Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] ' first " in BNC.
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1 | The game afoot , he vented his embarrassment by scoring the Lions ' first try after 64 seconds . |
2 | ‘ We won that series 2–1 and it was the Lions ' first tour triumph in Australia . ’ |
3 | In this current project , two studies are being carried out which should provide the next stage for following up the researchers ' first cohort of 1981 entrants . |
4 | In the Kiwis ' first innings , Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-25 and Muthiah Muralidaran 3-22 , their best Test figures . |
5 | Even so , the beginning of an English influence is suggested by the brothers ' first names and by the fact that William 's second name , Justavus , is spelled that way , indicating an English pronunciation , instead of the more usual Gustavus . |
6 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
7 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
8 | The very day after the judges ' first meeting , the slenderness of the chances of anything being built , as a result of the competition , was publicly revealed . |
9 | Ironically one of those who could n't make it was the Conservatives ' first Asian Tory MP Nirj Deva , who is serving a life ban at the restaurant for becoming ‘ too exuberant ’ there seven years ago . |
10 | So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP . |
11 | The monks ' first attempt to obtain a judgement in their favour proved abortive ; a second trial was therefore arranged at Pallas itself . |
12 | The vendors ' first response to a request for warranties is likely to be that they should not be required to give any because the management knows far more about the day-to-day running of the company than they do . |
13 | It 's incredible to think this is a debut album for it far outstrips the Aeroplanes ' first ‘ proper ’ album , which seems badly-produced and shabby in comparison . |
14 | Sampdoria fell behind in Genoa to a goal by Maragos of Panathinaikos in the 27th minute — the Greeks ' first goal in five games in the tournament . |
15 | Mike Blaisdell and Rick Brebant both scored three goals to inflict the Pirates ' first defeat in the quarter-finals . |
16 | Meanwhile , the Sisters ' first complete compilation album , ‘ Some Girls Wander By Mistake ’ , is released this week through Merciful Release/east-west . |
17 | The Crusaders ' first round rout of Wakefield Trinity sent shockwaves through the sport . |
18 | The remains of small Celtic-type cattle in Iceland pre-date the Vikings ' first visits early in the ninth century and the colonisation of Iceland by Norsemen about AD 930 . |
19 | Thomas Dooley scored the Americans ' first goal in 389 minutes of international football just two minutes before half-time . |
20 | When the Linfield manager gets a telephone call from Windsor Park tonight it will provide details of the Blues ' first domestic defeat in the season — and their worst performance to date . |
21 | Maybe this records the Girls ' first sighting of the nudes ! |
22 | In 1813 he mentions ‘ our dance , or rather the girls ' first dance ’ and there are many other diary entries showing attendance at Balls at Hawkshead and Ambleside . |
23 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
24 | It was the champions ' first defeat since losing to Hull in the First Division at the start of April — a run of 13 successive victories . |
25 | South African tour manager Abie Malan , preparing for the tourists ' first game with England since 1984 , said : ‘ I am disappointed to hear such news on the eve of the last important match of our tour , one which the ANC publicly approved . |
26 | Extra cash is not always the students ' first priority . |
27 | Under the Institute 's standards , for example , training organisations are expected to pay for the students ' first examination attempt . |
28 | It was agreed that the receivers ' first duty was to the secured creditors . |
29 | Ideally , the adventurers ' first or last sight in the half-light should be the dark , malignant shape of Castle Drachenfels outlined against the sky . |
30 | The ministers ' first act was the unanimous endorsement on June 19 of Albania 's admission as the 35th member of CSCE [ see also pp. 37385 ; 37746-47 ; 37838 ] . |