Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Their generosity was appreciated being so willing to give some time explaining to a fellow enthusiast the intricacies of steaming a locomotive for the first time and the difficulties which had been experienced in the rebuilding process .
2 When saving a file for the first time a SUMMARY INFORMATION menu may be displayed .
3 James got the part after his mother , Beverley , 33 , heard that Yorkshire TV were seeking a replacement for the first Oscar , Ross Marriott .
4 Fretting a string at the first and sixteenth frets simultaneously gives around 0.5mm gap between the string and the top of the ninth fret on the D-18 model , and about 0.7mm on the D-32 .
5 FR GROUP , the aviation and defence equipment group where Michael Cobham is the chairman , is lifting its payment to shareholders from 6.37p to 6.69p , with a 4.35p final on July 3 , after overcoming a dip in the first half to increase its profits from £21.3m to £21.4m pre-tax in 1991 .
6 Can you see how West could have defended the hand better other than leading a Club at the first trick ?
7 It had been much more exciting than seeing a weka for the first time .
8 Always read manufacturer 's instructions carefully — especially before using a depilator for the first time
9 He was wearing a tie for the first time in his life .
10 When removing a drain for the first time , the suture must be removed , and the safety pin replaced about 1″ down the tube if it is to be shortened .
11 I shall deal with a typical sequence of events for a man and a woman attending a clinic for the first time , for a check-up .
12 But good budgeting means having a budget in the first place , having a surplus beyond merest subsistence with which to plan , bulk buy , meet the emergencies which crop up constantly .
13 If you are having a baby for the first time : Your labour may last for 24 hours .
14 I mean , I probably should never be having a nanny in the first Place .
15 Only Daz Sumner , back with the Bears after spending a year in the first division with Belle Vue , was at ease on a track where he is aware of all the wrinkles .
16 Perhaps the best approach to reading a proof for the first time is positively to disbelieve each assertion made .
17 Middle-class visitors entering a work-house for the first time could be deeply shaken by the harsh indignity of the prison-like routine , the grotesque , despairing toothless faces , ‘ the forlorn , half-dazed aspect of these battered human hulks who once were young . ’
18 After taking a single at the first , the Scots counted 3-2-3-3 to lead 12-0 at the break .
19 Electing a President for the first time ( Mauritius having become a republic in March 1992 — see p. 38804 ) , the National Assembly on June 30 chose Cassam Uteem , hitherto Minister for Industry and Industrial Technology ; Uteem 's ministerial post went to Bashir Khodabux , also of the Mouvement militant mauricien ( MMM ) .
20 Married women who are claiming a repayment for the first time should fill in form R95(D) attached to leaflet IR 112 and send it to their local tax office .
21 Despite Microsoft Corp 's efforts to promote Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 , leading developers are resisting a move to the first beta version of the development kit for both technical and competitive reasons , PC Week reports .
22 Although Watson himself was not , therefore , personally responsible for the teaching of pupils inside the school , he was nevertheless a dedicated headmaster who , by making a success of the first educational asylum , firmly established the provision of deaf education in Britain .
23 In making a decision on the first of the three cases cited , the Commissioner communicated with the Chief Executive of the National Health Service Management Executive , asking him about a health authority 's duty to provide continuing nursing care which is assessed as being needed , and which is not otherwise available .
24 The sickening that I was making a mess of the first real pitch of the first real pitch of IV± , and that I 'd have to take my sack off if I was going to stay on , swept over me .
25 A high-ranking Saudi , carrying a gun for the first time in his life , said it was for use not against Iraqis but against ‘ certain other nationalities ’ .
26 Though a successful player with Spurs and England , many doubted his ability to repeat the achievement of Ossie Ardiles by earning a place in the First Division .
27 For McCallen it was a poor day as he missed the Superbike race on doctor 's orders following a crash in the first 250cc .
28 Parents of Calday Grange Grammar School students face a second ballot on opting out following a veto of the first vote by Education Secretary John Patten .
29 Following a decline in the first half of the 1980s , an upward trend to the year 2010 is now predicted , when total CO2 emissions will be 14 per cent higher than now .
30 Very sensitive patients who quickly become over stimulated by or prove the remedy when given in the standard dose can reduce it , next time , by diluting a teaspoonful from the first glass in a second glass of water thus reducing the dose by a factor of about 20 for each glass used .
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