Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [art] first [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Significantly , while Philips have been hurrying to launch the first full size CD-I players , Sony — notionally , Philips ' CD-I partners — have made no announcements about CD-I plans other than to show the palmtop device and to speak obliquely about other announcements to follow . |
| 2 | She was damned if she was going to make the first conciliatory move ; it would blunt the point of all she had done in Waterford . |
| 3 | In October 1990 a network of Baptist Church planters was officially formed gathering around a hundred ministers and aiming to hold a first residential conference in 1991 . |
| 4 | Having attended the first General Commissioners ' hearing on 10 April 1991 , the debtor and his accountant failed to appear at the adjourned hearing on 19 June 1991 . |
| 5 | It promises to be an intriguing clash with Saints aiming to extend their magnificent Regal Trophy record of not having lost a first round match for 11 years the best run in the competition which they share with cup kings Wigan . |
| 6 | The bank is planning a European and American roadshow on April 28 and is negotiating to become the first Portuguese company with a full overseas listing on one of the American stock exchanges . |
| 7 | Monaco also have six players within one yellow card of suspension as they travel to Rotterdam hoping to become the first French finalists in the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 8 | Members of the Department of Social Anthropology and the Audio-Visual Aids Unit Cambridge are collaborating to make the first experimental videodisc at Cambridge University . |
| 9 | Glasgow is planning to become the first Scottish city to ban the consumption of alcohol in the street . |