Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The model is now being further refined using data from the first well and will be used for the rest of the development programme . |
| 2 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 3 | Also representing Scotland for the first time today will be the Ferguslie all-rounder , Stuart Kennedy , who follows in the footsteps of brother , Iain , who was capped six times . |
| 4 | Some of the singers knew their place in that production — almost miraculously , Gergiev had coaxed Sergei Leiferkus away from a couple of London Fiery Angels to sing Tomsky for old times ' sake — but one of Gergiev 's protégés , Gegam Gregorian , was tackling Hermann for the first time , and Maria Guleghina had flown in for Lisa . |
| 5 | In August 1899 , Joseph revisited his Valley of Winding Waters for the first time in twenty-two years . |
| 6 | The latest suggestion is that three clubs be relegated from the Premier Division next season , with only one gaining promotion from the First Division . |
| 7 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 8 | Kit had learned how to grow certain lucrative crops on the mainland , when he served with Roger Pole and the local Indians had been drafted to instruct them ; but he was cultivating indigo for the first time , in Sycorax 's former enclave , and he found the plant tricky and demanding and considered its production women 's work . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the best day of my life , ’ said Capriati after defeating Graf for the first time . |
| 10 | Mopping : Perhaps the best method for large areas is to use a kentucky mop as part of a two bucket mopping system with the first bucket filled with cleaning solution and the second with hot clean water . |
| 11 | Bully Boy 's owner , Ron Taylor , who is involved in various interests in Lambourn , admitted to having ‘ a nice punt ’ on the six-year-old , who was tackling fences for the first time . |
| 12 | Although , as discussed in Chapter 4 , most search consultants encounter difficulties in attracting candidates on behalf of clients who insist on remaining anonymous for at least the initial stages of the search , many clients see this as a real plus in using headhunters in the first place . |
| 13 | Meeting Sien for the first time and getting to know her was like knowing ‘ a fellow creature as lonesome and unhappy as myself ’ , no more and no less . |
| 14 | It showed a replay of Tammuz meeting Ari for the first time in the canteen . |
| 15 | Well , at that point we 've got to three o'clock and the end of the term , erm I 'll take up Totem and Taboo , and its more forward lis looking aspects in the first lecture of er , next term , and I wish you all a happy Christmas , and new year , and hope you have a good , a good vacation and look forward to seeing you here again , the first Thursday of next term . |
| 16 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 17 | This medium , meeting Tom for the first time , said Tom 's father was with them , and he had a small brown dog . |
| 18 | ‘ Father Tom , ’ he said , as if he were meeting Carey for the first time for a long time . |
| 19 | I have already suggested that in speech we normally plan at the point of utterance and that is evidenced in those typical features of speech which appear so surprising and , indeed , shocking to people inspecting transcripts for the first time . |
| 20 | The EHCO-KLM Kleding industrial clothing arm also set a record with profits topping £2.5m for the first time . |
| 21 | The project aims not only to resettle youngsters who struggle to lay down roots in the capital , but to stop them heading South in the first place . |
| 22 | Profits at the group continue their unbroken rise , adding 6% in the first half to £195m , as improved figures were rung up by all divisions and the dividend was upped a penny to 13.75p . |
| 23 | The French authorities did something to safeguard communal property among their Moslem subjects in Algeria , even though Napoleon III ( in the Senatus-Consulte of 1863 ) found it inconceivable that individual property rights in land should not be established formally among the members of Moslem communities ‘ where possible and opportune ’ , a measure which actually had the effect of permitting Europeans for the first time to buy them out . |
| 24 | ( He had previously given assurances that he would return to face charges of slandering Mazowiecki during the first round . ) |
| 25 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 26 | It moved from Greenwich in 1933 to new premises built on an estate provided by ship owner Gifford Sherman Reade in gratitude for the work of the Royal Navy in safeguarding shipping during the First World War . |
| 27 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 28 | ‘ Its combination of performance , quality engineering , specification and economy will win customers away from competitive models and attract buyers who are considering diesel for the first time , ’ he said . |
| 29 | By providing evidence from the first user 's survey , it is possible to match the official rhetoric with clearly stated preferences . |
| 30 | Many such heavy timber beams supporting joists of the first floor were inserted into existing buildings in such a way that their ends may have had an inadequate bearing on to slender timber ‘ storey posts ’ installed adjacent to the party walls . |