Example sentences of "[subord] its first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chair was slipping , although its first speed had been checked by the fact that she had fallen in front of the wheels . |
| 2 | Radius Inc warns that it expects to report a second quarter operating loss larger than its first quarter operating loss , and that second quarter revenues to March 31 will be below the $36.9m reported for the first quarter , when it lost $0.05 per share or $713,000 ; it has seen slowing demand for its Macintosh enhancement products in Europe and to a lesser extent in the US . |
| 3 | As expected on the basis of the hypothesis proposed above , that the relationship between maternal age and chances of child survival may depend upon the status of the mortality transition , it was found that , in those regions where overall infant mortality is relatively low ( under 100 per 1,000 live births ) , the likelihood that an infant will survive until its first birthday is greatest if the child 's mother was 20 to 29 years old when it was born . |
| 4 | Betrayed if published as a £5.99 , B format paperback ; Bloomsbury says that most if its first print run of 15,000 copies has been subscribed . |
| 5 | The prevalence of the disease in the gay community may also be related to the upsurge of interest and propaganda about homosexuality , while its first appearance in the US correlates with the American investment in paramedical research , ensuring that these ideas are at a higher concentration than elsewhere . |
| 6 | Meeting in Canton , China , the working group reviewed the progress made on research into global warming since its first report was published in June 1990 [ see ED no. 35/36 ] . |
| 7 | With 24.4 per cent of the vote , the League scored its most important electoral success since its first appearance , under the name of the Lombardy Regional Party , in 1987 . |
| 8 | Which ? says that before its first issue hit the streets in the Fifties , the consumers of the day were virtually on their own . |
| 9 | 150 years after its first branch opened in Rochdale , the new-look Co-Op was launched today in Cheltenham . |
| 10 | The founding of the Manchester and Salford Adult Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Association ( now the Manchester Centre for the Deaf ) in 1846 is a little obscure as its first reports do not commence until 1873 . |
| 11 | On present evidence , that would be welcome : a reunited Germany with Mr Kohl as its first chancellor is likely to be more prosperous , and stabler , than it would be under the Social Democrats . |
| 12 | The governing Socialist Party ( PS ) elected Laurent Fabius as its first secretary on Jan. 9 in succession to Pierre Mauroy , who had tendered his resignation two days earlier . |
| 13 | When Meg arrived at Uppark as its first chatelaine in many a year she found all the original fabrics in place , but hanging , through neglect , ‘ like grey seaweed ’ . |
| 14 | On 20 December 1780 , soon after his departure , Great Britain declared war on the United Provinces of the Netherlands , giving as its first reason ‘ That , in violation of treaty , they suffered an American pirate ( one Paul Jones , a rebel and a state criminal ) to remain several weeks in one of their ports ’ . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the three pioneers are readying themselves for a surge of interest : Marcos has appointed its Coventry engine supplier , JE Engineering , as its first distributor , Westfield is looking at a trio of dealers and Caterham plans to appoint half a dozen Rover distributors as service agents for the K-series engine that will power its first ‘ turn-key ’ car . |
| 16 | It has set up a Channel Partner programme and signed Emeryville , California-based Basis Inc as its first reseller . |
| 17 | His father , who was mayor of the village , started the first school and installed him in it as its first teacher when he was only 19 . |
| 18 | In June 1962 the NCCL had adopted a resolution from the Connolly Association calling for an inquiry into civil liberties in Northern Ireland ; the NICCL seems to have been set up in response and as its first action , in July , it held a meeting to prepare a memorandum on civil rights to present to Mr Justice Bose of the International Commission of jurists , who was visiting Belfast . |
| 19 | The Oxford English Dictionary gives as its first meaning for ‘ moor ’ ‘ uncultivated ground covered with heather ’ . |
| 20 | When , for example , The Modern Law Review , based at the LSE , was founded in 1937 , the Review published as its first article an essay by Felix Cohen , a prominent American legal realist , called ‘ The problems of a functional jurisprudence ’ . |
| 21 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 22 | How can any horse fail to be screwed up , when its first contact with man is fifth degree burns , starvation , and flagellation ? |
| 23 | Apple Records got off to a fine start when its first release , Hey Jude , sold three million worldwide in its first month . |