Example sentences of "[verb] [art] first of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a leading suffragette , she endured the first of two spells in Holloway gaol in 1907 . |
| 2 | Kohl , for instance , made the first of six planned visits on Feb. 20 to address a rally of the Alliance for Germany [ see below ] attended by 100,000 in Erfurt . |
| 3 | Pérez escaped from his residence just before it was surrounded , and went to a private television station from which he made the first of four broadcasts to the nation repudiating the coup . |
| 4 | Altogether they were to spend 15 months in the English capital and late in April they made the first of three visits ( the others were in May and October ) to the court of King George III and Queen Charlotte . |
| 5 | Todor Zhivkov on Feb. 25 became the first of Eastern Europe 's ousted communist leaders to go on public trial , 14 months after the " palace coup " which had ended his 35 years in power . |
| 6 | Lord Winterstoke became the first of five Pro-Chancellors who have been elected from Wills families . |
| 7 | 26th minute : Steve Bould became the first of five bookings for his second tackle from behind on Teddy Sheringham . |
| 8 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
| 9 | But here Wolfgang experienced the first of many official rebuttals . |
| 10 | Even if the courts had the resources to perform the first of these tasks , the latter involves value judgments of a kind inappropriate to the judicial function . |
| 11 | TITLE-CHASING Orrell make the first of two ‘ do or die ’ league trips to London in nine days when they face Wasps at Sudbury today . |
| 12 | He later moved to Leicester , having won the first of 25 England caps against Wales in 1974 . |
| 13 | Let us explore the first of these words — ‘ encounter ’ . |
| 14 | Opening Poole 's letter on a visit to Bristol City Library , he began at once to write the first of two wildly intemperate replies : the country round Iron Acton was ‘ intolerably flat ’ ; Bristol contained no friends of his beyond Cottle and Estlin ( Wade was going away ) ; and as for the cottage , he would make it do . |
| 15 | The pictures drew the first of many comparisons with Brigitte Bardot . |
| 16 | This month 's Magazine contains the first of two articles by Bill Howieson which it is hoped will help all of us when we pray for our missionary brothers and sisters . |
| 17 | It still has to deal with sagging demand in its two vital markets — the UK and the US — while it develops the first of four new models for the late '90s . |
| 18 | The approved final designs and rental arrangements for the Hanseatic Trade Centre in Hamburg were unveiled recently , enabling the first of five building phases to begin . |
| 19 | The question of the necessity for Community action under Article 235 was first considered in the context of the Customs Union , in a judgment which illustrates the first of those approaches . |
| 20 | Upon our arrival at the foot of the stairs the dog made it plain that stairs were an innovation he 'd not encountered before , by staging the first of many sit-down strikes . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's brilliant , a Verdon for bumblies ’ I had joyfully called down to Mick , on climbing the first of these pitches during an earlier attempt . |
| 22 | THE Merseyside Partnership holds the first of three Corporate Partnership Seminars at its offices in the Cunard Building today as it continues its work of promoting the region . |
| 23 | Ronnie Carey made the breakthrough on 16 minutes after a Jeremy Hastings break , and Ashley Blair added the first of three superb conversions . |
| 24 | An outstanding sportsman , in 1936 he became Irish universities ' heavyweight boxing champion and two years later he received the first of six rugby international caps for Ireland , touring South Africa in 1938 with the British Lions . |
| 25 | He was frequently asked for advice on the royal gardens at Windsor and Osborne , and Suttons received the first of several royal warrants from Queen Victoria in 1858 . |
| 26 | It is easier to define the first of these terms and lay out the implications of its consideration , than it is to deal with civil society per se or its relation to the state . |
| 27 | Then perhaps you 'd be good enough to answer the first of those questions , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Northern went behind when Wilson scored the first of two tries , but led 8–4 at the interval after a fine try from Fairbank and two goals from Hobbs . |
| 29 | Jean Marc Lafond , younger brother of the French international , scored the first of two tries in the 53rd minute before Darren Grewcock stole in under the nose of Steve Bates to make it 31-8 . |
| 30 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |