Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the first [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave meets Andy for the first time and says ‘ Nice to meet you . ’ |
| 2 | If you were to fly to Athens for the first time and take a taxi to an address in the city , you would be unable to assess whether the route was circuitous , or the baggage charge was normal . |
| 3 | If a Bill is passed by the Commons in two successive sessions having been rejected by the Lords , it can be presented for the Royal Assent provided that one year has elapsed between the date of its second reading in the Commons in the first session and the date of its passing by the Commons in the second session . |
| 4 | Dicey felt able to boil the British constitution down to " one essential principle " : " obedience by all persons to the deliberately expressed will of the House of Commons in the first instance and ultimately to the will of the nation as expressed through Parliament . " |
| 5 | We have done well in our provincial fixtures , with notable exceptions against the Maoris in the first half and in the defeat by Otago . |
| 6 | Benne Johannsen , manager of the Danish champions , travelled to Georgia with Linfield for the first leg and he 's not too keen on going back . |
| 7 | He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second . |
| 8 | In 1348 the bubonic plague , known as the Black Death , struck Europe for the first time and , in conditions of poor sanitation , famine and undernourishment , made rapid progress . |
| 9 | Even that incomplete list of achievements takes on special significance when people encounter Nadia for the first time and learn how a genetic abnormality meant she was born with only one finger on each hand . |
| 10 | England have been shown up for the lack of quality in their line-up , although Gooch 's illness here , Michael Atherton 's illness in Calcutta and the stupidity of leaving out Phil Tufnell from the first Test and Atherton on the second Test all contributed to an unexpectedly one-sided contest . |
| 11 | Crosby 's Shirli-Ann Siddall , now based in Dorset , is up against seventh seed Jennifer Capriati in the first round and junior Lorna Woodroffe , languishing at 532 in the rankings , faces Switzerland 's 11th seed Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere . |
| 12 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
| 13 | Alan Ball admitted his men had it all to do after his men crashed to South Africa , the Australian wicket went for a duck as a defending champion slumped said we are going to have to do it the hard way now , we just did n't play very , we did n't get it together against New Zealand in the first match and today we were never in the picture , our brothers never really had a chance of any attempt of a hundred and seventy , but full credit to South Africa they are a rate , a better to side |
| 14 | On 24 August the Eliots travelled to Edinburgh for the first night and , once again , the reaction of the audience was favourable . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , three-times world champion Ayrton Senna drove an IndyCar for the first time but is unlikely to follow in Nigel Mansell 's footsteps . |
| 16 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 17 | I remember when I say John Bellany for the first time and he said , ‘ All that matters at the end of the day is the work ’ . |
| 18 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 19 | Up for grabs are six travel awards from Larne to Cairnryan for the first male and female in each of three age categories . |
| 20 | Later Turkish historians are thus almost universally in accord in naming Molla Fenari as the first Mufti and — on the assumption that Rifat Efendi 's version simply results from a slip which Ahmed Refik has not noticed in placing his appointment in the time of Murad II , with some historians giving the date 828/1424–5 for the appointment . |
| 21 | Ulster bowlers showed up well with Willie Loughrey from Portrush , a senior inter-association bowler 11 win over Phillip Darcy in the first round and then beat Paul Doyle 21–15 in the second round . |
| 22 | He took the wickets of Pakistan captain Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram in the first innings and followed up with three for 49 in the second , including Pakistan 's two top batsmen , Aamir Sohail and Salim Malik . |
| 23 | I was very nervous when I went to meet Mr Wogan for the first time but the gentleman who drove the big car to the show was very nice and friendly . |
| 24 | David Speedy 's goal for Leicester in the first half and with the wind behind Nottingham Forest now ironically is often happens in these cases it seems to have just calmed a little . |