Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His portrait was modified , in stages which can be dated by coins , from a depiction in the tradition of a Hellenistic king to one based on the canons valued in the Greek city-state , thereby reflecting his change from being one of the warlords in the civil wars after Caesar 's death to a new ‘ democratic ’ position after the settlement as first citizen , ‘ first among equals ’ ( fig. 17 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I know a bit about first aid , ’ she protested weakly . |
| 3 | We also found there is a substantial trim change between first stage of flap and full flap . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH the biggest crowd today will be at St Helens to watch the runners-up play the champions , Wigan , more relevant fixtures take place at Bradford and Hull KR as the fight for First Division survival approaches its climax , writes John Whalley . |
| 5 | BRISTOL ROVERS began their fight for First Division survival yesterday by signing QPR 's Andy Tillson and Gary Waddock for nearly £500,000 . |
| 6 | It was the Carling tournament at Royal Birkdale , a big event with a great deal of money as first prize . |
| 7 | The company , which is projecting a $80m to $100m loss for 1992 and a sizeable loss for first quarter of 1993 ended October 31 , also cut another 200 workers before Christmas . |
| 8 | The East Ridge , first climbed in 1938 by Don Bryant and Lud Mahan , is thought to be affected , and the East Face route description is no longer entirely valid either — what with if falling off — which is a disappointment for first ascensionists Peter Farrell , Don Cowie , Vic Walsh and Lyn Crawford who climbed it in 1961 . |
| 9 | Bob said Steve had spotted the envelopes while sorting out mail for first class delivery . |
| 10 | Leafing through the pages of Wisden , one can discover that even on the so-called fast bowlers ' pitch at Lord 's , spinners were regularly brought to the bowling crease as first change : slow bowlers such as Titmus of Middlesex , Dooland of Notts , Tribe of Northants , Wardle of Yorkshire , Walsh of Leicestershire , Hollies of Warwickshire , Mortimore of Gloucestershire and Marlar of Sussex . |
| 11 | PART-TIME STUDY FOR FIRST DEGREES |
| 12 | Here 's a great advert for first division football ; a break from the half way line , which should have brought Martin Ling a goal . |
| 13 | Luxury for first class travellers : a sleeping car attendant delivers hot water bottles on the London-to-Inverness Express , January 1935 . |
| 14 | Joined Elland Road side after first training with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 15 | Association of First Division Civil Servants ( D.C. , 1988 ) the delegation of certain functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act to non-lawyers was held to be unlawful . |
| 16 | ‘ Transcript of first working session ’ . |
| 17 | For familiarity and safety , lignocaine is the agent of first choice . |
| 18 | Several weeks before the experimental study of first impressions , students were asked to ‘ think of someone you know well — a close friend or partner . |
| 19 | However , the first-order autocorrelation of first differences of the mispricing series was -0.23 , and this suggests that mispricings tend to be partially reversed within 15 minutes . |
| 20 | ‘ We are compelled ’ , wrote Dicey , ‘ to search for the guidance of first principles . ’ |
| 21 | Now Bruce , one of the game 's greatest characters , may have to quit Anfield in search of first team football . |
| 22 | They analysed nearly 1700 items from a dictionary of first names , looking at the differences between male and female names . |
| 23 | I felt I had to I When I went to school m my father could n't afford very much and erm I remember starting the first term of first day of the term with shoes with a big split in it . |
| 24 | Further transfers from Rainey ( Un ) and Agnew ( UPNI ) in Stages VIII and IX ensured the election of two candidates from VUPP , a party which had only .7 of a quota of first preference votes at Stage I. |
| 25 | As a result of the transfer of surpluses from , and votes of , DUP and Unionist candidates VUPP gained one more seat than their single quota of first preference votes would suggest . |
| 26 | Taylor ( Un ) , who was Assemblyman for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 1973 , obtained a clear quota of first preference votes . |
| 27 | DUP thus secured a seat after having only .7 of a quota of first preference votes . |
| 28 | Ari was exhausted by the sheer weight of first impressions of the city . |
| 29 | I slammed the car into first gear to get off the poor thing . |
| 30 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |