Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 2 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 3 | As they turned into the straight on the first circuit Mill House , jumping like a buck , had the lead , with Arkle pulling hard in his wake and taking his fences superbly . |
| 4 | practice of using a white number on a small blue plate hung on the first window pillar . |
| 5 | The Burnham Committee , which had since the First World War been responsible for determining the salaries of teachers , now produced a unified scheme , making no formal distinction between the remuneration of teachers in Primary , secondary modern , or grammar schools . |
| 6 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 7 | When a popular war hero emerged , like Lt William Leefe Robinson , awarded the VC in 1916 for shooting down the first enemy airship over British soil , the jobbing printers , metal benders and celluloid crimpers worked overtime . |
| 8 | But what was the nature of the opposition , in particular from the Municipal Alliance , which had in 1900 brought down the first labour council in West Ham ? |
| 9 | In March this year , on stage in London , Barry White lifted a tiny conductor 's baton in his huge hand to launch his Love Unlimited Orchestra into ‘ Love 's Theme ’ , perhaps the first disco pop hit back in 1974 . |
| 10 | As previously stated , rural land cover was not an important consideration , and so the first component image was discarded , together with the last three , leaving components 2 , 3 and 4 . |
| 11 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |
| 12 | The stately whooper swans fly in from Iceland in late September or October , the timing probably depending on how soon the first winter frosts set in up north . |
| 13 | Thus the First World War was clearly of particular importance to the origins of British fascism for both its political and cultural roots . |
| 14 | I am of course old enough to remember the first railway made in England , and still more easily the first telegraph wires ; now we see people are not satisfied with these last , but must have telephone wires too . |
| 15 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 16 | How was Norway Chamberlain 's fault and not the First Sea Lord 's ? |
| 17 | Er , you will not the first year returns estimated at at ninety odd percent I think for this scheme . |
| 18 | DARLINGTON were not the first NorthEast team to find that Tranmere always pack their reserve side with first-team players . |
| 19 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 20 | It 's not the first time Faringdon 's been flooded , but in living memory this may be the worst deluge |
| 21 | It was not the first time Bill had felt let down by Mandy . |
| 22 | It 's not the first time punters , who bet £1.6billion a year just on the dogs , have found themselves cornered in the doghouse . |
| 23 | This is not the first time Seitz had pondered what Digest calls ‘ the Norman puzzle ’ . |
| 24 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 25 | It 's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves , last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid . |
| 26 | This is not the first time Mr Gorbachev has shown his brutal streak . |
| 27 | It was not the first time Stumpf 's skills had been put to such use . |
| 28 | Well , first of all , I 've heard that — it 's not the first time he 's been arrested , and it 's not the first time de-programmers have been arrested . |
| 29 | It 's not the first time Milton Keynes has been hit by firebombers . |
| 30 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |