Example sentences of "the [num ord] [noun] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sixteenth edition contained the first of the Phoenix schedules . |
| 2 | The second flower shows the first two layers of petals from a typical Irish crochet rose . |
| 3 | And before those following could rein in and look for cover , or dismount and string their bows , or drive headlong into the trees from which their death was launched , the second volley followed the first . |
| 4 | Then if we form unc we have unc since transposition of the second term repeats the first . |
| 5 | Mark the length of the second piece using the first as your guide . |
| 6 | ‘ Two wrongs may not make a right , Doctor , but sometimes the second wrong helps the first rest easier . ’ |
| 7 | Said , alright , I said the first week said the first week I said , then it 'll |
| 8 | The first person chooses an item beginning with the letter A and the second person repeats this , and continues with a word beginning with the letter B. The third person repeats the first two and adds a word beginning with the letter C , and so on . |
| 9 | The chief innovation is allowing the third umpire to make the first move in decision-making , which the TCCB admits could lead to : ‘ Suspension of a decision already made ’ . |
| 10 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 11 | The sky above them lit again , and the next rumble produced the first spattering of rain . |
| 12 | The next year brought the first indications of the troubles which were eventually to lead to the Goldsmiths ' abandonment of the School a decade later . |
| 13 | ‘ Another Clerk ’ wrote the next day to say the first writer must be blind to his own interests . |