Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Leonard was a natural choice for the first of the new series , both in bearing and background he represented , not merely McGill , but Canada itself ; he was accordingly approached . |
2 | As well as campaigning for the first of the two alternatives , and for balanced representation on the licensing body , the society will introduce the abortion amendment . |
3 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
4 | It was his pick-up and feed from a scrum which sent David Wright in for the first of his tries and then the No. 8 charged over from a similar situation to grab the lead on the stroke of half-time . |
5 | The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . |
6 | So it was back to Melbourne for the first of the final matches . |
7 | We will then travel by coach through the golds and reds of a New Hampshire autumn for the first of two nights at the Town and Country Inn , Gorham , north of Massachusetts . |
8 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |
9 | Considering he was four over par after the first three holes of the New Orleans tournament , Faldo 's 11 under for the remaining 69 on a course he found demanding looks a useful dress rehearsal for the first of the year 's majors . |
10 | That meeting , which could occur as early as two weeks ' time , will then declare at least a three-month gap in meetings to fulfil the Unionist precondition for talks and clear the way for the first of a three-stage set of inter-party and inter-government negotiations to prepare a new British-Irish Agreement . |
11 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
12 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
13 | Plans for the first of the Italian journeys had been hatched in Vienna , and Leopold had obtained letters of recommendation from the Emperor , among others . |
14 | Already preparing himself for the first of his political glittering prizes , the viceroyalty of India , he visited the Trans-Caspian in 1888 and published a book on it in 1889 . |
15 | Over 60 trade stands will now be housed indoors alongside the new arena — ideal for the first of your Christmas shopping ! |
16 | For the first of these ( bar 1 ) , hold the C chord I 've diagrammed : press the tremolo arm to lower the C note ( string 5 , fret 3 ) to a B ( equivalent to fingering at fret 2 , and the reason I 've written ‘ 2 ’ in the tab as the lead-in . |
17 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
18 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
19 | On a recent flight over the area a crane was to be seen alongside the existing hangars , and the timber-framing for the first of the new houses was already taking shape . |
20 | But England fullback Jon Webb does n't mind eating turf as he skids over for the first of his two tries as part of a record-equalling 22-point haul . |
21 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
22 | With its self-imposed end-of-June deadline for publishing a common desktop environment specification now just six weeks off , the Common Open Software Environment firms — Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Sun Microsystems Inc , Univel Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc — are circulating ( internally ) a draft form of the ‘ Process Paper ’ which covers the scope of COSE and describes who will do what for the first of its promised offerings . |
23 | With its self-imposed end-of-June deadline for publishing a common desktop environment specification now just six weeks off , the Common Open Software Environment firms — Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Sun Microsystems Inc , Univel Inc and Unix System Labs — are circulating ( internally ) a draft form of the ‘ Process Paper ’ which covers the scope of COSE and describes who will do what for the first of its promised offerings . |
24 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
25 | As for the first of these concepts , we have seen that to a considerable extent in most schools the project achieved the objective of broadly based participation in devising curriculum-related library plans . |
26 | As dialogue continues down on the floor the Inlay Operator prepares for the first of his ‘ big moments ’ ; the establishing shot of the city as seen by the time-travellers . |
27 | The minute for the first of April begins " In the spring of the present year a few friends convened themselves together for the purpose of considering the possibility of opening a News & Reading Room . " |
28 | Her hands were shaking as she reached for the first of the envelopes . |
29 | During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions . |
30 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |