Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | These steps were agreed by the government , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and 17 other political groups at the first meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( CODESA ) in December [ see pp. 38662-63 ] . |
| 2 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 3 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 4 | The two tasks are interrelated but in this book we separate them and look in this chapter at the first and most difficult task . |
| 5 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |
| 6 | After lots of very interesting figures at the first big stopper of the Olympic Eiskanal , the winner was Boris Retzlaf . |
| 7 | Price took the £260,000 top prize at the first extra hole . |
| 8 | Give yourself a few lessons at the first opportunity . |
| 9 | I was partnering Sandy Lyle against Lee Trevino and Sean Connery and I was shaking so much with nerves , I could n't even balance my ball on a little wooden tee at the first . |
| 10 | Mr. Walker 's draft bye-laws were referred to a Sub-Committee — which in the event was elected the following December at the first Annual General Meeting . |
| 11 | The Railway Gazette reported that it had become an attraction to sightseers , rather like the early days at the first Euston and at the inauguration of the great European and American stations . |
| 12 | As expected Desert Orchid went straight into the lead , and after putting in extravagant leaps at the first two fences seemed to be set fair for an exhibition round . |
| 13 | Our thanks are also , of course , extended to , who has so professionally , purposefully and cheerfully dealt with hiccups such as the extra numbers at the first seminar and so on . |
| 14 | That directness of involvement was signalled by each teacher at the first stage of assessment receiving from central government late in 1989 and early in 1990 packs of materials , descriptions of policy , examples of assessment and timetables . |
| 15 | Such an order permits a child to be held in secure accommodation for up to three months at a first hearing , and six months on renewal . |
| 16 | Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third . |
| 17 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 18 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 19 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 20 | Nucleotides are numbered on the left beginning at the first nucleotide of the cDNA . |
| 21 | Amino acids are numbered in italics on the left beginning at the first predicted Met . |
| 22 | No-one can hope to have a command of all these things at a first audition . |
| 23 | They had however , been subject to the same grounds for referral and allegations as the other three families at the first Children 's Panel Hearing on 5 March . |
| 24 | The amendments [ ibid. for details ] had been approved by the National Assembly at a first reading on May 13 by 398 votes to 77 with 99 abstentions , after the defeat of four Gaullist amendments to throw out the bill . |
| 25 | If a positive image is required , a whole plate negative film sheet can be substituted for photographic paper at the first stage : this intermediate negative is developed and then contact printed . |
| 26 | In principle there was no distinction between indirect interference at the first stage and such interference at a remoter stage , but the more indirect and remote the interference , the more difficult it may be to establish on the facts that A did intend to interfere with the particular contract relied on by the plaintiff and that that interference was a necessary consequence of A 's wrongful act . |
| 27 | It provides that existing holdings of 10 per cent or more must be notified to the EC-listed company at the first annual general meeting which takes place more than three months after the Directive has been implemented ; they must be notified to the competent authority at the same time and must be made public within one month after the meeting . |
| 28 | Failure to find the right concept at the first attempt simply leads to a second attempt and a third attempt . |
| 29 | , Thomas ( fl. 1292–1342 ) , was a working mason at the first building of St Stephen 's chapel in Westminster Palace in 1292–3 and again in 1294 , His name indicates his birth in Witney , Oxfordshire , a manor of the bishop of Winchester , and this was significant for his career . |
| 30 | 5 Business at the first meeting |