Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
| 2 | However , where the contribution , if any , is not sufficient to make up the difference , the Legal Aid Board has a first charge on any property , including money , recovered or preserved by the assisted party in the proceedings . |
| 3 | Why four funds make a first . |
| 4 | Verstehen has a first , primary sense of ‘ empathy ’ or ‘ direct understanding ’ , which tells the inquirer what action is being performed . |
| 5 | ‘ Makepeace has a first from Reading , you know . ’ |
| 6 | This means that an applicant seeking a first interim order in care proceedings , whether or not it follows upon an emergency protection order , should file and serve on all respondents before the hearing statements of the evidence to be relied upon . |
| 7 | The President appoints a First Vice-President and Prime Minister who must be an elected member of the National Assembly , and a Cabinet which may include non-elected members and is collectively responsible to the legislature . |
| 8 | The home side dominated a first half climaxed by Quinn 's goal after 33 minutes . |
| 9 | The violence prompted a first wave of mainly Hutu refugees to flee to Rwanda and to Zaïre . |
| 10 | I also predict Rocky to get a first team start BEFORE Christmas … |
| 11 | Baker did well apart from losing possession for the Saints ' third goal while Wark earned a first half booking for a challenge on Banger . |
| 12 | In Dering Street , Grob gives a first exhibition to Danny Moynihan ( 12 May–20 June ) , who was seen at the gallery in a mixed exhibition two years ago . |
| 13 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
| 14 | I had arrived at Ullapool by bus in mid-afternoon , determined to satisfy an ambition to make a first visit to Lochinver . |
| 15 | Jim received a first and thoroughly well-merited Testimonial in November 1980 , cruised past Terry Long 's previous club record of 442 League appearances in April 1985 and proceeded to notch up his 500th League game for us at Birmingham on 18 October 1986 , his 550th League match at Hull City on 19 December 1987 and his 650th overall ( ie : including major Cup ties ) upon the occasion of Oldham Athletic 's visit to Selhurst Park on 5 March 1988 . |
| 16 | Jim Wells has a first degree and postgraduate qualification in town planning . |
| 17 | Moreover , the trivial eigenproblem gives a first approximation to 1 as the Rayleigh quotient. ( ii ) If Yo happens to be the correct set Y , the method makes this apparent at once , for then in view of ( 3 ) unc so that , on use of ( 5 ) unc Thus both matrices are diagonal , so that the eigenproblem is again trivial , having the solution |
| 18 | I think we might see Frank get a first team run on his return . |
| 19 | BRITAIN 'S Derek Warwick and Mark Blundell backed Frenchman Yannick Dalmas as Peugeot clinched a first ever Le Mans 24hour sportscar race yesterday . |
| 20 | Although there was some confusion between their maps and descriptions of the peak , Knox-Johnston , Bonington and Greenland expert Jim Lowther made a first attempt on the peak on 11–12 August . |
| 21 | Nigel Cramer got a first telephone report from Bedford in the mid-morning , long before the written record arrived . |
| 22 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 23 | Argyll Group reported a first half profit before tax of £205m ( v £178m ) . |
| 24 | Mc Mahon scores a first at Dundalk |
| 25 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |
| 26 | He had been writing on average a poem a week , and by the end of 1941 he had enough poems to form a first volume , The Iron Laurel , but he withheld publication until 1942 in order to include ‘ The Foreign Gate ’ , a long poem in which , for the first time in his work , Death appears as a real presence . |
| 27 | Alan Davies ' men had good reason for jubilation as a spirited fight-back earned a first Championship win since 1989 . |
| 28 | The Wall-Paintings of Thera provides a first opportunity to see all the excavated frescos . |
| 29 | This project will investigate the characteristics and residential decision making of households living in the sector and the extent to which conversions comprise a first affordable step on the owner occupied housing ladder for young first time buyers . |
| 30 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |