Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Losses on domestic mortgage indemnity policies alone , where insurers stand the first slice of losses on the sale of repossessed houses , were cut from £257 million in 1991 to £160 million . |
| 2 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 3 | Although Laurie led the first day of the 1957 Open jointly with Eric Brown and Flory Van Donck , he was to finish out of the top twenty , Bobby Locke taking the last of his four Championship titles . |
| 4 | There 's a serious band meeting/liaison and we 're seriously thinking about jacking it in and going back to Blighty until Emma sings the first verse and chorus of ‘ The Show Must Go On ’ by Queen . |
| 5 | TV MAGICIAN Wayne Dobson has had to buy the family Christmas presents all over again — because thieves made the first lot vanish . |
| 6 | Baker did well apart from losing possession for the Saints ' third goal while Wark earned a first half booking for a challenge on Banger . |
| 7 | New Zealand 's victory — their first home Test win for three years — levelled the series at 1-1 after Australia won the first Test by an innings and 60 runs in Christchurch and then drew the second in Wellington . |
| 8 | He could hardly believe his bad luck though in the sixth frame as Wattana fluked the first red and proceeded to compile a total clearance of 136 , the highest break of the tournament so far . |
| 9 | It did n't take much anaesthetic to render the exhausted patient unconscious , and , as Sophie made the first incision , she put aside her dislike of being critically watched by her professional rival and concentrated on her life-saving task . |
| 10 | We 're going off ! ’ screams every nerve of the BSM graduate 's 25 years of road driving as Brundle approaches the first corner at more than 120 mph and heels the car , its tyres wailing and jouncing on the limits of their purchase , across the corner . |
| 11 | Tass confirmed on Sept. 18 , 1989 , that two Japanese journalists had been selected , in line with a $12,000,000 agreement made in March 1989 with the Tokyo TBS television network , as candidates to give the first space broadcast from Mir at an unspecified date in 1991 , despite earlier protests from Soviet journalists that the decision was unpatriotic . |
| 12 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 13 | The £2m-rated striker missed three chances to add to his 21 goals so far this season as Pompey dominated the first half of this Anglo-Italian Cup tie . |
| 14 | It meant that a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the tie , and the FA faced a barrage of criticism when Liverpool became the first team to reach and FA Cup final on penalties . |
| 15 | Now manager Denis Smith has to decide whether to risk Dziekanowski against West Ham tonight as City chase a first home win . |
| 16 | Keeper Walker pulled off superb saves from Johnston , Warzycha and Ebbrell as Everton ran the first hour . |
| 17 | The judge pointed out that when Harper lit the first tuft of hay Smith told him ‘ in the clearest terms ’ not to be so stupid . |
| 18 | When Maxwell published the first details of the kinetic theory of gases in 1859 , in that very same paper he acknowledged the fact that the theory was falsified by measurements on the specific heats of gases . |