Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after the liberation of Poland he joined the Polish regular army as a war correspondent and eventually entered Berlin with the First Polish Infantry Division . |
| 2 | She might get over this present illness but would only fall victim to the first virus that came along . |
| 3 | The Italian car industry received its much needed boost in the first race when Messrs Monoia and Morandi beat off 76 other challengers to win in an Italian-made OM , who filled the first three places . |
| 4 | the time he phoned he could only get Friday of the first week |
| 5 | Northern Ireland has never won the Home Internationals before but team manager Jim McGrory feels that this year 's selection is good enough to achieve success for the first time . |
| 6 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
| 7 | I HAVE JUST bought Esquire for the first time . |
| 8 | It is rather that the whole point of a national curriculum will be lost if it can not be assumed that children at 11 will be ready for whatever is the generally agreed content of the first year at secondary school . |
| 9 | Jenny must have just got hold of the first . |
| 10 | According to Reuter , he is known on Wall Street for his prowess as a cost-cutter and an asset-seller , a reputation that is likely to cause consternation among IBM employees already facing lay-offs for the first time in the company 's history . |
| 11 | The story of Noah 's ark is one of the best known stories from the first chapters of Genesis . |
| 12 | According to contemporary writers , and repeated regularly ever since then , Piper had already gained fame as the first European to have been behind the Great Wall of China . |
| 13 | P&O Distribution have already taken delivery of the first new vehicles dedicated to the contract , which includes delivery of finished goods from the IDEM mill in Cardiff to customers in the UK and to Arjo Wiggins ' Belgian distribution centre . |
| 14 | Burns has reminded his players — the best paid footballers in the First Division — that they are playing for their future livelihoods . |
| 15 | Schwartz is giving away spice racks to the first 1,000 BBC Good Food readers who can correctly answer our questions below . |
| 16 | Wigan and Huddersfield should be officially crowned champions of the First and Third divisions respectively , with Leigh and Sheffield effectively clinching promotion to the First . |
| 17 | desire to move for a variety of reasons , erm permanently regarded house in the first place , you know ? |
| 18 | They always , they always lag as you know , our , our , we always underspend capital in the first half against what our division think they 're gon na do and they always think they 're gon na catch it up in the second half , they never do but erm , it wo n't be , you know , it wo n't be materially different . |
| 19 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 20 | Shooting raises fear of sectarian bloodbath Cardinals on either side of the Irish Sea yesterday joined forces for the first time to condemn the IRA , reports Gary Duncan . |
| 21 | Imprinting usually takes place in the first few days after birth . |
| 22 | Ludwigshafen-based BASF AG says its magnetic recording media business was still losing money in the first quarter because pressure on selling prices remained strong ; the chemicals giant , which owns Comparex Informationssysteme GmbH , said that it intends to fight the pressure on its selling prices by continuing to cut its costs and by concentrating on its more profitable sectors . |
| 23 | Meetings now on Thursdays , which means you can still attend practices at the First Aid Post on Wednesdays . ’ |
| 24 | The cows are always milked by members of the family and they can usually spot mastitis in the first 24 hours . |
| 25 | So Tallis at last entered the stone corridors and galleries which had once led Harry to the first forest , and a forbidden land in whose winter embrace he had become lost . |
| 26 | What I will say in answer to the question is that I personally always use hypnosis as the first stage of any regression session . |
| 27 | probably a cup final and they 're still playing football on the first of May . |
| 28 | Naval patronage was regularly used , within the limits imposed by regulation , to sustain a political interest , and even if the powers of a flag officer in the field of promotion were restricted in Europe , an officer in command of a ship , or in a position to influence that commander , could still place boys on the first rung of the promotional ladder by securing for them appointments as midshipmen or , failing that , captain 's servants . |
| 29 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 30 | He also made history as the first judicial nominee to be confirmed without the recommendation of the Senate judiciary committee , which held confirmation hearings on Sept. 10-27 , but deadlocked seven to seven when it finally voted on the motion to recommend the nomination , and then voted 13 to one to pass along the nomination to the entire Senate with no recommendation . |