Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Telecine now gets the direction to run the first piece of 16mm film — the familiar opening graphics sequence together with the sound-on-film theme music . |
2 | The case marked the first use of the Organized Crime Control Act of New York State in connection with fraud on Wall Street 's financial markets . |
3 | As time was a most critical factor , No 4 Ferry Pool pilots at Prestwick , who had been advised of the conditions to be expected , were informed of the decision to ferry the first aircraft to Abbotsinch . |
4 | Nevertheless , as he began to recover from his operation , Mr Honecker clearly had to face the problem of the embassy refugees and the mass emigration , and the decision to let the first batch go was obviously his . |
5 | He added that the decision marked the first nationalisation under a Thatcher government . |
6 | ‘ As for the Handscomb case , the ratio decidendi was that a sentence of 27 years was so far beyond anything which the judiciary could have recommended as the appropriate tariff , that the decision to postpone the first review until 1991 was one which no reasonable Secretary of State could have reached . |
7 | AT the end of last month the University received the first information from the UFC on its recurrent grant and funded student numbers for 1992/93 . |
8 | He was just out there on the Strip telling the first lady how he wants to get to know her , and the second , and hoping out loud that both of them do n't mind about the third : ‘ Because I want to get to know her , too . |
9 | Some organisations pay the whole cost ( especially where long distances are involved ) ; others expect the employee to pay and some state that the employee pays the first £ x and the company pays the rest . |
10 | And this morning the musician caught the first Concorde flight back to the US to be with his pregnant wife . |
11 | The construct lacking the first intron hypersensitive sites was prepared by deleting a 1kb BalI-StuI fragment from the first intron of the -300bp construct . |
12 | Captain Bligh of the Bounty took the first apples to Australia ; Jan van Riebeeck , the founder of Cape Settlement , took them to South Africa and the Pilgrim Fathers who boarded the Mayflower carried them to America . |
13 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
14 | A customer returns a skirt because the zip broke the first time she wore it . |
15 | The President appoints a First Vice-President and Prime Minister who must be an elected member of the National Assembly , and a Cabinet which may include non-elected members and is collectively responsible to the legislature . |
16 | The violence prompted a first wave of mainly Hutu refugees to flee to Rwanda and to Zaïre . |
17 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
18 | The deal marks the first venture by Peabody , already the biggest US coal-mining company , into the Pacific Rim . |
19 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
20 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
21 | The accord marked the first application of the so-called " Brady plan " designed to encourage voluntary debt reduction schemes [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
22 | THE contest to represent the first district on the Los Angeles Board of County Supervisors hardly sounds like national news . |
23 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
24 | To justify its ways , this week the council releases the first draft of its National Arts and Media Strategy . |
25 | The law upheld the first system as long as the aristocracy was supreme . |
26 | Focus on the battle to win the First Division title and the struggle to stay in the Second |
27 | Rothstein deemed that the Act violated the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of expression , and stated that " in order for the flag to endure as a symbol of freedom in this nation , we must protect with equal vigour the right to destroy it and the right to wave it " . |
28 | In the past , it was thought that language began when the child uttered the first word , but we now know that it begins with the first interactions and communication shortly after birth . |
29 | The Institute introduced the first video package in 1982 and currently has eight titles available for sale . |
30 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |