Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you chairman , erm , I 've heard what Mr said then I think it is worth reminding ourselves that a significant number of members of this council are new to this council and it 's therefore quite right and proper that in the first year of the business of this council that there should be a significant number of seminars and briefings to enable members to fully acquaint themselves with the business of the council the working of the er , operations of this council so that we can in fact make informed decisions er in the future . |
| 2 | His appeal to the Supreme Court that the Smith Act was unconstitutional because of the First Amendment was rejected . |
| 3 | When seen in hospital she was far less depressed than on the first occasion and did not feel she needed further help . |
| 4 | SSP is not payable if on the first day of the PIW your employee : |
| 5 | Very large crowds attended on the Friday , although not as vast as on the first day . |
| 6 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 7 | The entrance to the " opportunity garden " is less obvious than in the first drawing . |
| 8 | I was totally conscious and for the first time since my labour started I felt relaxed . |
| 9 | But the question had been unwelcome and for the first time some of his cockiness seemed to have drained from him . |
| 10 | His voice had deepened , the words becoming more guttural as for the first time since she 'd met him he seemed to struggle with a language which was not his own . |
| 11 | I am sure that within the first month of the season , pens will be put to paper concerning the new law changes . |
| 12 | I was n't sure until after the first preview . |
| 13 | The equaliser brought more boost to Town , than United and for the first time in the game , the Oxford goal was under pressure . |
| 14 | Lucy listened to the repeated message with her heart in her mouth , and , hearing it again , the voice sounded even more arrogant than during the first recording . |
| 15 | He never came to the hotel drunk and for the first time for years worked almost to a routine . |
| 16 | His patience was dwindling and for the first time in four years of marriage she could see he was on the point of losing his temper . |
| 17 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |
| 18 | Soutter , the fourth seed , thus beat the player who caused her exclusion from England 's world title-winning team , in a final that for the first time since 1979 contained neither of the Guernsey girls , Martine le Moignan and Lisa Opie . |
| 19 | Although visiting grandparents was the basis of many significant memories and relationships , it is surprising that in the first set of interviews there are even more significant mentions of grandparents who at some point lived in the same house as their children . |
| 20 | It is true that in the first aid world the manual is regarded as a sort of bible . |