Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The President appoints a First Vice-President and Prime Minister who must be an elected member of the National Assembly , and a Cabinet which may include non-elected members and is collectively responsible to the legislature . |
| 4 | The home side dominated a first half climaxed by Quinn 's goal after 33 minutes . |
| 5 | The violence prompted a first wave of mainly Hutu refugees to flee to Rwanda and to Zaïre . |
| 6 | I also predict Rocky to get a first team start BEFORE Christmas … |
| 7 | Baker did well apart from losing possession for the Saints ' third goal while Wark earned a first half booking for a challenge on Banger . |
| 8 | In Dering Street , Grob gives a first exhibition to Danny Moynihan ( 12 May–20 June ) , who was seen at the gallery in a mixed exhibition two years ago . |
| 9 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
| 10 | I had arrived at Ullapool by bus in mid-afternoon , determined to satisfy an ambition to make a first visit to Lochinver . |
| 11 | Jim Wells has a first degree and postgraduate qualification in town planning . |
| 12 | Moreover , the trivial eigenproblem gives a first approximation to 1 as the Rayleigh quotient. ( ii ) If Yo happens to be the correct set Y , the method makes this apparent at once , for then in view of ( 3 ) unc so that , on use of ( 5 ) unc Thus both matrices are diagonal , so that the eigenproblem is again trivial , having the solution |
| 13 | I think we might see Frank get a first team run on his return . |
| 14 | Although there was some confusion between their maps and descriptions of the peak , Knox-Johnston , Bonington and Greenland expert Jim Lowther made a first attempt on the peak on 11–12 August . |
| 15 | Nigel Cramer got a first telephone report from Bedford in the mid-morning , long before the written record arrived . |
| 16 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 17 | Argyll Group reported a first half profit before tax of £205m ( v £178m ) . |
| 18 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |
| 19 | He had been writing on average a poem a week , and by the end of 1941 he had enough poems to form a first volume , The Iron Laurel , but he withheld publication until 1942 in order to include ‘ The Foreign Gate ’ , a long poem in which , for the first time in his work , Death appears as a real presence . |
| 20 | Alan Davies ' men had good reason for jubilation as a spirited fight-back earned a first Championship win since 1989 . |
| 21 | The Wall-Paintings of Thera provides a first opportunity to see all the excavated frescos . |
| 22 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |
| 23 | HTV last night claimed a first victory in its fight to prevent a rival ITV company swallowing it up . |
| 24 | In Butler and Stokes ' survey , of children whose parents had both been Conservative , 89% expressed a first preference for the Conservative party . |
| 25 | When you reach a signpost saying White Creek and Arnside , cross the broken wall , turn left and soon you emerge onto a grassy clearing giving a first class view onto the sands — and no wood ants ! |
| 26 | Hendry pocketed a first prize of £110,000 , took his unbeaten run in the tournament — since 1989 — to 20 matches and claimed the antique gold trophy for keeps . |
| 27 | This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year . |
| 28 | To ensure Consultants had a first class knowledge of the industry , all were obliged to obtain the Financial Planning Certificate awarded by the Life Insurance Association and Chartered Insurance Institute . |
| 29 | Only 12 per cent of British managers have a first degree . |
| 30 | You never get a second chance to make a first impression . |