Example sentences of "[noun] of [adj] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I should not leave our subject without a special mention of modern first editions , which have a special appeal to many collectors . |
| 2 | The result of that first year ? |
| 3 | As a result of this first extensive conquest of Saxony , three-quarters of the Saxons did homage to Charles , but not for long . |
| 4 | " We then proceeded with the examination of the boys in the presence of the Mayor and several Ladies and Gentlemen of the Town , Mr. Prescott [ sic ] the Rector of Stockport being the Examiner ; and considering the recent re-endowment and establishment of the School , and that many of the children when first admitted were unable to read , and the majority very backward in their learning , we have much pleasure in reporting that the result of this first public examination was very satisfactory and that it was apparent that the Master and Usher had faithfully discharged their duties . " |
| 5 | The result of this first recount , announced on May 25 , gave Balaguer 669,073 votes to Bosch 's 647,369 . |
| 6 | Having expected a leisurely discussion , Luce was surprised by the brevity of this first meeting . |
| 7 | Completion of this first phase is anticipated by Q3 1993 , to be followed in turn by other areas of the business — accounting , treasury , personnel , and so on — until ultimately the whole company is covered . |
| 8 | The new Committee for Art and Design was then faced with a major review of 127 first degree courses . |
| 9 | The most important engagement of that first campaign was the fiercely contested battle at Freiburg against Bavarian forces . |
| 10 | In a further echo of that first contract with Island , Branson bought the New York house of Island 's managing director Chris Blackwell — a charming brownstone on Perry Street , in Greenwich Village — to use as offices . |
| 11 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 12 | The survey is based on the latest published accounts of all first and second division clubs . |
| 13 | So the argument we have now reached seems to be a complex defence of the first part of that first sceptical argument . |
| 14 | If you , all I do n't want us to do is to start drifting into the second exercise as part of this first exercise which sounds very much |
| 15 | The greater part of this first tour was spent in or near Mombasa , when the Swahili-speaking people still formed the overwhelming majority of the island 's population . |
| 16 | Bernard of Pavia 's Compilatio Prima of 1190 first assembled material in this way for general use , dividing the texts into five main sections : ( 1 ) ordination and ecclesiastical offices ; ( 2 ) judicial organization and civil cases ; ( 3 ) matters affecting the clergy ; ( 4 ) marriage ; and ( 5 ) criminal procedure . |
| 17 | On the key religious policies of this first age of half-tolerated dissent Duncombe took a consistently conservative stance , sharing Anglican prejudices against Nonconformists and Roman Catholics alike . |
| 18 | The remainder of those first franchises divided into second and third tiers according to the economic base provided by the populations they served . |
| 19 | Panic-stricken , she tried to pull her arm out of his , but her companion ignored her struggles , saying , ‘ Come on , ducks , no need to bovver ourselves with supper ; let's ‘ ave our bit of fun first , ’ and pulled her along into the alley where Dr Neil had found her . |
| 20 | Can you divide yourself up into groups of four first of all please ? |
| 21 | If roads were contained within a perspex tunnel and regularly patrolled by wildlife wardens , armed with splints and bandages and trained in every kind of veterinary first aid , I suppose it might go some way towards reducing this tragic toll . |
| 22 | OMAGH Town 's inability to get the ball into the net during half an hour of incessant first half pressure was cruelly punished by the deadly Billy Totten after 33 minutes at St. Julians Road this afternoon . |
| 23 | I was obliged during the course of that first morning to go constantly in and out of the room , and so was unable to follow the proceedings at all fully . |
| 24 | The former branch of this first dichotomy takes written language at once into a mode which speakers seldom use . |
| 25 | The formation of a coalition government is normal political practice in a situation of war but , in the case of this first Francoist government , there were two reasons behind this choice . |
| 26 | Clubs are asked to support a special appeal , organised by the Commonwealth Trust , by sending £20 to the Disaster Appeal which will qualify them for entry into a draw with many prizes — headed up by Cathay Pacific 's donation of two First Class London/Hong Kong round trips plus tickets for the 1993 Hong Kong Sevens — as well as tickets for just about every top sporting event to be staged next year in the British Isles — test cricket , rugby internationals , Open golf , Grand National , Formula One racing , and so on . |
| 27 | A considerable proportion of this first generation of Peter 's representatives in western Europe were foreigners in Russian service ; but by the 1720s these had been replaced by native-born Russians . |
| 28 | For who within the service is seeking or is willing to dismantle these units whose power and autonomy has been growing in strides since the Royal Commission of 1960 and the subsequent Police Act of 1964 first created the amalgamated giants ? |
| 29 | According to SQL Access Group chairman Jeff Balboni , the organisation is aware of the discontentment and hopes to soothe disappointment with the publication of these first few specifications . |
| 30 | The primrose and violet of that first upfling in the estuary — |