Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | That type may then be broken up or ‘ distributed ’ , if the publisher has decided to limit the first edition to a stated number , or if there is no demand for additional copies . |
| 2 | ICTU has agreed to include the first point in their Agenda at their Biennial Conference . |
| 3 | The Communist SED which , in round-table talks with opposition groups , has agreed to hold the first free elections in East Germany since 1946 — planned for next May — is seriously threatened by a split or even dissolution . |
| 4 | We are delighted to report that Lady More has agreed to become the first president of the Society and has given us a most generous donation in memory of her husband . |
| 5 | For Fumaroli , the Louvre is a perfect example of the triumph of the politics of bella figura , and the transformation of a great cultural treasure into a monument to the pharaonic ambitions of the President whom the Canard Enchaîné has dubbed Mitterramses the First . |
| 6 | On Dec. 6 , with the US Marine force offshore awaiting orders to land , a 100-truck aid convoy with armed guards was reported to have transported the first food aid to leave the port for over a month . |
| 7 | The Navy can be said to have won the first round of the long-running carrier battle , which was to bedevil Naval-Air relations for the next decade . |
| 8 | Well , we 're going to try to provide the first steps towards uniformity . |
| 9 | To get stuck into Part Two you do n't have to have completed the first instalment , but you DO need to have the password . |
| 10 | The Middle Temple was where Elizabeth I was reputed to have attended the first documented performance of Twelfth Night , in 1602 , although there is now doubt about this . |
| 11 | La Compania Aquas de Sabadell SA , Sabadell , Barcelona , and Telecom Valles SA , Terassa , Barcelona , claim to have developed the first system in Europe for reading water meters over the telephone . |
| 12 | Mark is believed to have become the first blind presenter to host his own radio show when he took to the airwaves at BBC Radio Cleveland yesterday . |
| 13 | The ending of the deadlock means Rechar money will almost immediately be put to use to finance the first phase of a £158m 10-year action plan drawn up by the East Durham Task Force . |
| 14 | He is alleged to have tried to rape the first , aged 18 , and to have raped the second , aged 22 . |
| 15 | ‘ Next , ’ said Amaranth , who had let drop the first two scarves on to the heads of the assembled press men , ‘ we have Gerald Kaufman , all vinegar and no chips . ’ |
| 16 | They were working up to the crucial ( as it was then ) question of how and why she had come to identify the first body as Uncle Mossycop 's . |
| 17 | you see , if you put a line it costs you about a hundred a thirty quid now I think , but according to what they tell me , once a line has been in for a year if you put a line in , you 've got to pay the first year , its got ta be in for a year , if you have it taken out before the year , you 'll still be due for the rental on it |
| 18 | Strach said before the match ‘ if we get the first goal , then there 's only gon na be one winner ’ — fair enough , but you 've got to get the first goal . |
| 19 | She had had to work the first Sunday . |
| 20 | The Chelsea goalkeeper had agreed to join the First Division club as cover for Alan Knight . |
| 21 | Ruth had volunteered to cook the first meal . |
| 22 | On the river , another police launch had arrived to complement the first one . |
| 23 | ‘ I have to say having watched the first two I did n't want to watch any more , ’ she said . |
| 24 | In my statement to the House of 15 January , I explained th steps that I had taken to improve the first five environmentally sensitive areas designated in 1987 , my plans for reviewing this year those ESAs designated in 1988 , including any boundary adjustments , and my timetable for designating a further 12 areas this year and in 1993 . |
| 25 | To compliment and complete the Scandinavian experience we ‘ ve been having this winter , The Whitworth Art Gallery and the Fitzwilliam Museum have collaborated to organise the first exhibition here of Norway 's most outstanding landscape painters , Johan christian Dahl ( 1788–1857 ) and Thomas Fearnley ( 1802–42 ) . |
| 26 | GOVERNORS at Colchester County High School have voted to take the first steps on the road to opting out . |
| 27 | Thus the F.C.C. was held to have surmounted the first hurdle of entitlement to enter the inquiry , but fell at the second because it had misconstrued the meaning of successor in title . |
| 28 | Once I have finished knitting the first side of the neck it is very easy to replace the stitches for the second side on to the correct needles and knit on for a ‘ clean ’ neck every time . |
| 29 | Well I do n't know if any of those cars run on lead free petrol , but we found a builder who claims to have constructed the first house in the country which is friendly to the environment . |
| 30 | If you have chosen to bear the first £50 of claims , you will find that renewal is offered on the basis of a £100 excess for all claims , ( except Subsidence for which the excess is unaltered ) . |