Example sentences of "to take [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the author of several political histories , President of the Society of Antiquaries , the founder of a prize for a historical essay at Oxford , and shortly before the competition he had persuaded the Government to take the first steps towards setting up the National Portrait Gallery . |
| 2 | GOVERNORS at Colchester County High School have voted to take the first steps on the road to opting out . |
| 3 | But they gave opportunities for the advancement of town planning , facilitating consultancy work and ( so ably fostered by Pepler ) encouraging individual local authorities to take the first steps in scheme preparation in their own areas . |
| 4 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 5 | Outside facilitators worked with the committee to look at current staff development issues in the University and to take the first steps in producing a new strategy paper on Staff Development Policy for the University . |
| 6 | He had supported Pennethorne 's design because it was the cheapest and did not encroach on the park , but if they abandoned that design they were bound to take the first prize design , ‘ but as there was some difficulty about that ’ , it should go to the second prize-winners . |
| 7 | The German totally overwhelmed America 's Michael Chang , 6-2 , 6-3 , 6-2 , in the final to take the first prize of $2m — but , more importantly for him , instil renewed self-confidence that the Wimbledon triumph was no fluke . |
| 8 | Indeed honours were shared all the way to a tie-break in which Adebisi was able to switch up a gear and take a firm hold of the situation , winning 7–2 , to take the first set . |
| 9 | I resolved to take the first thing that came along and from that base to look further afield if need be . |
| 10 | Sweden tried to take the first initiative only two days after the ending of the Maudling negotiations , inviting other states to send representatives to Stockholm to discuss how their trade policies might be better coordinated . |
| 11 | In the final , Royston and Cawkell settled quickly and took full advantage of their five-point start to take the first game 15–5 . |
| 12 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 13 | CSM fears to take the first step that might disrupt its partnership with industry . |
| 14 | Indeed , to combine a noun with a verb , he says , ‘ is to take the first step toward narrative ’ ( 1969 : 84 ) . |
| 15 | Even though workers are prepared to accept a general reduction in the level of real wages , they are unwilling to take the first step of accepting money wage cuts in case other workers with whom they regard themselves as comparable fail to follow suit . |
| 16 | GRAHAM BARROW hopes to take the first step towards a brighter future for Chester City today . |
| 17 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appeared last night to have narrowly won a reprieve after the Russian parliament had voted overwhelmingly to take the first step towards his possible impeachment . |
| 18 | Without this they could not communicate with one another , if each claimed to take the first place " . |
| 19 | Hendry made a break of 54 to take the first frame , but lost the next to a run of 50 . |
| 20 | However , to take the first point first , the Chinese concepts appear concrete to us only because the inquiring outsider , unlike the insider who habitually thinks with them , needs to fix his attention on their metaphorical roots . |
| 21 | They have come through five rounds already , enough to take a First Division side to Wembley . |
| 22 | They have come through five rounds already , enough to take a First Division side to Wembley . |
| 23 | The aim of the course was to get group members to think about disability issues in order to take a first step forward in working together . |