Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In all areas of intervention the first step for purists was to speak out about sex . |
| 2 | Katherine sat back in the train 's cushioned seats and as it pulled away from the platform , she breathed a sigh of relief The first part of her plan had been safely accomplished . |
| 3 | ( b ) The battle in practice The first contact between contracting parties will normally be the sending out of a price list or catalogue , or perhaps a potential buyer 's request for an estimate or tender . |
| 4 | It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw . |
| 5 | During several visits to the vessel , information was gleaned from USN crew members that all Spitfires on board the first sailing had taken-off successfully for Malta which was , at the time , being systematically bombed by a ruthless enemy . |
| 6 | And so quite a big job has been cutting reeds back around the islands and the banks , and also we 've had what they call blooms of blanketweed , not so much recently but , apparently it 's more common with new ponds and I had a tremendous bloom of blanketweed the first year after I made it . |
| 7 | Going back the other way , those needles which just knitted will rest and only the other ones will knit ; for example , going from right to left the first and alternate needles KNIT , going back from left to right , the second and alternate needles knit . |
| 8 | As the divorce statistics imply , most couples face their fair share of hurdles–in the first two years of marriage . |
| 9 | Well folks this was not a classic in fact the first 40 minutes of the first half was utterly crap . |
| 10 | To mark the start of work the first earth was dug by the client 's retail director , Tim Bonham ( right ) , ably assisted by WCUK area manager Paul Baxter . |
| 11 | Emergency generators were distributed with water supplies and the pumping of sewerage the first priorities . |
| 12 | With a nice sense of history the first Delegates Conference was convened in September 1923 in Leeds , where the BDDA had been inaugurated . |
| 13 | An Ingersoll D20 , M6 , M7 , SC71 , NS80 , SC74 or SC76 lock and in the case of double leaf hinged doors in addition the first closing leaf is secured by either : |
| 14 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |