Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb pp] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helped pave the way for the full-blooded domestication of the idea of Empire at the popular imperial exhibitions held first at Wembley and later in Glasgow between the wars . |
| 2 | For convenience we shall compare the systems under four main headings , with indirect taxes considered first in each case . |
| 3 | LOVE was in the air when two lucky Canadians scooped first prize in a special bridal competition . |
| 4 | The story is that slow sedimentation in deep water produced first the Diaspri ( Upper jurassic radiolarian cherts ) and then the Scaglia or Scisti policromi ( Cretaceous to Oligocene vari-coloured shales ) . |
| 5 | Inner London and the inner areas of a number of industrial cities suffered first , but the loss of manufacturing jobs then spread to the outer areas of cities and to wider regions , such as the West Midlands and the North West , where these were based on manufacturing . |
| 6 | The history of the Friesian in the UK is given in the British section and the full story of the Holstein type is given in the American section : suffice it to say here that the Holstein originated from Dutch black-and-whites imported first of all by Dutch settlers in the New World during the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | All the sound and fury of the past few days has been a desperate diversion designed first to draw attention away from the unemployment figures , the inflation figures , and the figures for businesses closed and homes repossessed ; and , secondly , to draw attention away from what the Labour party is actually saying , and for the simplest of all reasons — they know it makes sense . |
| 8 | This month 's annual Maria Callas international competition for new voices awarded first prizes to a Japanese soprano , Michie Nakamaru , and an Italian mezzo-soprano , Serena Lazzarini . |
| 9 | At the beginning the immigrants ' lack of experience and poor organization hampered mobilization , and so other workers struck first . |
| 10 | This is just one of the mindboggling and humorous revelations made in a new book called First Jobs of the Famous . |
| 11 | The discussion focuses primarily on Jones 's study of how the two main channels described first the instigation , then the escalation of the disorder . |