Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is from the third movement of the ‘ Lützow ’ Piano Concerto , k242 , and shows accentual emphasis put into sharp focus in a pattern of clear stroke over the first , dots over the following quavers — a pattern repeated a number of times in exactly the same manner . |
| 2 | However , the Canadian multicentre post-term pregnancy trial group found that women allowed to go into labour spontaneously had a higher rate of caesarean section ( 24.5% ) than those who had labour induced ( 21.2% ) because of an increased incidence of fetal distress in the first stage . |
| 3 | Gareth Chilcott — popularised as the Oddjob of English rugby during the first World Cup in Australia in 1987 , but affectionately referred to as ‘ Coochie ’ in these parts — was sent off for punching , and 14 men of Bath succumbed to Gloucester 's 15 . |
| 4 | Fusil was not concerned by the lack of foreign interest in the first race — more worrying was the fact that no French team finished in the top three . |
| 5 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 6 | SOCIO-SEXUAL anxiety about Blacks has been a distinctive feature of British society since the first encounters between merchant adventurers and Africans . |
| 7 | The influential work of John Bowlby has led many people to believe that any kind of mother-child separation during the first few years of a child 's life should be avoided . |
| 8 | I experienced tears of real grief for the first time when my granny died . |
| 9 | It 's surprising how much moss and dead growth it clears from an area of established turf on the first use ; just the type of debris that tends to suffocate fine grasses . |
| 10 | I repaired the large drone as best I could , using a piece of sticking plaster from the First Aid kit , and then decided to try them out . |
| 11 | Failure to get up into the full climb is the usual cause of serious overspeeding during the first third of the launch . |
| 12 | Paul in 1 Corinthians 7 seems to put another slant on this from the perspective of Roman life in the first century . |
| 13 | Another striking characteristic of Roman art of the first century AD is the adoption for private use of motifs originally intended for public monuments . |
| 14 | What was the cost of basic subsistence in the first part of the eighteenth century ? |
| 15 | Manager Kevin Keegan was delighted by Kristensen 's form as the 28-year-old tasted 90 minutes of first-team action for the first time in more than a year . |
| 16 | An open fire needs an air entry opening with a free area of at least 50% of the fire 's throat area , while rooms container other solid fuel or oil-burning appliances must have openings totalling 550sq mm per kilowatt of rated output above the first 5kW . |
| 17 | Things matter to the extent that they are significantly new in terms of official Catholic teaching ; that is to say , in comparison with papal teaching or the major textbooks of approved theology of the first half of the twentieth century . |
| 18 | Social themes are not of major importance in the first part of the exhibition . |
| 19 | Pike 's rug was a topic of endless fascination in the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 20 | He has also discovered a strong correlation between the extent of enclosure and high per capita levels of poor relief in the first decade of the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | There had been virtually no further expansion after the fifty years of extraordinary growth in the first half of the sixteenth century . |
| 22 | The factoring companies have been heartened by signs of increased demand in the first half of this year after a difficult 1991 . |
| 23 | Given a particular post-operative patient in the recovery phase , draw up and execute a plan of nursing care for the first twenty-four hours . |
| 24 | Finds of Greek pottery at Bet-Zur on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron are signs of brisk trade in the first part of the fifth century . |
| 25 | The idea is to introduce a generous helping of loose feed in the first instance . |
| 26 | In patients with persisting H pylori infection ( group 2 ) the mean extent of gastric metaplasia during the first 12 months of follow up was compared with the extent during the second year or later . |
| 27 | As we come to discover and worry about our own lack of autonomy , we discover in the past a similar lack of autonomy but , importantly in the Renaissance , a body of writing which never believed it possessed the power of independent expression in the first place . |
| 28 | Vitamin A has two main effects on the immune system — enhancement of non-specific immunity by maintaining the physical and biological integrity of epithelial tissue as the first barrier to infection , and increasing the effectiveness of the immune response to infection once the epithelial barrier has been breached . |
| 29 | Other support for XPG4 came from Amdahl Corp , DEC , Santa Cruz Operation Inc — which says it will deliver an XPG4 version of Open Desktop in the first quarter of next year — Mortice Kern Systems Inc , Sequent Computer Systems Inc , IBM Corp , Groupe Bull SA , HP and Uniplex Ltd — which also promised XPG4 compliance at the beginning of next year . |
| 30 | There were also significant differences between the two groups in the technique and results of abdominal palpation by the first hospital doctor to assess the patient , usually the medical resident or registrar . |