Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [pron] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of Illinois ' month-long celebration of French culture , science and trade , the Art Institute of Chicago is giving Patrick Tosani his first U.S. solo show ( until 19 July ) . |
| 2 | A misunderstanding between Richard Eyres and Derek Pyke gave Rocky Turner his first penalty chance , and a second , from a similarly kickable position , arrived when David Hulme was forced to obstruct Mark Roskell . |
| 3 | The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller . |
| 4 | He scored a bagful of goals to help the club book their first passport to Europe two years ago and went on to star in their Ulster Cup winning team the next season . |
| 5 | Change and complexity in the social security system can further disadvantage claimants whose first language is not English ( NACAB , 1991 ) . |
| 6 | The International Association for the Study of Pain set up a Taxonomy Committee whose first job was to generate an agreed definition of pain . |
| 7 | Make Channel Yacht Brokers your first port of call at the International Boat Show — and you 'll find that buying or selling a boat is plain sailing . |
| 8 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 9 | So George , a carpenter , bought his primary school teacher wife her first ewes , although at the time she admitted ‘ not knowing one end of a sheep from the other . ’ |
| 10 | STRIKER Leroy Rosenior earned Bristol City their first point in the Anglo-Italian Cup with an 88th-minute equaliser . |
| 11 | It 's given these youngsters from Thamesdown Drama Studios their first taste of professional theatre . |
| 12 | Typically on hearing the news of his Lions selection his first thoughts were for others . |
| 13 | However , following a successful campaign under German coach Karl-Heinz Feldkamp , who brought the Istanbul outfit its first title since 1988 , the wealthy and ambitious club wants to reinforce for a European Cup assault next term . |
| 14 | André Gide self-published his first novel with disastrous results ( he took most of the copies , unsold , to the shredders ) — and Anaïs Nin typeset , printed and sold Winter of Artifice herself . |
| 15 | Within three years , his 90 wickets helped bring Trent Bridge its first championship in over half a century . |
| 16 | Within this hangar-like construction six or seven ‘ turrets ’ were housed , giving student gunners their first taste of their chosen art . |
| 17 | Miandad extended his 59 to 88 before edging Munton to slip , giving the affable Warwickshire man his first Test wicket in a spell of 10 overs during which he took 1 for 22 , real Angus Fraser stuff . |
| 18 | The book is designed to develop the professional communication skills in English needed by pilots and air traffic controllers whose first language is not English . |
| 19 | There were corporation employees whose first child was born in Belmont while other people were living in ‘ dog boxes ’ . |
| 20 | His opportunity to bring the two threads together as a writer came in the early 1980s through the radical London magazine City Limits — which also gave WCM regular Rob Steen his first break as a cricket-writer . |
| 21 | Thirteen-goal Trevor Morley is suspended after being sent off against Reggiana and Bonds must decide whether to play Clive Allen alone upfront or give rookie striker Steve Jones his first team debut . |
| 22 | The Welsh striker , under pressure after a recent barren run , ended 1992 in style by lashing home a ferocious second half volley to deny Manchester City their first Anfield triumph in a decade . |
| 23 | And it was Francis who handed Eric Cantona his first opportunity in English football in February . |
| 24 | I think , because I had been working on Armchair Theatre , I was used to a certain style of drama , so when I saw the first Doctor Who script my first reaction was , after the first half hour , all we were left with was a lot of hairy-chested cavemen jumping around , grunting and going ‘ Ug ’ . |
| 25 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 26 | A goal from former Rangers striker Bobby Williamson two minutes into injury time at the end of the contest handed the Glasgow side their first home defeat since March 1992 . |
| 27 | ‘ As a mountain rescue doctor my first responsibility is to make sure the other members of the team are as well trained in first aid medicine as possible . |
| 28 | The first English school in which sex education was formally given was Abbotsholme School whose first headmaster , Cecil Reddie , introduced the idea in the autumn term of 1889 . |
| 29 | Glentoran skipper Barney Bowers hotly disputed the penalty award that gave Coleraine 's Mark McWalter their first goal . |
| 30 | In The Clock Tower I first block in the spider web of interconnecting darks which I visualise as one large dark shape . |