Example sentences of "[det] be [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is seen as the first sign that Soviet nuclear scientists , who are threatened by redundancy following the disintegration of the union , will seek to sell their skills to the highest bidders . |
| 2 | ( This is known as the first set of access conditions ) . |
| 3 | The next reference in 1955 is to some bonds having been transferred and this is found in the first Bondholders ' Minutes written by their new Secretary , J. H. ( Harry ) Tomalin . |
| 4 | This is playing of the first order . |
| 5 | This is shown in the first three columns of figure 8.6 . |
| 6 | This is shown in the first three columns of Figure 1.8 . |
| 7 | Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara . |
| 8 | This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime . |
| 9 | This was seen as a first step towards integrating the Soviet economy with international financial institutions , although this did not permit Soviet participation in GATT 's current multilateral Uruguay Round of trade discussions . |
| 10 | This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters . |
| 11 | This was inspired by the first Renaissance programme in 1943 in which leading business interests in Pittsburgh took the initiative to forge a partnership with city government to address three critical problems of the time : air pollution , flooding , physical dereliction . |
| 12 | Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent . |
| 13 | I need to explain why this was happening in the first place . |
| 14 | This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue . |
| 15 | This is not wholly satisfactory , as often the terms of the second mortgage are not sufficiently clear for the husband to enforce them ; it necessitates a separate form of receipt on redemption ; and it leaves the husband effectively without any title documents ( as these are held by the first mortgagee ) although he can of course have marked abstracts . |
| 16 | These are addressed in the first five rooms , which treat late Bellini , Giorgione ( above all in the half-lengths ) , the Venetian Sebastiano , early Titian and the Giorgione-Titian-Campagnola controversy among the drawings . |
| 17 | These are linked to the first new component of the family , the OpenServer Directory Exchange Server , DXS , which provides a centralised repository of all user addresses on the network , and is responsible for propagating this information to the other electronic mail systems . |
| 18 | These were situated on the first floor of the Pavillon de Flore which formed the angle of the Tuileries palace with the Quays and the Seine . |
| 19 | Since in North Rhine-Westphalia the SPD won 38 constituency seats , it was entitled to 24 additional members and these were supplied by the first 24 available candidates on its list . |
| 20 | This meant the capital needed for furnishing the clubhouse could all be charged to the first year 's without deficit . |
| 21 | The facts involved the plaintiff construction company , carrying on business in Kuwait , which had bought a quantity of heavy duty pails with waterproofing compound , the latter being manufactured by the first defendants . |
| 22 | The moods and emotions of each were expressed in the first three movements . |
| 23 | A tidy , polite letter of application expressing your interest , date and level of qualifications , and details of your most recent employment is all that is required in the first instance , together with evidence of your registration status . |
| 24 | Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples . |
| 25 | As a consequence , very little is known about the first thousand years of Imperial history . |