Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In preparation for the first National Assembly elections , scheduled for Dec. 21 [ see p. 38291 ] , the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) at its fifth national congress on Oct. 13 announced a draft manifesto containing a new clause pledging to " build a Taiwanese republic with independent sovereignty " and to redefine the territory of Taiwan , subject to a national plebiscite . |
| 2 | The suckling pup may also be infected by ingestion of L3 in the milk during the first three weeks of lactation . |
| 3 | The Relieving Officer for East Greenwich , however , favoured giving relief to widows for the first few weeks after their husband 's death , but after that he believed some of the children should be taken into the workhouse , because he considered that an able-bodied widow should work . |
| 4 | Britain 's fight for better budgeting terms dominated much of the debate within the EEC for the first ten years of British membership , masking the more important questions of sovereignty and Federalism . |
| 5 | After that , he flies to Paris for a meeting with the French President , then on to Germany for the first historic conference with the heads of all the NATO , European Community and Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 6 | The country 's current-account deficit for the first 10 months of the fiscal year also showed a fall of 27 per cent compared with the same period in 1989/90 . |
| 7 | In this year the US economy experienced serious trade and current-account deficits : the $170 billion trade deficit for the first nine months was due in particular to an increase in non-oil imports . |
| 8 | Following negotiations between the members of the ruling coalition , Franco Carraro was elected in mid-December as the first Socialist mayor of the city . |
| 9 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
| 10 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 11 | Most patients without renal disease receiving cyclosporin have a 20% or more decline in renal function during the first six months of treatment with little progression thereafter . |
| 12 | and if er , what they 're trying to do is so that you work say twenty three hours the class contact , you , you ca n't be averaged for more than two hours a week , so you need twenty three hours for the first two terms |
| 13 | PSBR for the first seven months hit £20.2bn , up from £8.7bn previously . |
| 14 | The thriving Teesside club also finished third in a special challenge award for the first 12 men home , underlining their strength-in-depth . |
| 15 | In his travels , Arkle will be staffing the Scripture Union stand for the first three weeks of Spring Harvest at Minehead , where he hopes to spend some time with Frank Shayi , SU South Africa 's Fieldwork Director . |
| 16 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
| 17 | Patients who start out using high levels of gum — about one piece every waking hour for the first six weeks of quitting — do better than half-hearted chewers . |
| 18 | It took well over an hour for the first 48 delegates — who included no Soviet bloc nation , nor India , nor Burma , nor either of the Chinas , nor a scattering of other countries who could not bring themselves to accept Japan 's word — to file up to the podium to sign . |
| 19 | The vital signs of the patients were checked every hour for the first 12 hours , every two hours for the second 12 hours , and every four hours for the following 24 hours until they became stable , and then four times daily . |
| 20 | In the following month the Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister , Kunihiko Saito , had visited Moscow for the first working-level negotiations on the dispute since the termination of the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | BGS provided much of the logistical support for the first international conference arranged under the auspices of IGCP Project 294 , Very Low Grade Metamorphism , which was held at the University of Manchester , 5–6 July 1990 . |
| 22 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 23 | Among the attractive little villages and market-places snuggling under the foothills , Ormiston became the centre of Cockburn 's model estates during the first experimental enclosures . |
| 24 | Together this mixture of lumpen proletarian resentment and art-school manipulation lit the fuse for the first major explosion in pop music — and pop culture — for ten years . |
| 25 | In order to ensure a rapid response , cleanup crews will be guaranteed immunity from liability for property damage for the first 60 days after an accident |
| 26 | Terry Baughan , the financial director for both the Virgin Group and the airline , revealed that the airline had incurred a trading loss of £514,000 for the first three weeks of operation . |
| 27 | Politicians described the panel 's proposals for the first major reform of the 35-year-old Fifth Republic 's constitution as modest . |
| 28 | In any event the privileged status of the city , its close ties with Rome , Octavian Augustus and subsequent emperors , as well as essential peaceful conditions in Asia Minor during the first two centuries of Roman rule , undoubtedly helped the development of marble-carving activities and the growth in the reputation of Aphrodisian sculptors . |
| 29 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 30 | The BDDA 's farewell gesture to him was his election as the first Honourary Vice-president . |