Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] the first [noun] [prep] " 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 | We 're going off ! ’ screams every nerve of the BSM graduate 's 25 years of road driving as Brundle approaches the first corner at more than 120 mph and heels the car , its tyres wailing and jouncing on the limits of their purchase , across the corner . |
| 3 | Michel Laclotte 's farewell show as director of the Louvre includes the first sight of its eight newly cleaned Titians |
| 4 | As Sayer , Williams carries the first half of the movie . |
| 5 | Jesus wins the first round in the battle against evil ( Mark 1 : 21–28 ) . |
| 6 | Robin delivers the first verdict on it 's performance . |
| 7 | Masur paces the first movements with great skill and builds climaxes with just the right sense of slow , inexorable growth . |
| 8 | Thus the Book of Daniel provides the first intimation of that apocalyptic interpretation of contemporary struggles which was to become an ordinary feature of the later rebellions of the Jews against foreign rule . |
| 9 | Boss Robin Miller says the first issue of computer games magazine Nintendo Magazine System sold a massive 150,000-plus copies . |
| 10 | Tonight , Lord Scarman hears the first submissions to the independent enquiry into the future of Rover at Cowley . |
| 11 | Connie Franks recommends the first week in June as being early enough for putting out the bedding plants . |
| 12 | Ahead of its international user meeting and training conference in San Jose , California , on the 27th of this month , when the majority of System 10 components will be debuted , Sybase Inc this Wednesday unveils the first module in the latest release of its relational database management system products . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Lawrence remains the first choice for Japanese . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | THE BEGINNING OF THE END Lord Young looks on as Paul Reichmann drives the first pile at Canary Wharf in 1987 . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | CLARKE 'S CRACKER : Northern Ireland 's Colin Clarke blasts the first goal of the game — and his record 13th for the team . |
| 20 | Wales has the first claim on me , and there 's grave enough danger threatening Wales now ; God forbid I should do anything to add to it . |
| 21 | Morgan illustrates the first type of case and Tolson the other ; ( David Raymond ) Smith shows one type of approach in play , Phekoo the other . |
| 22 | Councillor Kate Wood lays the first wreath at Wallasey |
| 23 | Leicester becomes the first casualty of the jumps season . |