Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a bucking of current trends with the growth in spending outstripping rises in income for the first time in three years . |
| 2 | The Roman bronze figure of Ajax seated in meditation from the first century BC is the only three-dimensional representation of the Greek hero to have survived ; it is thought by Ortiz to be the clue to the subject of the Belvedere torso in the Vatican Collection . |
| 3 | In Sheffield in the first stage , when annuals and short-lived perennials move in , Oxford ragwort ( Senecio squalidus ) , knotgrass ( Polygonum aviculare ) , orache ( Atriplex hastata ) and fat-hen ( Chenopodium album ) are common . |
| 4 | He 'd been a prisoner-of-war in Germany during the First World War and as a result of his wartime experiences suffered constantly from a weak chest . |
| 5 | People do laugh in meetings of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 6 | Therefore it was supposed that payments practices , and other institutional arrangements which change only slowly over time , have more influence on the velocity of circulation than any temporary changes in M. Before the First World War there may have been a good deal of truth in this assumption because the financial system was relatively unsophisticated and financial innovation was taking place very slowly by today 's standards . |
| 7 | Labour 's Alan Milburn , in response to the first question , pledged to restore benefits for 16 and 17-year-olds unable to find work . |
| 8 | In response to the first Nescafe Boycott , Nestle agreed to abide by the WHO/Unicef International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes . |
| 9 | Hence , even where force is used in self-defence in response to the first use of violence the employment of a greater degree of force than that used by the attacker , or the continued use of force beyond the point where the attacker is willing or unable to continue the attack would not be seen as legitimate in law . |
| 10 | In response to the first task , 72 per cent of the pupils obtained an acceptable height measurement for the label but 44 per cent only cut out the label with acceptable accuracy . |
| 11 | In response to the first cycle , dysphagia improved dramatically . |
| 12 | They are joined in Brighton for the first time by LONDON NEW MUSIC . |
| 13 | WITH the two main floodlit tournaments in Junior Rugby just around the corner , many clubs are looking forward to the opportunity to sharpen their skills in preparation for the first batch of league matches . |
| 14 | In contrast to the first group , relations are conducted at the Party to Party as well as State to State level . |
| 15 | The German propaganda machine — and Hitler himself in his speeches — continued , of course , to hammer home the theme that , in contrast to the First World War , Front and Heimat were indivisibly united , and the bonds between leadership and people unbreakable . |
| 16 | In contrast to the first sequence , the keynote here is one of simplicity and naturalness . |
| 17 | Anyway , nobody would be particularly interested in Connie after the first day . |
| 18 | Where a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party is representing this party in parliament for the first time the above ( normal ) procedure shall be set in motion not earlier than eighteen months after his or her election as Member of Parliament . |
| 19 | Fears of recession which heightened the perception of silver as an industrial metal and heavy over-supply over an extended period , caused prices to plummet to below $4.00 a troy ounce in mid-December for the first time in fifteen years . |
| 20 | He is under 13 stone in weight for the first time since his teens . |
| 21 | The death- like opening phrase is played steadily , with blanched tone and no vibrato , the viola exactly judged in counterpoint to the first violin . |
| 22 | The British Lions were amused to read of the plight of referee Steve McNally when they picked up the local paper in Paihia before the first match of their New Zealand tour . |
| 23 | When , for example , establishment actor Raymond Massey saw James Dean in action for the first time on the set of East of Eden , emitting as he did a stream of sexual and genital adjectives , Massey stormed off the set declaring , ‘ I have never experienced anything like this in my entire life . |
| 24 | Krabbe 's comeback GERMANY 'S double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe will be back in action for the first time since the lifting of her doping ban , at a meeting on her home Neubrandenburg track on June 13 . |
| 25 | Several Cabinet ministers will address the two-day gathering which is being held at the Royal International Pavilion in Llangollen for the first time . |
| 26 | ‘ We have lost two League games in succession for the first time since August . |
| 27 | Rangers ' goalkeeper , who has a valid claim to the title of Britain 's best by his displays in Europe this season , has missed two matches in succession for the first time since joining the club from Hibs and will not train today . |
| 28 | Despite an intensification of fighting in Kashmir in the first half of 1990 talks with India continued , with the fourth round completed in April 1991 . |
| 29 | Next day — possibly anticipating that the fighter defences had been crippled by the attrition of the 22nd. , the Axis appeared in force for the first time in some days as a further convoy reached the island . |
| 30 | A report in the Financial Times of April 21 , summarizing interviews with economic officials , said that the next stage in the Russian government 's economic reform programme would include a relaxation of tight controls on budget spending , in force in the first quarter of 1992 . |