Example sentences of "of [noun] [conj] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To illustrate the way word-processors use embedded symbols , type a paragraph of text and indent the first line with a single tab . |
| 2 | She wrote it as a series of articles and sent the first three to Richard Crossman , then editor of the New Statesman . |
| 3 | Mike Newell also weighed in with two , but it was the awesome , all-round power of Shearer that smashed the First Division club 's hopes of Coca-Cola Cup glory . |
| 4 | It 's mainly a question of confidence and taking the first few steps . |
| 5 | Fish began to haul themselves out of water and become the first back-boned creatures to colonise the land . |
| 6 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 7 | I vividly remember the familiar scent of sawdust that perfumed the first hug . |
| 8 | In the Holy City of Mashad , Mrs Ghodssieh Alavi , a 50-year-old doctor associated with the ‘ pragmatist ’ faction supporting Mr Rafsanjani , took the highest number of votes and became the first Iranian woman to be elected outside Teheran . |