Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adj] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many fear that this first reduction in hours will mean an increase in the intensity of their work and a fall in their remuneration for it . |
| 2 | Treasure that quiet first day , Ruane had told him , because it would be his last . |
| 3 | Just seventeen months separated that lowly first performance at The Ritz to headlining the city 's most prestigious concert hall . |
| 4 | However , Caithness himself stated that this first selection was ‘ in no way a definitive list … |
| 5 | Fonda claimed that this first experience began the halt of a downhill slide into alcoholism , acquisitive , habitual spending on fast cars , Cessna airplanes , fine suits and provided him with the insight to revoke his staunch conservative opinions and adopt a liberalistic , casual , ‘ don't-give-a-fuck approach to life ’ . |
| 6 | In the past , we have tended to assume that these first descriptions of blocks of land and their bounds were very close in date to the original definition of such estates or territories . |
| 7 | ‘ You seem to be saying that this first forest is an imaginary place . |
| 8 | Jesus knew that those first disciples , a weak tiny bunch of nobodies , would be powerless and pathetic in a hostile world until they received the power of God in the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | On July 31 Aquino had announced that former First Lady Imelda Marcos and her children would be permitted to return to the Philippines in order to stand trial on outstanding corruption charges , but that the corpse of the former President would remain banned . |
| 10 | Six tries was just what the doctor ordered for a Gloucester team that 's been under the weather for too long this season … and this win was even more rewarding when you think that six first teamers were missing … |
| 11 | BRAC hoped that this first study might reveal reasons for the disappointingly low usage rates for the lobon-gur solution . |