Example sentences of "a [noun sg] at the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , in 1918 , following the retirement of the Rev W B Sleight as President , the Rev F W Gilby M.A. agreed to occupy this position as a stop-gap until the election of a successor at the first Congress after the end of the First World War . |
| 2 | its a big week for both Swindon and Oxford why … well a look at the first division table shows all |
| 3 | Could be that let's have a look at the first year , the first year , I just want to survive . |
| 4 | Can you see how West could have defended the hand better other than leading a Club at the first trick ? |
| 5 | Richard believes his playing at matches inspires the team and he said : ‘ I did it for a laugh at the first home game but now it 's taken off . |
| 6 | Eleanor Pitman led the way to expansion in KENT , qualifying as a teacher at the first exam in 1955 , followed closely by Nellie Button and Cicely Harris . |
| 7 | I holed a good putt for a birdie at the first hole and that set me up , ’ she said . |
| 8 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |
| 9 | More trouble was to follow Hunt at the British Grand Prix at Brads when has was involved in a shunt at the first bend after Lauda and Clay Regazzoni ( Swi ) collided . |
| 10 | Well have a go at the first letter . |
| 11 | This could take an hour at the first interview and need several interviews after that . |
| 12 | Yi , however , said that his government would press the North Koreans for an explanation at the first session of the North-South Joint Reconciliation Committee on Nov. 5 and the ninth Premiers ' meeting ( scheduled for Dec. 21-24 — see p. 39096 ) . |