Example sentences of "a [noun sg] from the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been signed up for War Game , based on a story from the First World War , which will be published before the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict . |
| 2 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 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 | This view is supported by a passage from the first volume of Capital , in which Marx answers the objection that his theory only applies to capitalist society . |
| 5 | A scene from the first world war … effects recreated for a unique airshow . |
| 6 | A flight of stone steps gives access and a door from the first floor of the inn has been added . |
| 7 | In Bangladesh , Bengali is the teaching medium ; English is taught as a subject from the first class . |
| 8 | In support of the application he sought a report from the first defendant , an independant consultant psychiatrist . |
| 9 | Macaulay already has a fortune from the first Home Alone , third biggest movie money-maker of all time after ET and Star Wars , grossing Pounds 300 million . |
| 10 | The odds were always against Oxford at Villa Park … trailing by a goal from the first leg United were desperate for a flying start … they were nearly grounded in the opening minutes by Dean Saunders … |
| 11 | Very sensitive patients who quickly become over stimulated by or prove the remedy when given in the standard dose can reduce it , next time , by diluting a teaspoonful from the first glass in a second glass of water thus reducing the dose by a factor of about 20 for each glass used . |
| 12 | ‘ And you did n't even notice that a tenant from the first floor is missing ? ’ |