Example sentences of "this be [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 This is seen as the first sign that Soviet nuclear scientists , who are threatened by redundancy following the disintegration of the union , will seek to sell their skills to the highest bidders .
2 ( This is known as the first set of access conditions ) .
3 The next reference in 1955 is to some bonds having been transferred and this is found in the first Bondholders ' Minutes written by their new Secretary , J. H. ( Harry ) Tomalin .
4 This is playing of the first order .
5 This is shown in the first three columns of figure 8.6 .
6 This is shown in the first three columns of Figure 1.8 .
7 Construction of this was begun in the first half of the sixteenth century by the Donatory Captain Simão Gonçalves da Câmara .
8 This was demonstrated in the first political crisis of wartime , a carry over from peacetime .
9 This was seen as a first step towards integrating the Soviet economy with international financial institutions , although this did not permit Soviet participation in GATT 's current multilateral Uruguay Round of trade discussions .
10 This was seen in the first five patients treated , by serial cholangiographies through indwelling nasobiliary catheters .
11 This was inspired by the first Renaissance programme in 1943 in which leading business interests in Pittsburgh took the initiative to forge a partnership with city government to address three critical problems of the time : air pollution , flooding , physical dereliction .
12 Under its extant rules , support from 55 per cent of those voting was required for a strike to be called , and this was achieved on the first two occasions only : in December 1971 , 59 per cent voted in favour , whereas in February 1974 support was an overwhelming 81 per cent .
13 I need to explain why this was happening in the first place .
14 This was shown by the first major DHAC protest following the 5 October 1968 demonstration , when the committee supported an NILP delegation to the council on the housing issue .
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