Example sentences of "[noun] to [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since the election of the Tory Government of 1979 , which allowed the pound to rise on the back of North Sea oil in the early eighties and left British industry defenceless in the face of foreign competition , or ( according to your point of view ) exposed its inefficiency ( Vic inclines to the first view , but in certain moods will admit the force of the second ) , one-third of all the engineering companies in the West Midlands have closed down .
2 It rested on a grant of authority over the whole country by Gregory to the first archbishop , followed by a long history of the exercise of this authority from the seventh century onwards .
3 But please hurry — remember , you have just 14 days to qualify for a chance to add the £15,000 Bonus to the First Prize … and win a grand total of £125,000 !
4 Hillier , who guided Langley from being perennial re-election candidates to a first division side in only two seasons , announced his decision to quit after yesterday 's 2–1 win Gretna .
5 It will be the prelude to the first election entirely focused on the record of the Government — and its all-mighty leader .
6 The Report 's recommendations were approved in principle by the European Community ( EC ) in 1971 and , as a prelude to the first stage , central banks were invited to restrict fluctuations in their currencies around the existing par values .
7 It must therefore be stated in reply to the first part of the second question that the term ‘ matters relating to tort , delict or quasi-delict ’ within the meaning of article 5(3) of the Convention must be regarded as an independent concept covering all actions which seek to establish the liability of a defendant and which are not related to a ‘ contract ’ within the meaning of article 5(1) .
8 More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league .
9 He took the club to the first round of the FA Cup seven times .
10 First , there had been the challenge posed by the calls for an international working-class opposition to the First World War .
11 Bourgeois literature was unequivocally condemned on three counts : first , for its failure to voice opposition to the First World War , a failure in other words to disclose the true reality of the war as an imperialist struggle ; secondly , for its refusal to offer an accurate depiction of the Soviet revolution , a failure explained as the cowardly refusal of the bourgeois writer to disclose the deepening crisis of capitalism after 1929 , a crisis highlighted by the success of the five year plan in the Soviet Union ; finally , for its refusal to face up to the growing threat of fascism .
12 In 1895 Bridgeman married Caroline , elder daughter of Cecil Parker , land agent to the first Duke of Westminster , and second son of Thomas Wolstenholme , sixth Earl of Macclesfield .
13 The parties to the first application agreed that the same preliminary issue should be determined in that case at the same time .
14 But when no-one came in with a firm bid Beck sent a video compilation of all Dublin 's goals to every First Division club .
15 Well she ca n't be much cop if she 'd open her legs to a first date to a Dutch s sailor .
16 Motivated by the lure of the finish , the riot police team ploughed through 40 miles of mangrove swamp to the first sight of the Pacific Ocean at Porto Juminez .
17 picked themselves up from their midweek defeat to beat 1–0 , thanks to a first half goal from Dave Laws .
18 When Dulé and his companions regained the beach , they were so stunned and wearied by the water and the flames , the howling and frantic clangour of their rout , that they dragged themselves and their boat to the first cover they could find , and lay face down against the earth ; they could sense it trembling as if it were an animal alive beneath them .
19 Intel Corp has put off first deliveries of the P5 microprocessor to the first quarter of next year from the fourth quarter this year , but says that the move has not affected progress on the follow-on P6 , which it had said would start sampling as soon as the fourth quarter of next year , suggesting it will come very hot on the heels of the P5 .
20 The general entry requirements for entry to a first degree course ( see page 51 ) .
21 The general entry requirements for entry to a first degree course ( see page 51 ) .
22 Practice varies from faculty to faculty : for example , mostfaculties will accept SCOTVEC modules when these are offered in combination with other school-leaving qualifications ; some will make offers on the basis of Ordinary or Higher National Certificates or Diplomas for entry to the first year of study , while the Faculty of Science and Engineering will in appropriate circumstances consider such qualifications as a basis for entry to the second year .
23 Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 .
24 The stronger tetanus to S2 ( first filled arrow ) produced PTP and robust LTP , but there was no transfer of the effect to the first input ( test shocks to S1 were out of phase with the high-frequency bursts to S2 ) , demonstrating the input-specificity of LTP .
25 At the end of the sequence , you may choose to close it with a fade out , but a straight cut to the first shot of the next sequence might be more brisk and businesslike .
26 Lovat had gone , probably tied to a stretcher , placed on a jeep and taken at full speed to the First Aid post .
27 There were about 100 of them on Sunday 's evening flight from Bucharest to Tel Aviv , unmistakably Soviet with their fur hats , cheap wintry clothes and suitcases and quiet , mechanical submission to the first taste of Israeli bureaucracy .
28 The death- like opening phrase is played steadily , with blanched tone and no vibrato , the viola exactly judged in counterpoint to the first violin .
29 There were no significant differences in oestradiol by age from 4 days before menstruation to the first day .
30 Misreading the crumpled instructions I took the steps to the first floor , realised I should be on the fourth , so ran and eased myself through the closing lift doors , coming face to face with Malc .
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