Example sentences of "and [verb] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freed , furthermore , after 1870 from the embarrassment of the papal states and continually reinforced by its growing missionary societies , the Church was manifestly expanding in number and influence all through the first half of the twentieth century , when other large Churches were only too clearly declining rather than advancing . |
| 2 | One sherpa — Tensing Norgay accompanied Sir Edward Hillary and became one of the first men to climb Mt . |
| 3 | In the country , it loads up and goes inert at the first sign of a corner . |
| 4 | ROGER GANN FASTENS HIS SEATBELT AND TESTS SOME OF THE FIRST 33MHz PCs TO STORM ONTO THE SCENE . |
| 5 | Some lads near me thought this was n't quite right , and spent most of the first half trying to think up a new Forrester song , to the tune of Monty Python 's ‘ I 'm a lumberjack ’ . |
| 6 | In the second half of last year , it had made a loss of £1m , and broke even in the first half of 1992 . |
| 7 | You will probably find that you perform very badly and feel dreadful for the first few minutes . |
| 8 | Sheep entries set a new record , and topped 500 for the first time . |
| 9 | This year he is revisiting those parts , and visiting some for the first time , for a series of regional bookselling reports for The Bookseller . |
| 10 | Tie Rack opened nine stores and closed four in the first half , and plans to have opened another 14 by the year-end , of which at least five will be in the UK . |