Example sentences of "the first full [noun sg] " 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 | This test should be repeated once per hour after the first full hour of rainfall . |
| 3 | The Venetians , too , are focusing on their local heritage with Il Vetro veneziano 1890–1990 ( L140,000 ) , written by Rosa Barovier Mentasti for L'Arsenale — the first full history of Venetian glass-making from Art Nouveau to the present day — and a second edition of Giardini segreti a Venezia ( L80,000 ) , by Gianni Berengo Gardin , Cristina Moldi Ravenna and Tudy Sammartini , evoking the intimate atmosphere of the little-known and well hidden gardens of Venice . |
| 4 | Hahl-Koch 's book is , surprisingly , the first full monograph on Kandinsky since 1958 . |
| 5 | The first full dress rehearsal occurred on July 10 and 637 aircraft took part , a few less than on the actual event . |
| 6 | BOSNIAN Serbs were reported to be poised to overrun the besieged Muslim enclaves of Srebrenica and Zepa yesterday , the same day as the first full peace talks took place . |
| 7 | Not only the new moon but the full moon too was regarded by the Hebrews as being of great religious significance , and the timing of Passover was determined by the first full moon on or after the spring equinox . |
| 8 | Easter was introduced in Rome about the year 160 , and as in Alexandria was celebrated on the Sunday following the Hebrew Passover , which for practical purposes could be reckoned as the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox . |
| 9 | Our present rules for its determination ( see Appendix 3 ) , as set out in the Book of Common Prayer , follow the Roman tradition whereby Easter Day is the first Sunday after the first full moon following ( or on ) 21 March . |
| 10 | In due time the Latin Church decreed that Easter should be ‘ celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon on or after 21 March ’ , and although this simplified matters slightly Easter Day might still fall on any one of thirty-five days , starting with 22 March and ending with 25 April , and the whole of the calendar was controlled by this wide spectrum . |
| 11 | A garlanded Princess of Wales on the first full day of her visit to Nepal |
| 12 | By the end of the first full day of the Festival , almost 1500 people had purchased souvenir tickets and visited the footplate . |
| 13 | Write your diary for the first full day . |
| 14 | In a political communiqué issued at the end of the first full day of talks on July 16 , G-7 leaders undertook to revitalize the United Nations by rendering it " stronger … and more effective " . |
| 15 | The first full day of the Conservative and Unionist Party conference was finally over . |
| 16 | The group of eight pupils had joined Mr Pointer and the two instructors at Lyme Regis on the first full day of their week-long stay . |
| 17 | The princess was in Canterbury for the first full parade of her troops , also known as ‘ Di 's Guys ’ . |
| 18 | The Princess was in Canterbury for the first full parade of her troops , also known as ‘ Di 's Guys ’ , since their formation . |
| 19 | Its Swallow Hotels have had a good year , helped by the first full year 's trading at Peterborough and Waltham Abbey . |
| 20 | They show that grants worth about £350 million were made last year , the first full year of means-tested grants , compared with £1 billion in 1989 . |
| 21 | For auditors , 1992 will no doubt be remembered , at least in part , for the first full year of audit regulation . |
| 22 | In 1980 , the first full year of the new civilian constitution in Nigeria , newspapers supporting one or other of the country 's five political parties began reporting allegations against their rivals . |
| 23 | In the first full year of the war freight charges increased , according to destination , by amounts varying between 75 and 230 per cent . |
| 24 | Yet in 1869 , the first full year of Gladstone 's prime ministership , Britain spent £27m. on her army and navy , virtually twice as much as when Palmerston gave his advice to Malmesbury . |
| 25 | So onwards and upwards into 1993 , the first full year of M.S.I.L , which will work hand in hand with our division . |
| 26 | The programme of re-organisation and expenditure reductions which followed the review of the Society 's activities during the Autumn of 1991 has yielded the first full year of financial benefits during 1992 and these are reflected in the increased surplus . |
| 27 | In 1985 , the first full year solely producing pet foods , company turnover was almost £6 million , of which £1,400,000 was exports , ie about 25 per cent of the total . |
| 28 | With the academic year 1992/93 seeing the first full year of modularised courses at Napier , it was seen as an appropriate time to examine undergraduate , postgraduate , and HND courses in relation to the inclusion of enterprise/ transferable skills in course descriptors . |
| 29 | This presents a new set of statistics relating to land use change , based on the first full year 's data ( 1985 ) of a three-year trial project . |
| 30 | However , the under-manager of the society pointed out to us both in the politest possible terms that I was unable to withdraw one penny of the deposit until the first full year had been completed . |