Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the two hellraisers met for the first time for the benefit of the world 's press , they exchanged jokes . |
| 2 | Fittingly the local-born lad took the first spot kick which completed the first leg of what could see the city 's two clubs meet for the first time in the last four . |
| 3 | The action belonged exclusively to the second half with two goals packed into the first 100 seconds of the period . |
| 4 | Comrades led 2–1 until the 79th minute , their two goals coming in the first half from David Eddis against one from a Dean Gordon own goal but United hit back late in the game . |
| 5 | The first-year course is designed to take students from scratch to a level at which they can cope with simple Sanskrit texts ( the two texts studied in the first year are the Pancatantra , an ancient collection of humorous fables , and the Bhagavad Gita , the most revered of Hindu religious texts ) . |
| 6 | The racing scene will be represented by ‘ View of Long Island Sound ’ by Admiral Sir Richard Brydges Beechey depicting two yachts participating in the first race of the 1886 Americas cup ( est. £30,000–50,000 ; $48,000–80,000 ) . |
| 7 | No. 76 , in page 40 , line 42 , at end insert — ( 2 ) For a period of two years commencing from the first transfer date , a member ( whether elected or appointed ) or an employee of a local authority , shall not be eligible for appointment as chairman , but , after that time has elapsed , no such restriction shall apply . ' . |
| 8 | Two days to go before the first home game of the season . |
| 9 | His two pamphlets written during the First World War ( Durkheim , 1915a , 1915b ) show a total disregard — astonishing in a sociologist — for the social causes of the war ; the first provides a brief diplomatic history of the events leading up to the war , intended to demonstrate German ‘ guilt ’ , while the second naively analyses , during the postwar period , in nationalist movements and the formation of nation states is easily understandable , since it coincided in the first place with an upsurge of nationalism directed specifically against the economic and political dominance of the Western capitalist countries — where the great majority of sociologists live and work — which created an entirely new situation and new problems for those countries . |
| 10 | In fact , once you take into account all the set-up costs of the two endowments needed for the first method , having a joint policy becomes quite competitive , as well as offering extra peace of mind . |
| 11 | The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race . |
| 12 | Two gunmen went to the first floor and opened fire on two men in the salon , fatally injuring Mr Hughes . |