Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ropes took the first opportunity of falling into the waterfall and freezing solid , bending at unpredictable angles , more or less imitating wire hawser . |
| 2 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 3 | The releases mark the first improvement in the human rights situation in Malawi for several years . |
| 4 | The pictures drew the first of many comparisons with Brigitte Bardot . |
| 5 | The making of the images becomes the first part of the drama , in which ( for example ) the work is inspected by the teacher in role as new Mayor , who commissions a statue to commemorate the return of the children of Hamelin ! |
| 6 | On March 7 the Iraqis released the first 1,000 of the Kuwaitis taken prisoner at the end of the Iraqi occupation , the total number of those abducted being given as some 7,000 . |
| 7 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 8 | The patrols searching the first group of farms around the village of Pontino were the only ones to bring the Captain anything when they returned , muddy and exhausted , after their double shift . |
| 9 | It does seem however , from the evidence of the Australian National University concerning the Gogo lungfish , that a complicated scenario arose where other techniques of air-breathing occurred accidentally , and that air-sac creatures invaded freshwater habitats while the diaphragm-breathers became the first land inhabitants . |
| 10 | A comparison with later styles shows the way in which armour developed in the years separating the first and third ventures into the Holy Land . |
| 11 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 12 | The owners paid the first instalment on April 28 , 1972 . |
| 13 | The topics include the first design , the sculptor 's aims , the carving of the work , the memorial 's defenders and attackers , and a final general reflection on the standing of great art and how it is likely to provoke opposition . |
| 14 | The detentions marked the first major roundup of Jews by French police during the Nazi occupation of France . |
| 15 | Even if the courts had the resources to perform the first of these tasks , the latter involves value judgments of a kind inappropriate to the judicial function . |
| 16 | Many of the families spent the first night huddled together in the open but tradition maintains that no one suffered as much as a common cold . |
| 17 | The provisions represent the first time that the Chinese Wall concept has been explicitly enshrined in statutory language in the US . |
| 18 | Internal evidence in regard to such details as the use of motor cars or the social idiom and manners of the characters suggests the first two decades of our century but the wise reader will accept a certain anonymity as an integral part of the fiction . |
| 19 | The book has been rewritten in consultation with the teachers using the first draft . |
| 20 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 21 | As the Dwarfs approached the first ranks of Night Goblins a massive whoop went up amongst the greenskins , and from out of their formation charged Night Goblin Fanatics whirling balls and chains . |
| 22 | However , the directors ' report for the 12 months ended 31 July 1992 reveals that in Touche Ross 's opinion , the aggregate of the individual amounts attributed to the players comprising the first team playing squad ( together with first and second year professional players ) as at the year end , was £24m . |
| 23 | Approximately half the respondents described the first stage of the process : how interest in attending courses arose . |
| 24 | Of these schemes , the conspirators preferred the first — the diversion of the plane . |
| 25 | The plaintiffs alleged the first , sixth and seventh defendants in preparing their business plan had used five specific items of information derived from financial projections contained in an appendix to a business plan ( " the blue book " ) of the plaintiffs namely : ( a ) the average operating profit per Bureau de Change ; ( b ) the average profit of the first year of operation as a percentage of a full years profit ; ( c ) the average costs per Bureau ; ( d ) the average number and/or transactions per Bureau ; ( e ) the average value of each transaction . |
| 26 | Not only do the letters and inventories of Vollard , Durand-Ruel and Hébrard greatly illuminate the history of the casts , but the individual entries on the sculptures constitute the first true catalogue of these works . |
| 27 | Start by laying the weaving yarn over a small amount of needles , then gradually increase the amount of weaving to the centre front before decreasing the length of the rows to match the first half . |
| 28 | She and the children inhabited the first landing , which was brightly decorated , and clean . |
| 29 | If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable , then you must submit to the second . |
| 30 | ‘ If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable … |