Example sentences of "'s [noun] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | during which some part of the story was told in conventional gesture , e.g. the casting of Carabosse 's spell and the Lilac Fairy 's response in the first scene of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 2 | Britain 's opponents in the First Division are the USSR , France , Italy , Sweden and the Netherlands . |
| 3 | Stockport are Liverpool 's opponents in the first round of the National Veterans Knockout Trophy . |
| 4 | But it would be absurd that he should be able to plead the jury 's verdict in the first trial as a bar to the second . |
| 5 | Cricket now … the amateur players of the Minor Counties have been taking on the game 's elite in the first round of the Nat West Trophy . |
| 6 | He would of course be equally or more aware of a nagging toothache , but there is the further difference that while he would shrink from awareness of the pain , in this case he wants to sustain and enhance the awareness just as he wanted to come to Regent 's Park in the first place , and can be judged to want it by the same kind of tests , for example his reluctance to be dragged away from the cage . |
| 7 | Gooch was yesterday confirmed as skipper for the rest of Ashes series despite England 's defeat in the first Test . |
| 8 | The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance . |
| 9 | Mountbatten , as Chief of Defence Staff , welcomed the idea , if he did not actually sow it in the Prime Minister 's mind in the first place . |
| 10 | Not only does such an arrangement disrupt the child 's schooling — although arguably it has already been badly disrupted by the child 's absenteeism — but it can often also be a traumatic experience for the child , entrenching the resentment and disaffection which were among the major causes of the child 's truancy in the first place . |
| 11 | What craziness had led her to agree to Peter 's plan in the first place ? she asked herself , and what now … ? |
| 12 | He 's currently developing a play about Lawrence 's experiences in the First World War and he 's been asked to look at Lawrence 's novel Kangaroo , by the BBC . |
| 13 | Well th , the money 's for the child 's benefit in the first place . |
| 14 | Indeed , it is estimated that as much as one-third of Alexandria 's population in the first century was Jewish . |
| 15 | ‘ Why on earth did you want old Puddephat 's opinion in the first place ? ’ he asked . |
| 16 | ‘ But why , ’ she asked , half cross , half mystified , ‘ did he go to Sam 's boatyard in the first place ? ’ |
| 17 | It 's good news for hunting , although I never gave much for Mr Kinnock 's observations in the first place . ’ |
| 18 | Instead , James Norris , an American and the person who had put forward Barbara Ward 's name in the first instance , found himself having to deliver a special address , and in Latin , at six hours ' notice . |
| 19 | Underneath Melanie 's name in the first column , she wrote ‘ Lucretia Grant ’ . |
| 20 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 21 | There is nothing in the second reign to compare with the king 's exploitation of the marriage market as a means of endowing the queen 's siblings in the first reign . |
| 22 | The company 's performance in the first quarter of 1993 would certainly back this projection up , he adds , and he is confident that this trend will continue now and in the foreseeable future . |
| 23 | But then I ca n't imagine why you took such a risk with Sam 's life in the first place . ’ |
| 24 | The judge 's ruling in the first case was therefore correct . |
| 25 | ‘ The Director has decided that in the light of the learned judge 's ruling in the first trial , the second trial should not proceed because there is no longer a realistic prospect of convictions , ’ the CPS anounced yesterday . |
| 26 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 27 | Just how is the extra money injected into people 's portfolios in the first place ? |
| 28 | By the time you read this , Paul will have landed a Jumbo Jet — with a flight simulator , of course — completed a rigorous army assault course and faced challenging questions and puzzles in the popular programme 's studio in the first round of the contest . |
| 29 | Luke , following Paul 's account in the first letter to the Corinthians , is probably the earliest tradition available . |
| 30 | ‘ Such as the fact that it was Nicky 's idea in the first place , because she wanted to show off Taroko Gorge to me as it 's so famous , and that originally all three of us were supposed to go . ’ |