Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners . |
| 2 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
| 3 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 4 | A lower level of subsidence claims was reported and , apart from the Perth floods which cost the Homeowners account $3m in the first quarter , the account continued to benefit from the absence of severe weather losses . |
| 5 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 6 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
| 7 | Ramapithecus lasted for about 7 million years and may have then given rise to the first true hominid , Australopithecus , which has a similar dental structure . |
| 8 | The distinctive characteristic of these writers was their belief in progress : the belief , in particular , that the system of international relations that had given rise to the First World War was capable of being transformed into a fundamentally more peaceful and just world order ; that under the impact of the awakening of democracy , the growth of the ‘ international mind ’ , the development of the League of Nations , the good works of men of peace or the enlightenment spread by their own teachings , it was in fact being transformed ; and that their responsibility as students of international relations was to assist this march of progress to overcome the ignorance , the prejudices , the ill-will , and the sinister interests that stood in its way . |
| 9 | These measures , collectively known as the Tory Reaction , meant that by 1685 the opposition alliance which had given rise to the first Whig party had largely crumbled . |
| 10 | WHY IS IT EASIER TO LOSE WEIGHT IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO ? |
| 11 | This makes it easier to lose weight in the first few weeks , at a rate which can be up to 4lb per week . |
| 12 | The model is now being further refined using data from the first well and will be used for the rest of the development programme . |
| 13 | Angie Bowie : I actually met David for the first time when he was with feathers at the Roundhouse and I was with the European head of Mercury Records , a gentleman called Lou Reisner . |
| 14 | We take a discrete time model where the individual lives for two periods , working in the first , using savings from the first to provide for retirement , and there are no bequests . |
| 15 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 16 | He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 . |
| 17 | Our informants had a well-articulated theory of the relation between ‘ work-in-school ’ and success in a life career that allowed them to see work-in-school as the first rung of their adult moral careers . |
| 18 | This involves completion of the first meiotic division , followed by ovulation , fertilisation , and the resumption of the second meiotic division . |
| 19 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The concept of a constitutional amendment as a means of returning to fiscal probity had gathered momentum throughout the first half of 1992 . |
| 22 | He tried very hard not to cough like he 'd seen people cough in westerns when they tried whisky for the first time , and got away with just clearing his throat rather loudly ( he looked round at the curtains , afraid somebody might have heard ) . |
| 23 | Good professional advisers will remind their clients that one of the usual reasons people want money in the first place is to gain the freedom to live where they like . |
| 24 | Good advisers will remind clients that one of the reasons people want money in the first place is to gain the freedom to live where they like |
| 25 | Barclay pulled a pen from his pocket and prodded part of the first plate . |
| 26 | The Islamic fundamentalist Welfare Party ( RP-Refah Partisi — led by Necmettin Erbakan ) entered parliament for the first time , with 62 seats , on an agenda which included withdrawal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and renunciation of efforts towards EC membership . |
| 27 | A presidential candidate could win election on the first round only by gaining an absolute majority of the votes cast by at least one-quarter of registered voters ; otherwise the election would be decided by a second-round run-off between the two candidates with most votes . |
| 28 | According to the draft rules , a candidate would need to win at least 200 out of 300 votes to secure election in the first round or in a second round five days later . |
| 29 | Twenty-three years after becoming premier for the first time , he shows every indication of wanting to lead the Liberals against the Parti Québécois in another election . |
| 30 | If , when you have read the letter overleaf , you decide to accept responsibility for the first £50 of claims please fill in the boxes below . |