Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | New acts are attracted by First Division managers because we are visible and our addresses are in Music Week . |
| 2 | One would expect that , all things being equal , clinical priorities would determine that the most serious cases are operated upon first , with broader and broader indications being accepted as funding becomes more widely available . |
| 3 | Note : Average speed is given for first driver only . |
| 4 | This extract is taken from First Foal by Jane van Lennep published by J.A . |
| 5 | Salia Jusu-Sheriff was replaced as First Vice-President by Gen. Abdulai Conteh , hitherto Attorney General and Justice Minister . |
| 6 | In Wednesday 's race Courtney was promoted to first place following the disqualification of the winner Nigel Davies but yesterday there was no such drama as Courtney led from start to finish to win by 20 seconds from Nigel Hansen with Greg Broughton third . |
| 7 | Had the infantry been thrown in first , it might have succeeded , giving the cavalry time to regroup and adopt some outflanking tactics . |
| 8 | While notes 3 and 5 in the series of fourths are omitted at first , they later form a chord themselves , joined by note 11 ( note 10 being omitted ) . |
| 9 | His parents were told at first that he was hit in the chest during a gun battle . |
| 10 | Hanrott was made responsible for the first ‘ Council ’ visits , at which they saw some quite ‘ unsuitable environments ’ , information from these visits being fed at first into the subject boards rather than into the Council itself' . |
| 11 | Valtr Komarek and Jan Carnogursky were demoted from First Deputy Premier to Deputy Premier ( because there was no point in differentiating between the two levels of post , according to Marian Calfa , the Federal Premier ) . |
| 12 | To make up these leaf forms , each motif is prepared by first cutting out two rectangles of suitable size having the grain running obliquely at about 45° which are then edge-jointed and taped together . |
| 13 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 14 | The bond issue was handled by First Boston Corp . |
| 15 | Extinguishers were used at first but to no avail . |
| 16 | That could change on a technicality if , as seems likely , Aliysa is disqualified from first place in the Oaks for having traces of camphor in her system . |
| 17 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 18 | Although the second measurement of vitamin B12 and bile acid absorption was made at least 4 weeks later , a correction for patient background counts was made by first counting the residual counts in both the 5 8 Co and 7 5 Se photo peak windows before the administration of the second doses of 5 8 Co vitamin B12 and SeHCAT . |
| 19 | Twenty micrograms of total RNA was used for first strand cDNA synthesis in a mixture containing 1 Taq polymerase buffer ( Promega ) , 1mM dNTPs , 40 Units RNasin ( Promega ) , 100 pmoles downstream primer and 200 Units Superscript ( Gibco-BRL ) . |
| 20 | Mr Major has said privately that he does not believe it is necessary to follow the Taylor recommendations to the letter , but he will insist that the changes are made for First and Second Division clubs . |
| 21 | Similar surveys were produced for first schools ( 5–9 ) and middle schools ( 9–13 ) . |
| 22 | Particular provisions were made for first offenders and for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts . |
| 23 | Officers were told at first that there were two different tapes in existence . |
| 24 | This associative procedure is achieved by first stating the model to be attached and then indicating which of its nodes have to be positioned upon another specified node ( on another model ) . |
| 25 | Julian was named after first winner Julian Lawrence who is seen here with two other winners , Heather Valente ( left ) and Liz Marshall . |
| 26 | Leading woman rider Alison Dare , who took her tally of winners to 11 at the Heythrop on Tuesday when Le Kingdom was promoted to first place after finishing a head behind Green Archer , will also be at the Portman . |
| 27 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 28 | Meciar was replaced by First Deputy Premier Jan Carnogursky , the former dissident lawyer and leader of the Christian Democratic Movement ( CDM ) , a junior partner in the ruling coalition . |
| 29 | Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urged on first acquaintance . |
| 30 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |