Example sentences of "[art] first [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have also provided practical support , including vehicles used by the game wardens operating against ivory poachers in Kenya 's safari parks — the first such major sponsorship by a company . |
| 2 | Greenpeace 's decision to apply for a review follows its successful private prosecution of chemical company Albright and Wilson — the first such private action taken under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act . |
| 3 | In fact , the first such new material was introduced in November 1987 — ‘ Avron , ’ impact resistant sheet material with a feel like marble and a smooth satin surface texture , available in a well chosen range of colours . ’ |
| 4 | The meeting , chaired by Mr Michael Portillo , is the first such ministerial discussion on the effects of transport developments on the continent 's climate . |
| 5 | England and Spain had had playhouses open to a paying public since the 1570s , France from the beginning of the seventeenth century , but the first such public theatre in Italy was opened only in 1637 . |
| 6 | No organization claimed responsibility for the attack , the first such random bombing in the latest wave of unrest . |
| 7 | The 90-second ad , which breaks on January 29 , is one of the first such reciprocal marketing exercises between a commercial organisation and a charity . |
| 8 | A Publicity Committee was formed to attract more members and on New Year 's Eve 1946–47 what appears to be the first such Social at the Club was held and included ‘ modern dancing to a radiogram ’ . |
| 9 | The first such fair in Europe and the only one in the world to show only drawings , this year 's event drew serious collectors from across the world and a solid Parisian clientele . |
| 10 | The first such green belt was introduced in 1938 , when an Act of Parliament allowed a zone to be established around London . |
| 11 | The Group 's departure in 1945 prompted the presentation of stained glass panels , the first such American memorial . |
| 12 | The sender of the first all correct entry drawn after the closing date of noon on Friday , November 13 , will win the prize . |
| 13 | There he was persuaded by a friend to visit a brothel in Dieppe , from which he emerged with the verdict , ‘ The first these ten years , and it will be the last . |
| 14 | In the first half 170 textile companies recorded problems compared with 112 in the whole of 1988 . |
| 15 | The boys started off quite well and used their height to their advantage ( with the obvious exception of Sean Parker ) and finished the first half eight goals to their credit and in the lead . |
| 16 | With three minutes of the first half remaining , Pegasus won their fourth short corner . |
| 17 | Mick did well to hold a cross from Tony McGovern before , with a minute of the first half remaining , City scored their third . |
| 18 | Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United . |
| 19 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 20 | Conventional wisdom is that Tootal will add management expertise to Coats , but on the evidence of the first half neither is skilled at controlling working capital . |
| 21 | In the first half alone McLean 's men created enough chances to win a handful of games , yet such was their lack of confidence in and around the box that Chris Reid , the young Hibs goalkeeper , did not have to do anything out of the ordinary to keep his side in the game . |
| 22 | While the quality of play , and competition , at the top end of the women 's game has increased superbly in the last few years , the drop off after the first half dozen or so , is still equally evident . |
| 23 | Talk to users themselves however , and after the first half dozen you will have concluded that drug use is a spiritual phenomenon . |
| 24 | ‘ I shall raffle you , to see who will be in the first half dozen . ’ |
| 25 | If subjects rated these junctions as relatively low on accident estimates then the types of transfer bias which Poulton ( 1989 , p.238 ) describes could have caused the first few low judgments to inflate subsequent ones . |
| 26 | He played the first few premier league games this season instead of Wallace , and had a few rave reports . |
| 27 | It finds these approximate solutions by linear interpolation from the first few genuine observations . |
| 28 | The first few strenuous bridging moves sowed the seeds of doubt — not over the route 's identity so much as whether he could get up it . |
| 29 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 30 | The first few hundred yards were deceptively smooth . |