Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the first [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wine was decanted against the flame of a candle , and pouring would be stopped as soon as the wine started to get cloudy or showed the first signs of deposit . |
| 2 | The poets and critics had played a considerable part in stimulating and organizing the first manifestations of the Cubists , but the connections between Orphism and contemporary literature were stronger and more direct . |
| 3 | His major contribution was undoubtedly to undertake , jointly with ( Sir ) Thomas Thorpe [ q.v. ] , a series of magnetic surveys of the British Isles ( 1883–92 ) which significantly advanced contemporary interpretation methods ; and to obtain the first measurements of the magnetic susceptibility of rocks ( 1890–8 ) . |
| 4 | They emanate from a time about 300,000 years after the Big Bang and show the first signs of fluctuations in the density of matter in space . |
| 5 | Paul Crossley has had a unique association with Tippett 's music , commissioning the Third Sonata and giving the first performances of No. 3 and 4 . |
| 6 | His foremost maxim — of never admitting defeat , of sticking to your guns through thick and thin — came to his aid and offered the first shreds of comfort since the unpleasantness of the night before . |
| 7 | He stiffened his legs , put the fiddle under his chin , and sounded the first notes of ‘ The Manchester Martyrs ’ , a song in praise of three Fenians who had been captured in England and hanged over fifty years before . |
| 8 | Taking our places under the lights and feeling the first twinges of nervousness , we watched the cameras moving into position . |