Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dissenting minorities were driven out by religious difficulties : Roger Williams left Boston within a year of arriving , though it was not until five years later that he made his way south through the dense woodlands to Rhode Island to launch the first settlement based on principles of religious toleration in 1636 . |
| 2 | The Norwegian biologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe made the first important observations on dominance , in the 1920s . |
| 3 | Last year The Mary Whitehouse Experience became the first TV programme to be reported to the Broadcasting Standards Council after a derogatory sketch about Going For Gold star Henry Kelly was shown . |
| 4 | The national curriculum proposals form the first part of the Education Reform Bill , which also contains proposals in relation to open enrolments , financial delegation to schools , the establishment of grant maintained schools and various proposals for higher education . |
| 5 | There is no risk , thank God , of Andrew Lloyd Webber wanting to enter the Commons , a place of meagre payment , but the Guardian created a fearful frisson when it wickedly asked Bernard Manning to fill the first of its ‘ How I am Voting ’ slots , and drew a mouthful of club-night nastiness . |
| 6 | Stewart McGrane scored the first seven minutes after the break with the second not arriving until five minutes from the end , which says a lot for the Galashiels defence . |
| 7 | Store manager Paul Ainger and retail director Colin Harvey welcome the first customers at the front door . |
| 8 | At about 2.15 , someone from the Cardiff side threw the first stone , then the bricks started flying : if they could n't get at each other on land , then they could always fight a missile war and there was plenty of ammo flying around : the workmen who put the fence in had not swept up the chunks of broken concrete around the supports . |
| 9 | It 's 100 years on Sunday since Gentleman Jim Corbett won the first world heavyweight title under Queensberry rules . |
| 10 | Gary Stretch makes the first defence of his British light- middleweight championship against Rochdale 's Derek Wormald at the London Arena tonight , knowing it could lead to a lucrative world title eliminator against Leicester 's Chris Pyatt . |
| 11 | The Boipatong massacre became the first major hurdle which rugby had to overcome and this led to the implementation of All Black and Wallaby tour conditions such a the minute 's silence prior to each test , the display of peace and democracy signed at match venues and in match programmes , the non-playing of national anthems and the removal of any official flying of the South African national flag . |
| 12 | WASHINGTON — General Dmitri Yazov became the first Soviet defence minister to visit the US yesterday , beginning a week of talks as the guest of his opposite number , Dick Cheney , writes Marc Champion . |
| 13 | In October Gen. Dmitri Yazov made the first visit to the USA by a Soviet Defence Minister , at the invitation of US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney . |
| 14 | When W. S. Rockstro made the first thorough-going attempt at a life of Handel in 1883 , he had before him a list of no fewer than 53 likenesses made during the composer 's lifetime . |
| 15 | This research attempts to provide the first detailed study of the formation of the modern medical profession within the context of local communities . |
| 16 | In this model , modelling land-use and transportation policies represents the first stage of this air quality simulation system ( Gross , 1982 ) . |
| 17 | Last year NEC Corp launched the first wireless PC . |
| 18 | However , where the contribution , if any , is not sufficient to make up the difference , the Legal Aid Board has a first charge on any property , including money , recovered or preserved by the assisted party in the proceedings . |
| 19 | The following study attempts to avoid the first problem by increasing the data available for the calculation of ROC curves and to address the second problem by using a much more varied selection of stimuli . |
| 20 | The leading positions in the four divisions of the Bootle Snooker League after six weeks of the new season see Liverpool Billiards and Snooker Club leading the first division with 24 points from Corals ( 22 ) and Corals B team ( Bootle ) on 18 from four completed matches . |
| 21 | Whether the startling but short-lived explosion of punk rock represented the first sign of a new situational fracture ( new production methods ; ‘ outrageous ’ music ; independent operations ) , or the last twitch of the moment of ‘ pop culture ’ ( a rerun of rock 'n' roll do-it-yourself amateurism ) , or a less organic , conjunctural tremor ( like hip hop , ‘ charity rock ’ , Bruce Springsteen , Billy Bragg and many more ) is difficult to say . |
| 22 | Furthermore , if the three numbers beneath the Early Reply Bonus Seal match the first three numbers of your Early Reply Bonus Code , and you reply within 14 days , you will automatically qualify for the chance to double the £50,000 first prize to £100,000 . |
| 23 | In addition , should the three numbers beneath the Early Reply Bonus Seal match the first three numbers of the Early Reply Bonus code , the entrant will also be eligible to win an additional £50,000 , should they reply within 14 days , and win first prize . |
| 24 | Blyth Wright starting the first pitch of The Bat — the traverse to the Hoodie Groove . |
| 25 | Opposition parties boycotted the first day of the budget session of the Lok Sabha on Feb. 21 , and two state governors were replaced earlier in the month , in connection with the decision to impose president 's rule in Tamil Nadu in late January [ see p. 37964 ] . |
| 26 | Your listening to the Fox Report ; sport , and last night , Oxford United Football Club won the first leg of their second round clash with Port Vale in the Rumbelows League Cup . |
| 27 | for 3rd arts south Celebrating the first steps of a maestro . |
| 28 | In 1911 , Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole . |
| 29 | In 1956 , too , a Spaniard , albeit an exiled Republican Spaniard , Juan Ramón Jiménez , won the Nobel prize for literature and Spain was the protagonist of another , undoubtedly more popular , cultural event : on 13 June 1956 the Real Madrid football team won the first European Cup championship . |
| 30 | In 1830 the poet Southey edited the first high-quality edition , including a substantial biography of Bunyan . |