Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [v-ing] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN the recent World Cup , in changing the rules concerning the weather-affected matches , a system which unjustly penalises the side batting second was substituted for one which was usually disadvantageous to the side batting first . |
| 2 | Elisabeth Leonskaja opts for the second of these views in her performance of No. 1 , and the deliberate- sounding first movement that results is not altogether convincing . |
| 3 | And ‘ if the tam batting second has not had the opportunity to complete the required number of overs their target score will be the runs scored by the team batting first from their equivalent number of highest scoring overs . ’ |
| 4 | The team batting first can never be quite sure when to go for the final , all out slog . |
| 5 | As the cab of the engine moved on to the bridge the engine fell through , the cab falling first , on to the car that was passing underneath . |
| 6 | Then , turning clockwise , with the head turning first , followed a split second later by the body , he raises his back ( right ) foot , all the time glancing over his right shoulder to watch his opponent . |
| 7 | The text is entered directly from the keyboard having first selected its position between the staves with the mouse pointer . |
| 8 | The name ‘ flag ’ may originate from the plant having first been used as a heraldic device by Clovis , king of the Franks in the 5th century . |
| 9 | As outlined in Figure 6 , the most parsimonious model for the evolution of this region is a process involving first the build-up of a ZNF gene cluster by local gene duplication events , followed by a duplication of at least part of this cluster , and finally a pericentric inversion which distributed a portion of the duplicated region to the other chromosome arm . |