Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | On Feb. 12 some 36 such refugees were returned in the first mandatory repatriation of 1992 . |
| 32 | The signature of a declaration on relations between the two countries was seen as the first step towards a future inter-state treaty . |
| 33 | Monthly mailings are no use at all , and ideas are needed in the first instance rather than completed material . |
| 34 | Obviously the same theory applies to minor keys , but in minor keys the minor pentatonics are found on the first ( I ) , fourth ( IV ) and fifth ( V ) degrees of the scale/key . |
| 35 | Steam days are held on the first Saturday of each month from April to October when as many as possible of the exhibits are operated and many additional attractions are provided . |
| 36 | Applicants are registered in the first instance as supervised postgraduate students ; this initial period will count towards the minimum period of study for the degree . |
| 37 | When my date comes back the credits are rolling on the first film . |
| 38 | Government officials are admitting for the first time families in mid-value houses of £66,000 — £88,000 are likely to face bills of £600 not £400 as hoped . |
| 39 | Expectations were examined on the first day of the course and reviewed at the end . |
| 40 | Targets for reducing the death toll from heart disease , cancer and other illnesses were set for the first time last year , yet little has happened since then , the British Medical Association said yesterday . |
| 41 | But it 's only available if your contributions were withdrawn before the first of June nineteen seventy three . |
| 42 | Ten days were needed on the first few clauses alone . |
| 43 | Edberg is the sixth seed to go out of the men 's championship after a record five seeds were beaten in the first round . |
| 44 | Most catalogues begin , usually with some proud and flamboyant phraseology , by describing the new varieties being introduced for the first time , and invariably , because they are the kinds that get most of the breeders ' attentions , these will be H.T.s and Floribundas . |
| 45 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 46 | Others , whose teenage years were spent in the first half of the Seventies , grew up with a corrupt mixture of Sixties heroes ( Jimi Hendrix , Simon and Garfunkel , The Rolling Stones , Procul Harum ) and Seventies efflorescences ( Led Zeppelin , David Bowie , The Carpenters , Elton John , the original Genesis with Peter Gabriel ) . |
| 47 | Because of the increase in popularity of racing across the Atlantic , extensive coverage of NASCAR and CART championships are included for the first time . |
| 48 | The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret . |
| 49 | These options and their relative merits are considered in the first sub-section . |
| 50 | Their structures are shown in the first diagram . |
| 51 | Clinical and basic science topics are covered in the first six terms . |
| 52 | Triangulation is a chain of supplies of goods among three or more parties where the goods are delivered from the first party direct to the last party in the chain . |
| 53 | Scottish prison officers are to strike for the first time in their history on November the fifth . |
| 54 | The conditions were appaling in the first half . |
| 55 | Some two hundred periti were summoned to the first session , but by April 1963 the number had reached 348 . |
| 56 | These dancers were placed in the first of Noverre 's categories . |
| 57 | However considerable problems were experienced in the first growth-room trial . |
| 58 | These problems were discussed at the first meeting of the Montreal Protocol Parties in Helsinki in May 1989 . |
| 59 | Here the Unionists were challenged for the first time in many years but the NILP shared the anti-Unionist vote with Independents , who polled 4.5 per cent in North and 2 per cent in Waterside . |
| 60 | The Kuwait intervention , though important to the Defence policy-makers , was of little consequence to the political departments , whose mandarins were immersed during the first half of 1961 in two major debates : how to handle the Anglo-American special relationship after Kennedy had taken over as US President in January ; and whether or not to put less emphasis on Anglo-American and Commonwealth links by applying belatedly to join the EEC . |