Example sentences of "at [art] first attempt " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 2 | Asking both men and women how many times they took the driving test before getting through , the researchers found that men had a significantly higher success rate , with 57 per cent passing at the first attempt . |
| 3 | Little , anxious for Darlington to emulate Lincoln City by returning to the League at the first attempt , is convinced that the habit of the League 's poorer brethren somehow surviving can not last . |
| 4 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 5 | Roundhay3 , Richmond50MARTIN LIVESEY , Richmond 's free-scoring outside-half , cast off any doubts about his fitness by leading his club 's impressive surge back into Courage League Two at the first attempt . |
| 6 | Even a world title at the first attempt . |
| 7 | The doctor in the Accident and Emergency Department told them that Sally had been very lucky ; sniffing aerosols can kill at the first attempt , and some people 's hearts are affected . |
| 8 | An accountant , in order to stand any chance of a career in corporate finance , must have a good academic record ( 2.1 or better ) at a recognised university ( red brick or Oxbridge ) , must have trained with one of the top accountancy firms , and passed the exams at the first attempt . |
| 9 | Edna enlarged upon how well Karen had done at college , how , although she was the youngest in her family , she was always being called upon whenever she was at home to help out with other people 's children , how she had passed her driving test at the first attempt . |
| 10 | TWIN brothers Damon and Adam Shilton , 17 , of Oldbury , West Midlands , passed their driving tests at the first attempt on the same day . |
| 11 | GRAN Dot Ransom , former mayoress of Warwick , has passed her driving test at the first attempt — at the age of 70 . |
| 12 | Academically , he did reasonably well , picking up three ‘ O ’ levels at the first attempt , then adding three more plus two ‘ A ’ levels before leaving school to take up a trainee manager 's position at Fine Fare supermarkets , continuing his studies on a day-release business studies course . |
| 13 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 14 | Acceptance of the separate stages of rehearsal , drafting , revision , editing and publishing as normal practice for writers encourages children with special needs to express their ideas in writing more confidently than was possible when children were expected to get everything right at the first attempt . |
| 15 | Vodafone Group Plc claims that a survey by the Office of Telecommunications shows that it provides the best quality of service available to mobile phone users : Vodafone has more than 820,000 of the 1.4m UK subscribers and in its first quality survey Oftel monitored 120 routes across the UK , finding that Vodafone had an overall success rate for call connection of 93% against 88.7% for Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd ; some 95.8% of calls on Vodafone 's network from mobile to fixed line phones were set up and completed at the first attempt , said Oftel , compared with 92.5% on Cellnet 's network ; fixed to mobile on the same basis were 92.4% for Vodafone and 89.8% for Cellnet ; Cellnet reckons it comes out tops in trials of hand portables in the Greater London area . |
| 16 | The longest he had ever stayed off was six months , at the first attempt . |
| 17 | She hoped Daak could get the shuttle in at the first attempt . |
| 18 | If one manages to find the simplest method at the first attempt that can mostly be attributed to good luck . |
| 19 | We must also extend our congratulations to our neighbours , FC Titford Polymer Converters , for taking the Second Division championship at the first attempt . |
| 20 | Failure to find the right concept at the first attempt simply leads to a second attempt and a third attempt . |
| 21 | He estimated that 25% of subject searches and 18% of author/title searches failed at the first attempt . |
| 22 | It was clear that the Government were not able to get their legislation right at the first attempt . |
| 23 | Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third . |
| 24 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 25 | The grades shown above for course requirement purposes should normally be obtained at the first attempt , but the Selection Committee may waive this requirement in exceptional cases , eg mature students showing academic ability and strong motivation , or on compassionate grounds . |
| 26 | Once again he blasted out at the first attempt , reeling back amid a cloud of sand and covering his eyes . |
| 27 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 28 | The efficacy of the heater probe was assessed with the results obtained at the first attempt . |
| 29 | But his first job is to assemble a side before attempting to win promotion at the first attempt . |
| 30 | ‘ We saw nothing today to convince us that we ca n't get out of North One at the first attempt , ’ he said . |