Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now what will nineteen ninety two bring for Gloucester Rugby Club … the league championship … well the cherry and whites are joint top of the first division and they 're the only team left with a one hundred per cent record … on saturday at Kingsholm they beat Rosslyn Park by twelve points to nine … |
| 2 | Though there has been good response in the first two areas , it is in the third that the brief hints in the text have been totally transcended through the amazing growth of lay groups meeting for prayer or study , representing various degrees of organization or none , some purely Catholic but most of them ecumenically open . |
| 3 | No , I was simply asked to be General Chairman of the first dinner to raise funds for Aids . |
| 4 | ‘ From some of the things the boys have been telling me it 's not going to be nice standing on the first tee at the Belfry , ’ said Lane . |
| 5 | ‘ in an indictment for any such felony committed after a previous conviction for felony … a certificate containing the substance and effect only … of the indictment and conviction for the previous felony … shall … be sufficient evidence of the first conviction … ’ |
| 6 | The staggering fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research should lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 7 | The fact that 41% of the original researchers have not published papers relating to their original research could lead funding authorities to question the extent to which the research programmes which they sponsored were worthwhile undertaking in the first place . |
| 8 | There is direct precedent in the first case , and he knows that sound strategy might require him to follow that precedent . |
| 9 | SHEFFIELD United 's remarkable climb up the First Division continued at the expense of Everton , who are moving just as rapidly in the opposite direction , writes Don Hardisty . |
| 10 | ANDREJ KANCHELSKIS , blissfully unaware of Manchester United 's long struggle for the First Division championship until last summer , kept the dream alive at Old Trafford last night . |
| 11 | Edward III 's ecclesiastical patronage in the first twenty-five years of his reign was more than treble that of Edward I ( in thirty-five years ) and double Edward II 's ( in twenty-five years ) : the comparative figures , revealed by the researches of Dr Saunders , are 919 ( Edward I ) , 1419 ( Edward II ) and 3182 ( 1327–52 ) . |
| 12 | Also shown here is applied art of the first half of the 19th century , including Swansea and Nantgarw porcelain . |
| 13 | In fact , the teenager 's potential was also spotted by Colin Graham , who was assistant producer for the first performances during a short season at the old Scala Theatre , before taking over as producer for a three-month countrywide tour , finishing at London 's prestigious Royal Court Theatre . |
| 14 | This concern was top priority for the first apostles as Paul and Barnabas reported about their discussion with Peter , James and John . |
| 15 | Yet even under the Chinaman 's cheerful protection the second night was little improvement on the first . |
| 16 | He trained eighty-four winners that season ( including Silver Buck in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park ) , and the following season was champion trainer for the first time ( with the same number of winners and a strike rate of winners to runners of an astounding 44.9 per cent ) . |