Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , within three minutes , Mark Bailey had rounded their defence for the first of his side 's dozen tries . |
| 2 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 3 | Tomorrow he delivers a lecture Beyond the Rhetoric : a cool look at architectural judgement as the first in a series by new professors at Leeds Polytechnic . |
| 4 | Plans for the first of the Italian journeys had been hatched in Vienna , and Leopold had obtained letters of recommendation from the Emperor , among others . |
| 5 | All the smart money for the first to finally come up with the goods is on John Lasseter of Pixar , the perennial star of animation festivals and the winner of the 1989 animation Oscar for the short film Tin Toy . |
| 6 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Tuesday 4th February , the Motions in the name of Mr Francis Maude relating to Supplementary Estimates 1991-92 and Estimates 1992-93 ( Vote on Account ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or for one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Questions necessary to dispose of them . |
| 7 | Ordered , That , at the sitting on Wednesday 5th February , notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No. 14 ( Exempted business ) , the Motions in the name of Mr. Secretary Hunt relating to Local Government Finance ( Wales ) may be proceeded with , though opposed , until half-past Eleven o'clock or the end of a period of one and a half hours after the first of them has been entered upon , whichever is the later , at which time Mr. Speaker shall put the Question necessary to dispose of them ; and those Questions may be decided after the expiry of the time for opposed business . |
| 8 | The bravest man of the week has to be grand prix driver Martin Donnelly … he was back in a formula one car for the first since a near fatal crash in Spain … |
| 9 | This week , each will be hoping to move up a gear for the first of the year 's major championships , even if Augusta do still insist on calling it a tournament . |
| 10 | As a woman 's teenage children leave home , she may interpret the loss of the first as a welcome freedom . |
| 11 | Even more exciting for me was the news that our Principal , Reg Clarke , had decided to entrust me with the command of the first of the 1.5 million pound cruisers to be named Searcher . |
| 12 | In 1902 Freeman became the co-author of the first of his fictional works to become well known , The Adventures of Romney Pringle , written under the pseudonym of Clifford Ashdown , and the fruit of Freeman 's collaboration with the physician John James Pitcairn . |
| 13 | The second exercise is a repeat of the first with some significant changes in the rules and the use of Figure 11.2 . |
| 14 | They are the authors of the first of five volumes which are expected to appear in quick succession in the next eighteen months and catalogue the complete work of Magritte , his paintings , collages , gouaches , drawings , objects and sculpture , but exclude his designs for advertising posters and other commercial activities . |
| 15 | The genus appeared suddenly in the Atlantic at the end of the Pliocene without any local antecedent forms , and it is thought that transarctic migrations of several Pacific genera , including Buccinunl and Searlesja as well as Nucella , occurred through the Bering Strait , between a half and one million years before the onset of the first of the Pleistocene glaciations ( Franz and Merrill , 1980 ) . |
| 16 | The effect of the first past the post electoral system exaggerated trends in regional voting patterns , leaving Labour with one seat only in each of the South East ( excluding Greater London ) , South West and East Anglia — out of 108 , 45 and 20 respectively . |
| 17 | TOTTENHAM keep faith with England youth international goalkeeper Ian Walker when they travel to Notts County tonight in search of the first of two wins which Peter Shreeves , their manager , believes will confirm their First Division status . |
| 18 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 19 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 20 | Oakes is going for Ballasarly in the two thirty five Cheltenham , Leslie 's going for Leotard that 's the top weight in the first at one twenty five er oh in the second . |
| 21 | Erm , that is , is has been revised with effect from the first of April , nineteen-ninety-four , to incorporate proposals for a new system of capital accounting . |
| 22 | Table 2.1 gives additional information about these two broad industrial areas , showing that it is in the retail trade and the hotels and catering industry in the first of these , and public administration , education , medical services , " other services to the public " , recreational and cultural services and personal services in the second , where the proportion of temporary workers is greatest and/or where an important share of the temporary workforce is to be found . |
| 23 | De Gaulle did not address the electorate in the first of two rounds : Opposition politicians hardly ever ( or never ) seen on TV- did , and had a considerable impact . |
| 24 | probably a cup final and they 're still playing football on the first of May . |
| 25 | If there was a resolution on the agenda today to increase the subscription , and I hasten to add there is n't , but if there was then that increase by convention would take effect on the first of January nineteen ninety four but the full value of the increase would not reach our income and expenditure account until the year nineteen ninety five to ninety six and this means that we are not well placed to respond to short-term financial problems . |
| 26 | Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 . |
| 27 | Paragraph one point four , legislation , figures prominent in here and Mr , legislation of course is currently a changing scheme in our service and perhaps the most important new act for several years is the New Road and Street Works Act , which is scheduled to be in action on the first of January next year and this will have two main effects for us , firstly the Local Highway Authority that is ourselves in Suffolk will be in a far stronger position to manage or influence or control the work of public utilities in public highways . |
| 28 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |
| 29 | Legato Systems Inc intends making its Motif-based cross-platform backup and recovery software , Legato Networker , available for UnixWare around the first of the year . |
| 30 | I believe that an important part of the first of the new clauses tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) is the independence of interpreters . |