Example sentences of "[adj] in [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 . |
| 2 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 3 | Silver production had been lower than average in the first seven months of 1989 . |
| 4 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 5 | On June 2 Stefano Rodota , president of the PDS and former Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies , resigned from both posts after he was unsuccessful in the first four ballots for Speaker . |
| 6 | BRITAIN 'S Damon Hill ( above ) , making his Grand Prix debut in the second Williams , was fourth-fastest in the first qualifying session for tomorrow 's season-opening South African GP at Kyalami . |
| 7 | Reports said that they would number 90,000-100,000 in the first two years . |
| 8 | Over the operational period the Teacher Placement Service has increased the levels of activity from an estimated 1,900 teachers into industry in 1989 to in excess of 20,000 in the first two years . |
| 9 | In the first division Oxford United were looking good in the first half thanks to a goal from defender Anton Rogan … |
| 10 | The Human Rights Protection Party ( HRPP ) , led by Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana , was returned to power on April 5 in the first general election under the country 's recently introduced universal adult suffrage . |
| 11 | He set up Merson 's first with a bit of right wing trickery after Palace had had the audacity to take an eighth minute lead and then laid on Campbell 's stunning left foot volley , Arsenal 's third , all in the first 16 minutes . |
| 12 | More bird song : willow warbler , wren , robin — all in the first few minutes . |
| 13 | Many in the first two categories have had little opportunity to work and build state or private pensions . |
| 14 | As has been said , ‘ We love in as much as love was present in the first great affair of our lives ! ’ |
| 15 | It was the same stadium that Melpomene , an unofficial woman entrant , stepped into in 1986 in the first Olympic marathon . |
| 16 | Recovery after a stroke is greatest in the first few days and weeks — but it does n't stop there . |
| 17 | IBM Corp 's personal computer business was around the break-even level or may have been profitable in the first three months of this year , the president of IBM Personal Computer Co Robert Corrigan told the New York Times : he says he thinks ‘ people will be surprised at how quickly we 're bringing this business back , ’ and that it should be solidly profitable before year-end ; problem is that its closest rivals , Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp , which both faced the same problems as IBM , adjusted to the change in the market much more quickly , and rushed appropriate machines out while IBM procrastinated , so that they are already strongly profitable while IBM is still having to build up momentum . |
| 18 | Local branches were systematically established — fifty in the first twelve months , 100 at the peak of UDC influence in late 1917 , at which time there were around 10 , 000 individual members . |
| 19 | A full cognitive understanding of the constancy of gender across time , space and circumstances is not reached until 8 or 9 years ( Kohlberg 1966 ) , but gender reassignment is usually only possible in the first two or three years ( Money and Ehrhardt 1972 ) . |
| 20 | Patsy was a sickly child , growing very little in the first few years of his life . |
| 21 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 22 | Women with their womb-smelling warmth , their talcum powder and milky breasts had seen to that in the first four weeks of life . |
| 23 | Mr Tam Dalyell held Linlithgow for Labour in the first Scottish result to be declared . |
| 24 | Racing CP beat Stade Francais by 4 points to 3 in the first French Championship final on March 20 , 1892 . |
| 25 | Looking at the audience , you may find that only those in the first five rows are alert and interested — the next five rows are straining forward , probably frowning , while the people in the back of the hall have given up and are doing their best to hide the fact that they are nodding off . |
| 26 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 27 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 28 | Bankruptcies , mostly property-related , totalled ¥931 billion in the first two months of 1991 , and the total will rise in the new financial year , starting April 1st , as banks pull the plug on other overborrowed customers . |
| 29 | Germany alone received $9 billion in 1970 and $4 billion in the first five months of 1971 . |
| 30 | In 1989 Swedes spent a net SKr28 billion ( $4.5 billion ) on foreign equities , followed by a net SKr20 billion in the first nine months of 1990 . |