Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal for a new trading zone and for regional economic co-operation had first been mooted in 1989 by Turkey , which was responsible for convening this meeting . |
| 2 | ‘ You and I have some serious talking to do first , Miss Lea . ’ |
| 3 | This same charge had first been brought against the sequel , More about the Language of Love , which was refused a certificate by the BBFC but granted a local ‘ X ’ by the GLC . |
| 4 | Thus we speculated that a free radical reaction occurred first in the extracellular space after indomethacin administration , and SOD and catalase after the concentration of α-tocopherol by their actions as scavengers of superoxides and inhibitors of the production of hydroxyl radicals . |
| 5 | This lovely melody follows first one pattern , then another , without establishing a precise thematic design . |
| 6 | She was followed by Rabbi Moishe , his sallow face with its rippling white beard inclining first to one side and then to the other as everyone did him honour by rising until he had passed , and just behind him came another black-garbed figure , a bespectacled priest , greying head covered by a yarmulkah . |
| 7 | SUNDERLAND produced a magnificent away performance to knock First Division West Ham out of the FA Cup last night and secure a money-spinning quarter-final tie . |
| 8 | BNP is the obvious big bank to sell first . |
| 9 | Christina found herself remembering the way the promising young architect had first come into their lives . |
| 10 | The fact that the rector of the Aberdeen grammar school , Robert Marshall , was teaching Lutheran ideas from 1521 , before having to recant in 1523 , shows how quickly they had spread to Scotland ; it was only four years earlier , in 1517 , that the little-known Augustinian monk had first startled Europe by sensationally nailing his ninety-five theses to the door of the castle church of Wittenberg . |
| 11 | Also , the philosophy underlying the NHS 's information strategy is that clinical information comes first . |
| 12 | For instance , childhood conduct disorder may often lead to anti-social behaviour in adulthood , but this may reflect either the continuity of the disorder or the different effects of the same social stress acting first upon a child and later upon an adult ( Graham , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | It was still widely agreed that , as laid down in the papal ranking of 1504 , the Holy Roman Emperor came first of all secular rulers , and this pre-eminence all emperors jealously guarded : it was only after considerable resistance that Ferdinand III ( 1637 – 57 ) agreed to address Louis XIV as " Majesté Royale " . |