Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Haritos-Fatouros says the first rule for those selecting potential torturers is : do not hire a sadist . |
| 2 | This week , Joy Francis investigates the first category of elder abuse : physical abuse and physical neglect ( see page 18 ) while Mervyn Eastman , recognised as the first social worker to highlight elder abuse , examines the problems of defining elder abuse ( see page 20 ) . |
| 3 | Commenting on the company 's figures ( see opposite ) , AT&T Co chairman Robert Allen says the first quarter results , excluding the accounting changes , auger well for the rest of the year . |
| 4 | Mr McCann presents the first Bond to Chris Smith of Royal Insurance , watched by Bill Tubey , Manweb ; Richard Smith , Barclays ; Erica Duff , Brookside Productions and Frank Cogley , Liverpool 's Director of Education Picture : TONY KENWRIGHT |
| 5 | Inside Story ( BBC-1 9.30pm ) producer Tom Bower presents the first investigation into Rowland , unravelling his past , tracing the controversial path which earned his fortune and revealing those who have benefited and suffered under his single-minded dictat . |
| 6 | Yet Mrs Molina becomes the first Latino to sit on the county 's governing board since 1872 — and the first woman ever . |
| 7 | Boss Robin Miller says the first issue of computer games magazine Nintendo Magazine System sold a massive 150,000-plus copies . |
| 8 | Connie Franks recommends the first week in June as being early enough for putting out the bedding plants . |
| 9 | Brian Cervi leads the first XI , with Lloyd Edwards and Bernie Tutte looking after the second team . |
| 10 | Tonight , Lord Scarman hears the first submissions to the independent enquiry into the future of Rover at Cowley . |
| 11 | What a pity the kangaroo had been discovered too late for Johnson s Dictionary : Captain Cook makes the first reference to it three years earlier , in his Journal for August 1770 . |
| 12 | Councillor Kate Wood lays the first wreath at Wallasey |
| 13 | CLARKE 'S CRACKER : Northern Ireland 's Colin Clarke blasts the first goal of the game — and his record 13th for the team . |
| 14 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 15 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END Lord Young looks on as Paul Reichmann drives the first pile at Canary Wharf in 1987 . |