Example sentences of "[art] [noun] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | In each of the appeals the first question is whether a procedural irregularity has occurred . |
| 32 | You reply at once if you get the meaning the first time ( ‘ Did you get wet ? |
| 33 | As can be seen , the bond equivalent yield is always less than the simple equivalent yield because with the bond the first coupon payment can be reinvested , whereas this possibility is not available for a discount security , which therefore has to have a higher yield to compensate . |
| 34 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 35 | The Time Warner AxS arm of Time Warner Inc has bought a 50% stake in MetroComm Inc , builder and operator of a fibre optic competitive telephone access network in Columbus , Ohio on undisclosed terms ; the company will be known as MetroComm AxS and the alliance the first step in a Time Warner programme to enter the long-distance access business . |
| 36 | King Idomeneus of Crete , caught in a storm at sea on his way home , vows to Neptune that if he is spared he will sacrifice to the gods the first person he meets on landing — which turns out to be , of course , his own son , Idamantes . |
| 37 | There was even the ruby the first earl gave his wife to celebrate the title bestowed by James Stuart in 1604 , but she would have liked a ring . |
| 38 | He had been in the boot the first time , and masked on the floor of the back seat the second . |
| 39 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 40 | Hatton got knocked on the head the first time but the second time he was n't hurt , only tied up . ’ |
| 41 | In the event the first two centres demonstrated the dual approach to much advisory work in that one was set up by a local authority ( in Lambeth ) and one by voluntary bodies ( in South Kensington ) . |
| 42 | The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked . |
| 43 | It is my pleasure and privilege to present to members of the Chartered Institute of Transport in the UK the first separate Chairman 's Report and Accounts since we in the UK became one of the nine National Councils now established by the Institute under the successful re-organisation approved by the Council . |
| 44 | The first signs of rust came on the day the first battalion of the tartan army arrived in Cordoba . |
| 45 | ‘ from the day the first palaeolithic warrior smashed a rock into a small animal , violence has been used to produce wealth ’ . |
| 46 | Now the important thing about this document is that you 'll receive it on the day the first day of your assignment . |
| 47 | Tough tackling and controlled possession by Woodmill were the dominant features of extra time and no goals resulted , making the game the first of the tournament to go to penalties . |
| 48 | On the start of the game the first child from each team pops their balloon by jumping on it . |
| 49 | The players will train at Bradford next week and have three days together in Wales prior to the game the first between the countries since England won convincingly at Ebbw Vale eight years ago . |
| 50 | Down on the ground the first thing to be heard is a distant squeal , and a sharp-sighted man might just discern a black dot like a bird high in the sky . |
| 51 | A half-mile south of the bridge the first French staff officers were rifling the mail in Charleroi 's post office in search of letters which might have been posted by Allied officers and thus provide clues of British or Prussian plans . |
| 52 | Northern GRAMOPHONE readers ( and surely many southerners as well ) will join me in welcoming back to the catalogue the first of James Loughran 's Hallé Orchestra has always shown a special feeling for Brahms 's sound , and Loughran is also a highly responsive Brahmsian , flexibly spontaneous in his sense of line , yet at the same time demonstrating a comparable structural grasp . |
| 53 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |
| 54 | To distinguish the species the first sign is the number of bars , D. microlepis having six or seven and D. quadrifasciatus ( which erroneously means four-barred ) having eight to ten . |
| 55 | Two misunderstandings at least were caused by the initial use of ‘ passive resistance ’ to describe the principle f non-violent action , and both arose from the way in which the phrase was associated with the actions of the suffragettes. the first misunderstanding was that non-violent action was regarded as a weapon of the weak . |
| 56 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 57 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 58 | Each year of the cycle the first tithe was paid to the Levites ( with the exception of the Sabbath ) and on the third and sixth year of the cycle the second tithe was a poor tithe . |
| 59 | And so it is with Wattana , who , in a psychological move during a recent Matchroom League clash , showed he is hardly in awe of Hendry when he won five successive frames before scattering the balls to ‘ allow ’ the Scot the first of three consolation frames . |
| 60 | ‘ I set your name up on the account the first time we met . |