Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans agreed on by the first meeting included a shopping trip to Holland to visit a shop which sells outsize jeans and sweat-shirts and another to Germany to a shop which claims to sell the biggest size shoes in the world . |
| 2 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 3 | The high reputation and influence of Anatolian rugs declined rapidly after the First World War , when the creator of modern Turkey , Kemal Ataturk , set about purging the country of Armenians and Greeks . |
| 4 | The Glasgow Gangs grew out of the First World War , when those too young to fight or know any better began to hang around street corners . |
| 5 | Outside his ears picked up for the first time the rustling of invisible leaves and the rattle of window-frames : the wind was rising . |
| 6 | However , he would n't be surprised if it was announced at DECUS in Cannes in September and first shipments came right after the first of the year . |
| 7 | Although the overall number of night visits increased sharply in the first year after the introduction of the contract ( for example , in Berkshire it rose by a half over the previous year p 762 ) , the absolute number of night visits made by the deputising service may have altered much less , without much cost saving . |
| 8 | American oil companies did well in the first quarter , helped by fat profits on refining . |
| 9 | The Falangists fell mostly into the first category , while Great Britain was the model society for those for whom monarchy was the ultimate political goal . |
| 10 | Even in that jungly light I see something does n't add up : can a corpse have half a nose and two fingers busted off at the first joint ? |
| 11 | In rural areas only about 6 per cent of the children who entered the first grade completed the primary cycle , and half these entrants dropped out after the first grade . |
| 12 | In the Plate final — for teams knocked out in the first round of the Chairman 's Cup — Fife beat Perth 4–2 . |
| 13 | A total of 1,767 businesses went under in the first quarter of this year , as against 2,074 a year earlier . |
| 14 | A total of 1,767 businesses went under in the first quarter of this year , as against 2,074 a year earlier . |
| 15 | The bells rang out for the first time just a day after they arrived back at the church . |
| 16 | Almost 35 million Americans tuned in to the first , two-hour pilot , making it the most watched TV movie of the season . |
| 17 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 18 | Also in 1990 , 15pc of mothers gave up in the first week , and 38pc by the sixth , compared with 14pc in the first week and 39pc by week six in 1985 . |
| 19 | Lawrence will change his policy next season when players left out of the first team will play in the reserves . |
| 20 | Domestic exports performed badly during the first half of 1990 , but growth in the re-export trade partly compensated . |
| 21 | The police moved in during the first half and then at half-time as a mob of Englishmen taunted and threatened Spanish fans in Santander . |
| 22 | ‘ Most of the children came in during the first two days and our helplines were flooded with calls , but they appear to have calmed down now . ’ |
| 23 | The nadir pressures of the first transient UOS relaxations that occurred during the common cavity episodes differed significantly from the first transient UOS relaxations that occurred before the common cavity ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 24 | Villages as well as towns expanded rapidly during the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | ( Currently students gaining a baccalauréat were guaranteed a university place ; however , 50 per cent of students dropped out in the first two years . ) |
| 26 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
| 27 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |