Example sentences of "and [det] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DUAO was calculated as the difference between the urine H + /creatinine molar ratio of the urine sample collected after basal acid secretion , and that of the first urine sample passed after gastric stimulation . |
| 2 | It is said that one of the merits of ‘ Documenta ’ this time round is that , with four much-travelled curators , it is truly international in its scope , and that for the first time it takes account of artists not operating in the great ‘ art capitals ’ … |
| 3 | Any upturn in demand also produces a substantial improvement in profit in several other of our businesses , for instance Westminster Press , Les Echo Lazards Tussaud and I 'd like to remind people that we 're a very second half oriented company and that in the first half of nineteen ninety two we had some major one-off contributions to profits which very much helped the figures , but nonetheless , we 're pleased at the way the trading profits of the operating companies are moving . |
| 4 | In at least two of the areas I visited the regional health authority and some of the first wave fundholders were wrangling over the savings accrued during the first year . |
| 5 | No one familiar with the performance of domestic industry in most countries outside and some inside the First World would be surprised by this but , even so , one might wonder why the figures for local sourcing are quite so low when local materials and components are available . |
| 6 | Hazel and his companions had spent the night doing everything that came unnaturally to them , and this for the first time . |
| 7 | So I could always go up there and I used there little drill for one thing and another in the first place and er built that premise for me there did and I did er |
| 8 | Apologies for absence , minutes of the previous meeting , agenda , jokes and folksy parables bored one and all for the first half-hour . |
| 9 | Of the eleven who won the Cup for Manchester United in 1948 , most of whom were internationals and all in the first rank of senior professionals , five went into football coaching and management , three ran newsagents ' shops ( customers presumably enjoyed discussing the sports headlines with men who had once made them ) , two worked in factories , and one became a night-telephonist . |
| 10 | Everything up there 's a complete write-off , and most of the first floor 's in pretty bad shape . |