Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] a first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 2 | Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 3 | A modern village hall was built in 1976 replacing a First World War army hut , originally purchased and maintained over the years by the Women 's Institute . |
| 4 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 5 | Only two months after Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. posted a first quarter loss of $5.7 million ( £3.2 million ; compared to $5.2 million a year earlier ) and following pretty dismal results for 1991 ( profits were 86% down from 1990 ) Alfred Taubman , chairman and largest shareholder , is selling 8 million of his 21.9 million B shares as part of a larger transaction . |
| 6 | The two office designs were each to have a first premium of £800 , a second of £500 , a third of £300 , a fourth of £200 and three further premiums of £100 each . |
| 7 | However , it is nice to see a first Swede , Joakim Haeggman , making history as one of the three wild cards , along with Spaniards Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal . |
| 8 | It 's marvellous to hold a first telephone conversation for many years.He would like one himself . |
| 9 | Proteon Inc reported a first quarter net loss of $2.7m after a $1.7m restructuring charge and a gain of $450,000 from an accounting change , against $1.8m profit last time , on sales up 5.6% at $27.7m . |
| 10 | The Volkskammer on Jan. 11-12 gave a first reading to a law allowing an alternative of 18 months ' civilian service . |
| 11 | Seems Novell Inc missed a first call of the open systems boat back in its dim and distant proprietary past , when Reading , Berkshire-based X/Open Co Ltd was casting around for inter face technology that could tie personal computer networks into open systems . |