Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere made a lightning start with Aldridge firing wide in the first 60 seconds . |
| 2 | Country Landowners Association president Lord De Ramsey became one of the first of British agriculture 's leaders to meet the new Minister . |
| 3 | ‘ As a matter of fact , Scott spent most of the first course warning me against you . |
| 4 | Larne spent most of the first half on the rack , but took a shock lead three minutes from the break when Tom McCourt grabbed his 22nd goal of the season . |
| 5 | Amongst her many other interests , Ann initiated some of the first Medau Classes for children and she also worked widely with young folk through scouting etc . |
| 6 | Born in what was now Inner Mongolia , Ulanhu became one of the first Mongol members of the CCP when he joined in 1925 . |
| 7 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |
| 8 | Michael Codron remained optimistic during the first rewrites . |
| 9 | Expertise in the medium of song may have led Bedyngham to become one of the first composers , along with Walter Frye and Guillermus Dufay , to experiment with the technique of building a Mass cycle not on plainchant , but on a model taken from secular music . |
| 10 | In 1887 , he hit 151 for England against MCC at Lord 's in the Centenary Match , he and Shrewsbury adding 266 for the first wicket . |
| 11 | In joining John Dickinson at Croxley Mills in 1931 , Grant became one of the first qualified scientists to be employed by the paper industry and his contributions and experience proved invaluable to him throughout his subsequent career . |
| 12 | In the Dublin North constituency in February 1987 Haughey had 12,986 votes and Brady had 4,454 at the first count . |
| 13 | Sam became aware for the first time how bad he smelled . |
| 14 | Head teacher John Sweeney conducted this on the first evening , and Mr. Cark conducted on the second . |
| 15 | France dominated most of the first half but the home side , one of South Africa 's weaker provinces , came back after trailing 15–3 at half-time to threaten an upset . |
| 16 | So was Stromness voted dry after the first war then or afore it ? |
| 17 | Bureau trading volumes and sales of additional modules in both Europe and the US remained healthy in the first quarter , he said , while prospects for new licence sales are good . |
| 18 | Hannon saddled three of the first four home in the Kennett Maiden , and Reprehend , at 14–1 , was the least fancied of his trio . |
| 19 | OPENER Roshan Mahanama scored a masterful 109 as Sri Lanka made 303-6 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Colombo . |
| 20 | Alanson became one of the first three surgeons appointed to the Liverpool dispensary in 1778 . |
| 21 | Tokyo touched 26000 for the first time since last August . |
| 22 | The O'Neils occupied most of the first row of the circle . |
| 23 | Labour council leader John Williams and Mr Milburn yesterday produced a declaration arguing for Darlington to become one of the first unitary authorities under local government reform . |
| 24 | Colette led 5–3 in the first set tie break but lost 4 points in a row to give the Americans their third consecutive set of the tournament . |
| 25 | The Levys stayed tight-lipped after the first day 's hearing . |
| 26 | Ben capped this with the first ascent of the roof right of Psycho . |
| 27 | In between , Strachan showed his alertness again , running Nigel Worthington and John Harkes ragged in the first seconds after half-time to set up a simple header for Lee Chapman . |
| 28 | BRITAIN 'S most bitter boxing rivals bawled it out during a chance encounter in London yesterday when Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank came face-to-face for the first time in 25 months since their epic world title fight . |
| 29 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
| 30 | Though Park spent most of the first half pinned in their own territory , Nottingham had only two penalty goals and a Gregory dropped goal to show for their efforts . |