Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | With one round to play , she was as many as three shots ahead of Australia 's Nadene Hall , a gifted girl playing on a British links for a first time . |
| 2 | At an early stage over 1500 copies of a first consultative document were circulated to teachers and others . |
| 3 | This gives a grand total of 30 out of 36 errors which could be corrected , by using simple algorithms as a first attempt before going into more complicated algorithms which may be impractical . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | No-one can hope to have a command of all these things at a first audition . |
| 6 | Practitioners use these medicines as a first resort , to promote the energy , circulation and vitality of the person , with the presumption that timely intervention at this stage may prevent later illness . |
| 7 | Many thanks for a first class mag , even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit ! |
| 8 | New Scientist should not allow the first weapons with terminal guidance to be installed before noting that the accuracy is needed to destroy missiles in hardened concrete silos : in other words for a first strike . |
| 9 | PITS which British Coal can no longer operate profitably in a competitive energy market will be offered for sale to other companies as a first step towards full-scale privatisation given impetus by yesterday 's white paper reviewing the industry 's future . |
| 10 | I 'm 32 and have two children from a first marriage — a daughter of 10 and a son of 13 . |
| 11 | There were also one son and four daughters of a first marriage . |
| 12 | The deictic references to a first person speaker " I " and to his immediate surroundings ( " these " , " here " ) explicitly indicate the presence of a fictive poetic persona functioning as deictic centre in a specific spatio-temporal context . |
| 13 | If possible it 's well worth getting to know local journalists on a first name basis and to establish trust and confidence in each other . |
| 14 | The diversity of climbing styles packed into just 60 feet of grit is remarkable — only the off-width connoisseur will be disappointed — and the combination of this , a natural line of least resistance and finishing atop a genuine , albeit modest , summit provides one of the most enjoyable excursions for a first acquaintance with Froggatt . |
| 15 | If all goes according to plan you should find further details of the study and proposed dates for a first meeting enclosed with this letter . |
| 16 | You should find further details and proposed dates for a first meeting enclosed with this letter . |