Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent accessions have included the first American edition of Joseph Black 's Lectures on the elements of Chemistry , ( Philadelphia : 1807 ) ; a Paris edition of John Barclay 's Argenis printed in 1621 , and an item believed to have been printed in Edinburgh about 1800 entitled ‘ A Pleasant Humourous and satyrical poem ’ , part one of which calls on young women to ‘ embrace the pure and holy state of matrimony ’ : part two ‘ contains excellent directions in the choice of a husband … ’ |
| 2 | SENIOR office-bearers in one of the Scottish National Party 's Lanarkshire branches have made the first formal call for the party leader , Alex Salmond , to resign . |
| 3 | Dave Walsh and Roger Mear have made the first British ascent of mighty Nanga Parbat , 8,165 metres . |
| 4 | In effect , even those who move across the margins into CID work have produced the first structural crack in the preferred coherent model of uniformed and unitary policing . |
| 5 | Two studies in Sweden have provided the first convincing evidence of a link between exposure to electromagnetic radiation from overhead power lines and the incidence of cancer , according to officials from the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development . |
| 6 | And in doing that they have taken the first positive step towards solving it . |
| 7 | To me resignation is a priceless liberation , for with it I have taken the first big step to that place where I may hope to wash my hands of what in my mind 's eye is the blood of millions of poor and starving peoples . |
| 8 | Houston , Texas-based , Talus Corp and the Electronic & Computer Science Centre ( ESCS ) of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have released the first Russian programme for NeXt Inc 's NeXtStations . |
| 9 | FUND-RAISERS have held the first official meeting at their new Harewood House base . |