Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other measures were announced which it was hoped would enable the Russian government to balance its budget in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 32 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 33 | After the punchline had been delivered and the ensuing laughter had died away , the blonde swayed away from the bar and looked in their direction for the first time . |
| 34 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 35 | FREED prisoner Karl Maxwell-Smith flew home to Britain from Thailand yesterday — and met his granddaughter and her mum for the first time . |
| 36 | Confidence has risen most in Britain , where signs of economic recovery helped net optimism to 42% , more than twice its level in the first quarter . |
| 37 | The hotel has targeted its occupancy for the first year at 55 per cent , which , Mr Nitschke says , is realistic . |
| 38 | MALONE opened their defence of the First Trust Senior Cup with an easy victory over North at Ormeau yesterday . |
| 39 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 40 | The importance of the role she was now , willy-nilly , being forced to play in European affairs , in spite ( or perhaps because ) of her increasing weakness and inefficiency , is shown by the great though indirect and unsought significance of her part in the first partition of Poland ( see pp. 273ff ) . |
| 41 | Greig was gracious in defeat , saying that their play on the first day deserved every credit . |
| 42 | And er a further er fly in the ointment , if one could put it that way , will be of course with the erm the local hospital whose site is just off this er the key plan provided , their decision from the first of next month to actually charge for spaces within their area , which of course will have a further effect of decanting even more cars into neighbouring streets and thus put pressure on some of the streets which hitherto have not benefited from ah residents ' parking so there will be further er obviously further requests from er from those residents of neighbouring streets . |
| 43 | Research shows that interviewers will make a visual impression which influences their decision within the first 45 seconds . |
| 44 | Research shows that interviewers will make a visual impression which influences their decision within the first 45 seconds . |
| 45 | Bonhams has announced that its turnover from the first quarter of 1992 is 34 per cent up compared with the same quarter of 1991 . |
| 46 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 47 | When Dulé and his companions regained the beach , they were so stunned and wearied by the water and the flames , the howling and frantic clangour of their rout , that they dragged themselves and their boat to the first cover they could find , and lay face down against the earth ; they could sense it trembling as if it were an animal alive beneath them . |
| 48 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
| 49 | The terrace parterre is to be restored to match its appearance during its heyday before the First World War , and an extensive programme of tree planting is under way to replace the losses of recent years . |
| 50 | Do not do as I did and arrange to work only to find that the childminder changes her mind within the first few days . |
| 51 | THE new government had to draft in a hasty replacement to lead its delegation to the first annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development following the election defeat of overseas development minister Lynda Chalker . |
| 52 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
| 53 | All three are [ in different degrees ] illusions , which make the weight of life bearable — to those of sufficient stature to feel its weight in the first place . |
| 54 | And she wondered , as she headed for the hallway and the staircase that led up to her bedroom on the first floor , why the fact that that had not happened troubled her so . |
| 55 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 56 | And in case anyone thought that that was the end of the bad news , the company says it expects that its revenue for the first quarter to September 27 will be below analysts ' expectations and that it will incur a loss for the quarter . |
| 57 | Having formed the first phrase and its complement as the first sentence of our theme , we must turn to the problem of what to do in the second sentence . |
| 58 | Derby may be flash with their money ; they were certainly flash with their football in the first half . |
| 59 | Just ask Falkirk , who have produced some great stuff this season yet look increasingly likely to be playing their football in the First Division next season . |
| 60 | Sheffield United continue their march up the first division and Ian Bryce in goal five minutes before time was good enough to beat Chelsea . |