Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will then travel by coach through the golds and reds of a New Hampshire autumn for the first of two nights at the Town and Country Inn , Gorham , north of Massachusetts . |
| 2 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
| 3 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 4 | AN ambulance service has been criticised after spending £120 on a personalised number plate for the first of six American Chevrolet ambulances due to go into operation in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland . |
| 5 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
| 6 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 7 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 8 | During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions . |
| 9 | For the first of these ( bar 1 ) , hold the C chord I 've diagrammed : press the tremolo arm to lower the C note ( string 5 , fret 3 ) to a B ( equivalent to fingering at fret 2 , and the reason I 've written ‘ 2 ’ in the tab as the lead-in . |
| 10 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
| 11 | As for the first of these concepts , we have seen that to a considerable extent in most schools the project achieved the objective of broadly based participation in devising curriculum-related library plans . |
| 12 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 13 | However , the input signals must be extremely small for the first of these two equations to apply with constant parameters . |
| 14 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 15 | The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . |
| 16 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
| 17 | Close pal Ince will lead the rookie side that Taylor plans to name late today for the first of three US Cup games . |
| 18 | The A178 Tees Road closes for the first of three successive Sundays tomorrow , between Greatham Creek and the B1277 Brenda Road . |
| 19 | David Vaughan Q.C. , Gerald Barling. , David Anderson and Stephen Swabey , solicitor , for the first to ninety-fourth applicants . |
| 20 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 21 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 22 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 23 | And you , my dear Mary , respected though your name is — you are insufficiently regarded as the first of that invaluable breed , preceeding them by at least one whole generation ! |
| 24 | Dave Robson La Ronde Gulbenkian Studio Theatre , Newcastle ARTHUR Schnitzler 's Reigen is perhaps best known under its French title and as the first of two film versions , made by Max Ophuls in 1950 , is remembered as the quintessence of Viennese elegance . |
| 25 | Fault-tolerant Unix system builder , Sequoia Systems Inc , is going after the health care market in collaboration with its partner — Hewlett-Packard — and DataTree and Greystone Technology as the first of several vertical sectors it expects to pursue . |
| 26 | There was a sharp crack as the first of several skins of heat-resistant material which coated the exterior of the pod shattered and then separated . |
| 27 | The second half was played at just as frantic pace as the first with both sides looking dangerous on the attack , but Abingdon looking more solid in defence . |
| 28 | Two state-commissioned reports , described by Yeltsin in his Oct. 6 speech to the Supreme Soviet as the first in 70 years to contain " nothing but the truth " about the nation 's health and the state of the environment , were unveiled at a press conference on Oct. 7 . |
| 29 | We then talked about the first of those two towers of Tower Bridge if you remember which was about the skills that we need for er delivery . |
| 30 | The editors talk about the first of these , and present the volume as a contribution to the necessary project of challenging theory . |