Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [vb past] 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 pictures drew the first of many comparisons with Brigitte Bardot . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The banks approved the first outline of the proposals in October , but detailed work on the final draft has been going on since then . |
| 7 | The owners paid the first instalment on April 28 , 1972 . |
| 8 | The detentions marked the first major roundup of Jews by French police during the Nazi occupation of France . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Approximately half the respondents described the first stage of the process : how interest in attending courses arose . |
| 12 | Of these schemes , the conspirators preferred the first — the diversion of the plane . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She and the children inhabited the first landing , which was brightly decorated , and clean . |
| 15 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 16 | The talks represented the first significant move towards peace since the announcement in February 1988 of the withdrawal of Soviet troops which was completed in February 1989 [ see pp. 35785 ; 35970-71 ; 36448-49 ] . |
| 17 | Watched by a demonstration of 5000 jeering westerners at the Brandenburg Gate , and by Mr Willi Brandt , the then Mayor of West Berlin who referred to ‘ the vacant eyes of uniformed compatriots doing their duty on the other side ’ , the soldiers completed the first barrier in only a few hours . |
| 18 | The Romans built the first quays on the river whose mouth is opposite those of the Rhine and the Maas ; from these quays ships could penetrate deep into Europe . |
| 19 | Table IV shows how the practices ended the first year in financial terms , and Table V shows how general practitioners and non-medical staff assessed the costs and benefits of fundholding in their practices . |