Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it looks set to see its first full-year profit drop in 28 years . |
| 2 | Yugoslavia was now set to get its first non-communist President when Mesic took over from the Serb Borisav Jovic in May 1991 , in accordance with the rotation sequence . |
| 3 | Payne , who three-putted the seventeenth was fortunate to be given a second chance by Gillner , who looked set to gain his first senior win when he required two par 4s at the seventeenth and eighteenth . |
| 4 | But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ? |
| 5 | But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ? |
| 6 | Creaney , brought up on legends of the Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup before he was born , is due to play his first full match in Europe when Celtic take on Cologne in the UEFA Cup first round first leg in Germany this week . |
| 7 | Leaders from 52 member countries of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) assembled in Helsinki , Finland , on July 9-10 to attend their first follow-up summit meeting since signing the Paris accord in November 1990 [ see pp. 37838-39 ] . |
| 8 | Newly crowned league champions Dublin are 3/1 to win their first senior All Ireland in 10 years , with Cork 9/2 , Kerry 9/2 , Donegal 7/1 , Meath 9/1 , Derry 10/1 , Down 10/1 , Kildare 10/1 and Mayo 12/1 . |
| 9 | After all , she was n't ever likely to forget his first damning exposé of her character , was she ? |
| 10 | Only when Polish intelligence made a gift of its work to GCCS in August 1939 was it able to break its first German messages . |
| 11 | As he walked up Lady Street the sun broke through and he was able to take his first leisurely look at the pleasing medley of styles , periods , and usage . |
| 12 | Before The Ring Culshaw , Nilsson and Björling had come together in 1961 to record her first complete Verdi role , Amelia in Un ballo in maschera . |
| 13 | He decided that the summer of 1939 was ripe to plan his first full programme of Lieder ; the two spent hours deciding on the ‘ menu ’ . |
| 14 | She owed this irritating man no explanation — yet out of fairness to Margaret , whose concern was painfully felt , she felt obliged to qualify her first short answer . |
| 15 | THE relegation clouds descended on Darlington last night as Ray Hankin was obliged to swallow his first bitter taste of managerial defeat . |
| 16 | When those techniques have been mastered , the student is ready to make his first serious destruction attempt . |