Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dismissing suggestions the First Division is sub-standard this season and that Newcastle 's 11-point lead is a false reflection of their quality , he said : ‘ Ask Leeds whether it 's rubbish . ’ |
| 2 | Following the success of the Flat meeting at Doncaster in July , the home of National Hunt racing hosts the first jumps card to be staged on a Sunday . |
| 3 | The evidence is clear , too , that in mining districts the first part of the nineteenth century saw a serious erosion of holidays . |
| 4 | He agreed to the clause allowing them to release records elsewhere , after giving RCA the first option , because he say it as common sense . |
| 5 | ( If you took singing lessons the first instruction would be to open your mouth , and the same applies to speech . ) |
| 6 | The partnership between Campbell and former Crystal Palace striker Ian Wright has produced seven goals in five games , making Arsenal the First Division 's top scorers . |
| 7 | IBM reckons the 970 achieves a SPECmark rating of 100.3 , making IBM the first to produce a RISC system which scores a century on the benchmark , and that it also does 100.9 transactions per second on the Transaction Processing Performance Council 's TPC-A benchmark . |
| 8 | The EC 's long-awaited eco-labelling scheme has come into operation , with dishwashers and washing machines the first products to be included . |
| 9 | Mike Atherton looked in good touch again until missing a sweep off Such and falling lbw the first of four victims for the England off-spinner . |
| 10 | When using ABC the first thing to do is : |
| 11 | After another settling period the first fish would be introduced , a few at a time . |