Example sentences of "[noun sg] in his first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANDRE AGASSI last night insisted that he was determined to defend his Wimbledon title next week despite a heavy defeat in his first match for two months in the Halle grass court tournament in Munich . |
| 2 | But Keith Fletcher , nursing a 2-0 defeat in his first Test series as England manager , was at pains to point out one of the root causes of the problems faced by Gooch 's side : the lack of dry , turning pitches in the County Championship . |
| 3 | But 19-year-old Smith has already jumped far higher than Grant this year , including 2.33 for his club in his first competitive outing two weeks ago . |
| 4 | Here , in a role that might have better suited Peter Sellers , or , more authentically , Alberto Sordi , he goes through a few variations on Ben Braddock and Jason Fister , the agent in his first Italian misadventure . |
| 5 | So the voice plus the seat and leg aids start your horse in his first steps when mounted and the same applies for the downward transitions . |
| 6 | The founding father of the mechanistic approach to behaviour , Jacques Loeb , adopted the word tropism in his first book , published in 1910 . |
| 7 | His highest weighted opponent was the 1929 Preakness winner Dr Freeland with eight stone eight pounds , but the horse most fancied to give him a true test in his first race outside Australia was Spanish Play , who had won the New Orleans Handicap eight days before . |
| 8 | The next question 's got to be to Kim , if only six pounds of his premium is buying units in , if he has an escalating plan in his first four years , what 's the other twenty four pounds going towards ? |
| 9 | I do n't want to appear in front a judge in his first five years then . |
| 10 | His working life started as a protege of the acclaimed art deco designer , Clarice Cliff , with whom he trained as an engraver in his first job at the old AJ Wilkinson factory . |
| 11 | And now John Cole on the options facing the Chancellor in his first budget , one month from now . |
| 12 | He had joined the Institute in his first year at the Establishment because at that time the organisation seemed to have some sinew to it . |
| 13 | If Moxon , still young in captaincy terms , were to be given the job there would be a strong argument in favour of a team manager and as Illingworth , perhaps wisely , has rejected one offer to return ( from Leicestershire ) Yorkshire might look at another native son who has , from all accounts , done an excellent job in his first year of managment at Somerset , Jack Birkenshaw . |
| 14 | Former Darlington manager Brian Little has done a superb job in his first season , but Leicester face three promotion rivals in their four-match finale . |
| 15 | But Benn thrives on fear and any lack of respect for his Welsh opponent in his first defence of the crown at the Alexandra Palace tonight could prove disastrous . |
| 16 | He had a brilliant game and deserved an Irish Cup medal in his first season with the club . |
| 17 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 18 | Ronnie Moran , who had been chatting with Mr Souness about the match hours before the Liverpool manager headed for the operating theatre , will have to report failure in his first game in charge . |
| 19 | FRANCE 'S new prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy , who cut top rate value added tax in his first policy statement last week to give an estimated £500m boost to consumer spending is likely to turn his attention next to savings and investment with new incentives to stimulate share buying . |
| 20 | Wilkinson is not worried whether he passes his 24-goal record in his first season at Watford . |
| 21 | Steven Richardson also emerged with great credit in his first Masters . |
| 22 | Lewis donated a no-ball an over in his first spell , but seemed to learn from Pringle , slowed down , gained more movement leg to off from the pitch , and became even more dangerous . |
| 23 | A packed hall had responded attentively to his intense , vocally elegant , performances of arias by Scarlatti , Stradella , Meyerbeer , Donizetti , Cilea and the Spanish composer Pablo Sorozabal , but with the opening instrumental strains of Catari in his first encore the vast audience suddenly burst into the kind of wildly enthusiastic applause that one had waited for all evening . |
| 24 | on his first assignment in his first week out there . |
| 25 | The magnitude of Reagan 's achievement in his first term has been subject to question on several grounds . |
| 26 | True , he raised English soccer stock abroad by coaching Barcelona to the Spanish League title in his first year at the club . |
| 27 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 28 | Robb takes part in his first 1500 metres championship race since winning the English Schools Championship when he competes at Palace . |
| 29 | The Grey , trained by Colin Campbell , and ridden by Stephen Deasley , was taking part in his first race for nearly 2 years . |
| 30 | As the Prime Minister has done nothing to change that policy in his first year , is not Majorism simply Thatcherism without the courage of her convictions ? |