Example sentences of "[adj] that the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeltsin announced at the meeting in Minsk on Dec. 30 that the first channel of Central Television would be given over to the Commonwealth , the second would be Russian , the third would be Moscow Television and the fourth would be an educational channel . |
| 2 | It is clear that the first year of the scheme has brought a wide range of benefits to patients , and that has been confirmed by independent evaluation by Professor Glennerster at the London school of economics . |
| 3 | Oliver 's serenade will introduce us to Vitellia and Sesto , Annio and Servillia , and the Emperor Titus — ‘ and it will be clear that the first couple have a really terrible time , and that the second pair have a really nice time , and that the last gent , the one who does n't get married at the end , has to reconcile the emotions of the other four in himself . ’ |
| 4 | Applying Lord Bridge 's guiding principles it is clear that the first question to be determined in this appeal is what were the transactions which produced the profit to the taxpayer . |
| 5 | This is to suggest as strongly as possible that the first words written down about anything important are almost never ‘ right ’ — whatever that might mean in this context . |
| 6 | Unaware that the first tightening tugs on the net around her family 's attackers had begun , Chrissie Stone arrived back at the house at six that same evening , the boot of her small car loaded with supermarket supplies . |
| 7 | It must be considered extremely fortunate that the first preparations of the sodium salt of penicillin , which although of great antibacterial activity contained over 99 per cent of impurities , showed so little toxicity . |
| 8 | So it is appropriate that the first champion to be whelped in this country was Ch. |
| 9 | So she was glad that the first course was soup which slipped down easily , the warmth and much-needed nourishment doing a good job of reviving her and settling her uneasy stomach . |
| 10 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 11 | If anything , it was rather suspicious that the first assay should produce an answer so apt ; the prognostics of bishops were often known to be ambiguous in the extreme . |
| 12 | The second possibility that Nikolaev committed the murder under the guidance of the NKVD seems to be more likely that the first possibility because so many people seem to have conveniently neglected their duties but I still think that it is not the most likely . |
| 13 | Its rapid post-war development was based upon its close association with trade unionism , already firmly established before 1914 , and it seems likely that the First World War simply speeded up the process of political change . |
| 14 | There must be occasional errors in the self-copying ; even the DNA system very occasionally makes mistakes , and it seems likely that the first replicators on Earth were much more erratic . |
| 15 | It is obvious that the first type of temperament is the one most desirable for a riding horse . |
| 16 | We can be reasonably sure that the first water vapours were the natural result of condensation of the outgassed products of volcanoes . |
| 17 | It was in 1913 that the first reference is made to the Luker family , proprietors of the Henley Standard , when on October 31st , Charles Luker was beaten on the 21st hole in the Ladies ' Cup semi-final . |
| 18 | It was in June 1911 that the first scenes of disorder were mounted in the House of Commons , led by Lord Hugh Cecil . |
| 19 | The study now reported began with the author recognising from an examination of the name ‘ Forsey ’ that although the second syllable had obviously developed from the Anglo-Saxon haeg ( with the noun prefix ge ) and the Middle English hei/hey , meaning enclosure , it seemed unlikely that the first syllables fors and furs were descended from the same root word , and the fact that Dr Reaney had cited widely separated counties for their ( rather late ) emergence was a further slight pointer . |
| 20 | Similarly , if the second trader 's store was in North Wales , it would be unlikely that the first trader 's business would be affected , unless his goodwill extends to there . |
| 21 | It was , therefore , apt that the first performance of ‘ Enigma ’ in London was conducted by the internationally renowned German , Hans Richter , who loved the work and championed it . |
| 22 | Radio nationale congolaise announced on Nov. 23 that the first round of new legislative elections would take place on Dec. 30 and that Nov. 29 was the last date for candidacies to be filed . |
| 23 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) confirmed on Nov. 15 that the first consignment of confiscated enriched uranium had been airlifted to the Soviet Union . |
| 24 | Lao National Radio reported on June 15 that the first phase of a campaign to organize discussions on the draft among cadres and individuals had " yielded good results " . |
| 25 | The latter was aptly named , so tart that the first gulp curled your lips back . |
| 26 | Although next week 's show concentrates on Aids issues , LAURIE YOUNG , 13 , was disappointed that the first programme failed to address the problem . |
| 27 | It proved only a partial victory for Parker who had died in 1902 and it was not until 1919 that the first Moderators or de facto bishops were inducted to ensure higher , more uniform standards and greater control from London . |
| 28 | The western European had by 1880 begun to eat more wheaten bread , and more meat ( it was in 1878 that the first cargo of frozen meat was successfully landed in Europe ) and he was beginning , also , to consume more agricultural produce indirectly through industrial products which depended on animal or vegetable supplies . |
| 29 | In these circumstances of deprivation , stress and social disapproval , it is not surprising that the first priority of single parents is to get married and re-enter the ‘ secure ’ state . |
| 30 | Since the advice scheme now permitted access to a solicitor on any question of English law and the advertising campaign which launched it stressed the ‘ social welfare ’ problems now within the scheme , it was disappointing that the first evidence of usage showed little deviation from the traditional pattern . |