Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a first " in BNC.

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1 The reason why I have thought it to be so definitely a first edition is usually only because the title verso states : ‘ First published 19XX ’ or some such wording , and there is no mention about a second or third impression , or , because there was a date on the title page and a blank on the title verso ; or the title verso had only the copyright date on it .
2 Not perhaps a first choice for the work , but an enjoyable addition to an indispensable Perséphone .
3 Thus a local manager could make new arrangements about National Diploma work in a school but not about a First Diploma .
4 The interesting twist to this issue is that it was Japan , clearly now a First World country , and in the opinion of many now the most dynamic economic power , that was often identified in the United States and in Europe , as the worst offender , with the four East Asian NICs not far behind .
5 The specific plan announced by Schuman had been drafted by Jean Monnet who certainly did see it as only a first step in a chain that would ultimately lead to political integration .
6 And if Marco Polo feel like something less earnest , how about a first complete recording of Richard Heuberger 's glorious operetta Der Opernball ?
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