Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a recent PBAA conference , the policy was laid down that the first Public Television Licence in any given area should be community-controlled and that access be provided for educational and special interest groups . |
| 2 | Note , also , that oxygen gas — that fraction of the modern atmosphere that we and other animals find so essential — is a mere byproduct ; something that appeared in the atmosphere almost by chance , long after the first living things evolved . |
| 3 | It was later learned that this was a boat from the Guiding Lights which had brought her drugs ashore while the first inflatable ferried our food and fuel . |
| 4 | By 9 a.m. the shore party reported a swift victory and shortly after the first reluctant emigrant arrived at the ship 's side . |
| 5 | Nobody knows exactly when the first sparkling Champagne was made but the famous Benedictine monk from the abbey of Hautvillers certainly was a crucial figure in its early development . |
| 6 | Sell on a strike they say , so no doubt the time to sell 3DO Co Inc 's shares are as soon as the first marketable interactive multimedia home entertainment centres to the company 's standard are announced : the shares , floated at $15 , rose to $20.125 on the first day of trading going to $24 on the second day . |
| 7 | As soon as the first insipid light filtered through the entrance , I was glad to make tepid tea and chewy porridge garnished with mouse droppings , while enjoying a limited success in coaxing Roger from his marginally more substantial pit . |
| 8 | will largely be seen after the New Year 's Day holiday so essentially you could still that the first regional survey to have been largely compiled of the results drawn er er from the beginning of this year and , and the , and the , and you know you see some reference in the press release to estimates based o on our survey of manufacturing employment er er for the regions , those figures are consistent with our national figures on , on the trend in manufacturing employment and our short term forecast which as a matter of fact was publ published at the end of last month so results . |
| 9 | Ever since the first distant sounds of music and odd snatches of alien speech began interrupting the 1920s ' world of Morse , better ( and louder ) reproduction of audio has been at the forefront of development priorities for engineers . |
| 10 | Ever since the first public park was opened at Ormeau on Easter Saturday 1871 , the commitment to providing public open space has been on the increase . |
| 11 | Life has improved immeasurably since the first provincial premier , Joey Smallwood , began coaxing his people out of the hundreds of little ports that were accessible only by fishing boat and into more urban living . |
| 12 | It was only 16 years ago that the first royal divorce of modern times was announced in a whisper so the country would not be too shocked . |
| 13 | Simply because the first mass-selling device , Hewlett-Packard 's LaserJet , used a laser-based imaging system we have grown accustomed to calling them laser printers . |
| 14 | Even after the first national curriculum was quietly abandoned , elementary schools remained under the general regulations of the Board of Education , which meant in effect , continuing to teach history . |
| 15 | But I remember quite well when the first incandescent gas mantles came in . |
| 16 | His list was none the less wide-ranging enough to include some handsome illustrated books , as well as the first regular publications of both Alfred , Lord Tennyson [ q.v . ] |
| 17 | We have financed the European Arts Festival to be held throughout Britain during our Presidency of the Community in the second half of this year , as well as the first National Music Day in June . |
| 18 | It was then that the first proton-antiproton collisions at 270 GeV per beam took place ( New Scientist , vol 91 , p 456 ) . |
| 19 | Then as the first shrill blast pierced the air he slammed the car into gear and glared at her . |
| 20 | The term ‘ nuclear ’ rather than ‘ atomic ’ is appropriate from this time onwards because the first American hydrogen bomb was tested in November 1952 . |