Example sentences of "from the first [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the late 1520s and 1530s , Henry VIII had embarked on a spectacular , even murderous matrimonial career in an attempt to save his kingdom from the first part of that curse .
2 In particular , examples have been found of periodic behaviour occurring at higher r than chaotic for the same values of b and P. Changes are not necessarily in the direction of greater randomness the further one goes from the first instability of steady solutions .
3 Nikola ( Figure 4.3 ) is a straightforward case of a transfer from the first year of one degree course direct into the second year of another .
4 They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights .
5 Wednesday , 3–1 down from the first leg of this UEFA Cup tie , went about their work impressively .
6 Kaiserslautern , 3-1 up from the first leg of this second round tie , twice hit Trevor Francis 's team on the break in the second half .
7 Increasing pressure on the Poles to Germanise themselves , and the corresponding Polish reaction in both compliance and defiance , were all part of the impact of capitalist industrial organisation as it spread from the first comers of Western Europe , to the second rank of industrialising nations — to Germany , Japan and Italy in particular — and through them to their potential empires and marcher territories .
8 The current-account deficit leaped 54 per cent from the first quarter of 1989 to a record Can .
9 Bonhams has announced that its turnover from the first quarter of 1992 is 34 per cent up compared with the same quarter of 1991 .
10 Supporting the announcement , Oracle Corp says it will offer the Oracle 7 database and SQL*Net V2 for NetWare SunLink immediately , whilst Ingres Corp is to add compatibility in version 6.4 of its database from the first quarter of next year .
11 Microsoft Corp Windows and some OSF/Motif versions will be available from the first quarter of next year .
12 Available from the first quarter of 1993 , Xalt Office is priced at $200. +1 508 947 4814 .
13 BRITAIN 's biggest baker , Ranks Hovis McDougal , has emerged from the first half of 1992 much slimmer .
14 MIPS expects 10,000 to 20,000 chips to go to early NT adopters from the first half of next year , increasing to around 100,000 in 1994 as NT gets more broadly accepted .
15 However , their history , from the first appointments in 1839 , has been one of constant change and adaptation .
16 Lessons had been learned from the first round of these activities , especially about accountability and communication between the governing body and parents .
17 The new bill , signed into law by Bush on Nov. 17 , raised the minimum wage from the first time since 1981 .
18 There is decreased ability to stay away from the first use in any day of the substance or process of addiction .
19 The overall median hospital stay from the first stage of percutaneous cholecystolithotomy was three days ( range one to 33 ) .
20 He is announced in nature from the first appearance of organized beings ; and each important modification in the whole series of these beings is a step toward the definitive term of the development of organic life .
21 Her poems , from the first volume of 1898 , dwelled on constant themes : Christian mysticism , love of nature , distaste for the ‘ iron fort ’ of materialism and for the male urge to dominate and control , combined in the machinery of war .
22 The metropolitan areas in England were contested on party lines from the first elections in 1973 .
23 Figure 3.12 The spread of the habit , in tits , of opening milk bottle tops in Britain from the first record in 1921 near Southampton until 1947 .
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