Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | CHURCH collections have fallen for the first time for more than a decade , it emerged today . |
| 32 | Saffroned mussels with pasta came to me when moules marinières , intended as a first course , suddenly had to feed a houseful . |
| 33 | indeed , Mo Johnston , recalled for the first time in two months , was the only Everton player in the starting line-up who had managed a goal in front of the Goodison public . |
| 34 | A special austerity programme had reduced the range of consumer goods and foodstuffs , with eggs and bread being rationed for the first time . |
| 35 | The theatre 's members only wine bar situated between the first and second floors . |
| 36 | When the Mughal court was disbanded , Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other , Hindu , tradition of eunuchry . |
| 37 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 38 | The price factors are calculated for the first day of the delivery month , and adjustments have to be made for accrued interest where the first day of the delivery month does not coincide with a coupon payment date . |
| 39 | To determine whether proliferative patterns in flat rectal mucosal samples can predict the recurrence of adenomatous colorectal polyps , after polypectomy , rectal mucosal specimens removed from the lesions obtained at endoscopy from 55 patients diagnosed for the first time as having adenomatous colorectal polyps . |
| 40 | Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil . |
| 41 | They were not to learn of the German reaction for some nine months , when the commandos again visited the Lofoten Islands , but the world heard for the first time of British commandos that night in German broadcasts : ‘ Light naval forces destroyed several fishing boats and landed commandos in the Norwegian skerries where they took prisoner some Germans and Norwegians . ’ |
| 42 | St Etienne 's ‘ I 'm Too Sexy ’ is the strangest mutation , featuring Pete Wiggs ' voice , heard for the first time , improvising lyrics like ‘ I 'm too shaky for my Stevens ’ . |
| 43 | The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret . |
| 44 | Representatives of the United Kingdom and Argentine governments were joined for the first time by a Falklands official in talks on fishing controls held in the Argentinian capital , Buenos Aires , in May 1991 . |
| 45 | If they can not afford to have one installed , this should be regarded as a first priority and paid for by their children if they can afford it , which is often quite possible if there is a willingness on their part to make some small economy in their own spending each month . |
| 46 | My believe is what P P G is inviting local authorities to do is be cautious in proposing them , they should not be regarded as a first option , or an easy option , they should be cautious in proposing them . |
| 47 | Like a young Kenny Dalglish , Jess was involved in every aspect of Scotland 's play and must now be regarded as a first choice . |
| 48 | Bedford Park is regarded as the first Garden Suburb in England , and thus has an international importance , while Shaw is one of the most important architects of the Victorian period , best known as the designer of the old New Scotland Yard building on the London Embankment . |
| 49 | Tyrothricin can reasonably be regarded as the first antibiotic to be established as a therapeutic substance . |
| 50 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 51 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 52 | The German naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ( 1834–1919 ) is generally regarded as the first to put forward the idea that these changes in the embryo retrace our evolutionary history . |
| 53 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 54 | Indeed , he participates so actively that he is apparently involved in the stoning to death of Stephen , officially regarded as the first Christian martyr ( although Stephen would have seen himself , of course , as a pious Jew ) . |
| 55 | Walpole , who has been traditionally and perhaps wrongly regarded as the first British Prime Minister , always took pains to deny that he occupied such a position . |
| 56 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 57 | The move was widely regarded as the first step towards full normalization of diplomatic relations , which had been suspended after the communist victory in the Vietnam war in 1975 . |
| 58 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 59 | Wednesday had David Hirst sent off in their 3–1 UEFA Cup reverse in Kaiserslautern a fortnight ago and manager Trevor Francis said : ‘ We felt unjustly treated after the first game , but tonight it was very fair and they deserved to go through . |
| 60 | The rebêche is the unclassified juice pressed after the first and second taille have been extracted . |