoming the first player to beat both Khans in the same tournament . |
| 5 | I listened and learned , watched and learned , and soon became adept at striking the first blow : if there was any teasing and tormenting going on ( and there was plenty ) I made sure that I was an active and not a passive participant . |
| 6 | And you feel anxious about getting the first lot of seeds sown out of doors . |
| 7 | The composer 's extensive treatment of this theme comes very close to toppling the first movement 's structure in some versions , where virtually every note is caressed to the point of near-suffocation . |