Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] its first " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lord Mayor , the Local Management of Schools scheme er was reviewed first in the light of consultation which went on during its first full year of operation . |
| 2 | MOTORIST Janet Glover put her new £10,000 Toyota Corolla in for its first service — and got it back with an unwanted extra . |
| 3 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG limped in with its first half figures two days after its parent reported , complaining that falling computer prices would lead to a a fall in turnover of around $635m — that 's one billion marks — in the business year to September 30 : the company belatedly responded to Reuter 's inquiries after the announcement of the parent 's figures by saying that Nixdorf first half sales fell 9% to $3,555m and that orders fell 5% to $3,620m ; it would not forecast the group 's earnings but pointed to earlier company predictions of a slight improvement this year last year 's $326m loss . |
| 4 | Ray Hanna too G–FIRE up for its first test flight on March 14 , 1981 , in primer . |
| 5 | Irvine , California-based technology holding company Helionetics Inc has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Sentinel Systems Inc , which is designing the Sentry-E fault-tolerant computer in Horsham , Pennsylvania and has a ‘ major telecommunications company ’ lined up as its first customer . |
| 6 | The fanfare seized up on its first chord and then seemed to fall over itself , collapsing in a welter of notes . |
| 7 | The UN Security Council met repeatedly during August in response to the Gulf crisis and passed five resolutions [ see box ] , moving on from its first and immediate condemnation of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ( Resolution 660 on Aug. 2 ) , to impose mandatory sanctions ( Resolution 661 on Aug. 6 ) , and later to allow states to use their naval forces for " measures " to ensure implementation of such sanctions ( Resolution 665 on Aug. 25 ) , while also rejecting the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait ( Resolution 662 on Aug. 9 ) and demanding freedom of departure from , and consular access to , foreign nationals in Kuwait and Iraq ( Resolution 664 of Aug. 18 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Railway Days in Strabane ’ by local enthusiasts Willie Carlin , George Hare and Jim Tinniney , has already sold out of its first print run of 2,000 copies issued last November . |
| 9 | He covered his eyes with both hands and walked the path of his life backwards , back to its first source , and was again young , quite young . |
| 10 | Last week , practically at the last minute , it reportedly decided to press the code for a 30-way system on to its first CD-ROM . |