Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal made some changes to the first paragraph of Security Council Resolution 598 , dealing with a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops , in line with Iraqi demands . |
| 2 | Even as I wrote the final corrections to the first edition of this text in January 1973 , a splendid , though destructive new tear had Opened across the island of Heimaey , south of Iceland , and new oceanic crust was being formed . |
| 3 | She instructed Nina to radio for the county ambulance before climbing the stairs to the first floor of the jig and following the foreman along the boards for about twenty yards until they were able to see the injured man . |
| 4 | ( At this point notice the parallels to the first part of Coleridge 's Kubla Khan , with its Dome of Pleasure and Sacred River , and its order imposed by an all-mighty ruler . ) |
| 5 | One Friday evening , I drove down to the lovely old house , Ramster , near Chiddingfold , where artist Mr Paul Gunn and his charming wife Miranda had invited friends to the first night of an exhibition of Paul Gunn 's most recent landscapes , and to drinks and supper . |
| 6 | Note that although the actions of the mother , father and child might well have been part of one connected incident , the cuts to the first shot of the older child and to the shot of the father getting to his feet open up the possibility that the actions could in fact have been parts of separate but similar incidents which took place over a very much longer span of time ; the shot of the father could well have been contrived specially , with the help of a little direction from the cameraman in between shots . |
| 7 | It was cloudy and cooler at first after overnight rain and a light tailwind seemed to blow Holmann of Norway down the course as he took long slow strides to the first win of the day , making it look easy . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , HP has put back volume ships of its top-end HP Corporate Business Systems to the first quarter of its new fiscal starting November 1 . |