Example sentences of "[adj] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1275 the first statute of Westminster spoke of Edward 's concern to improve the lot of both the church and the realm generally : the statute was issued |
| 2 | Eventually in 1275 the first Statute of Westminster appears to have provided that the ravishment of any woman was an offence punishable with a penalty of two years ' imprisonment and ransom and in 1285 the second Statute of Westminster turned this into a capital offence . |
| 3 | In 1852 he became the first Moderator of the new Presbytery of Otago Province and in 1869 the first Chancellor of the University of Otago . |
| 4 | The other guideline which was issued was namely that of capital , where the a accepted the general guidelines which appeared in the county papers and as far as this Committee was concerned , would mean the general acceptance of all those items which appear in that the first year of that capital programme , subject to the proviso that the revenue contemplated and the benefits of the capital programme will be considered by Policy Panel in its forthcoming meeting . |
| 5 | It its a big task , em er the thing is that I think that that the first point of call is one is that we get the questionnaire out and see whether you know the one where can we can the questionnaires to all the neighbourhood watch is it , w w we prepare the questionnaire and we get on and send it out , right . |
| 6 | Given the need for an extensive approach within the limitations noted above , and given that the first stage of the fieldwork demonstrated that heroin users generally confine themselves to specific networks , it was decided to use a ‘ network analysis ’ approach using the technique of snowball sampling , or chain referral ( Fraser and Hawkins 1984 , p. 82 ) . |
| 7 | On 26 January 1986 the first protest against the proposed lignite mining took place when over 2,000 people marched from Moortown school to the Old Cross at Ardboe where they held a rally . |
| 8 | In April 1980 the first attack on Raybestos came yet again from the Ringaskiddy residents . |
| 9 | Is this the first part of the news or the second |
| 10 | And was this the first sign of the nightmare to come ? |
| 11 | She concentrated on Durance instead and said : ‘ You saw this the first time on the Jonquil , did n't you ? |
| 12 | We this the first side of the |
| 13 | Pursuing this finding , Lewis published in 1872 the first observation of nematode haematozoa in human blood , and coined the term Filaria sanguinis hominis . |
| 14 | In 1540 the first volume of the Privy Council 's register records only nineteen members . |
| 15 | FEB 1993 The first anniversary of TOP was marked by presentations to a representative group of staff outlining progress and difficulties encountered in the past year . |
| 16 | 22–4 The first meeting of the Killarrow and Kilmeny School Board was held at the Bridgend Hotel . |
| 17 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |
| 18 | Also on March 22 the first round of cantonal elections were held for 2,025 general councillors ( including 79 overseas ) , with a second round on March 29 [ for last cantonal elections in 1985 see p. 36705 ] . |
| 19 | At 0600 the first patrol of eight men , led by Lieutenant Roger Thompson , rolled out of Hofoaek Barracks in their two Land-Rovers on the start of their 270 kilometre round trip . |
| 20 | In 1757 the first stage of the harbour was built . |
| 21 | By 1963 the first round of green belt submissions had been vetted by the Ministry and controls were in operation around most of our major cities . |
| 22 | By the spring of 1833 the first onrush of the epidemic had subsided and the government marked the occasion in the way thought most appropriate , as Judith Holt 's diary records : |
| 23 | At the inaugural meeting of the Geographical Society on 16 July 1830 , he was appointed its secretary , and on 16 November 1833 the first professor of geography in the University of London . |
| 24 | In Jackson v. Rotax Motor and Cycle Co. ( 1910 C.A. ) the buyer accepted as satisfactory the first delivery of motor horns but claimed to reject the later deliveries because they were not of merchantable quality . |
| 25 | In these the first part of a turn is in London English and the last part in Creole . |
| 26 | During 1740 the First Lord of the Admiralty , with Walpole 's support , tried to carry a bill to create a national register of sea-faring men from which suitable recruits could be sought in time of crisis , but it was denounced by the Opposition as being akin to slavery and thrown out . |
| 27 | In fact he spent all the first winter of the war pontooning , and then was driving lorries on bomb disposal . |
| 28 | The first is that the book is written for engineers ; project management is for many the first form of management they encounter and the first form to which they are appointed . |
| 29 | Wasps .................... 25 Loughborough University .. 17 THE FIRST priority for Wasps this week is to get back to winning ways in the League after their reversal at Harlequins . |
| 30 | So began in 1950 the first season of the Great Casterton Training School , which was to continue until 1958 . |