Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take the time at the gallery to see what a communications satellite looks like at close quarters , or one of the first budget 405-line TV sets sold by Pye in 1938 . |
| 2 | Of every cwt. of copper she was to receive 2s. or one-twentieth during the first five years thereafter to have 2s. 6d. , or one-fifteenth . |
| 3 | You should gather seeds from the best plants only , if possible selecting and marking them early on and removing all but one or two of the first , fattest seed-heads to conserve as much energy as possible . |
| 4 | The proembryoes can be frozen and stored , and their availability improves the chance of success of in vitro fertilizations as well as allowing a woman to have another child a year or two after the first . |
| 5 | In reply , Boycott and Brearley put on no less than 129 for the first wicket — jolly good in a Test , but they took thirty-eight overs about it , with Boycott not getting into double figures until the seventeenth over . |
| 6 | Sotheby 's paid dearly for this error of judgment with no less than six of the first nine lots in its evening sale failing to find buyers . |
| 7 | This is a reminder that one of the first things a Kinnock government is pledged to do is sign the European Commission 's social charter , rejected by Mr Major at the Maastricht summit . |
| 8 | It is significant that one of the first major published attacks on Indirect Rule was written by a Northern Nigeria DO , Walter Crocker , whose animus against the system clearly arose not from disagreement with its basic principles but from the fact that DOs were allowed so little responsibility within it . |
| 9 | ‘ I am glad that one of the first things |
| 10 | It is apt that one of the first two recordings made by Kurt Masur in his new role as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic should be of the New World Symphony , particularly when it comes in ample time to celebrate the centenary of the first performance of that favourite work by this very orchestra in December 1893 . |
| 11 | There was a certain irony in the fact that one of the first things Baldwin told the King , on taking over from the decrepit MacDonald , was that he himself needed two months ' rest . |
| 12 | It says that it is the counsel of the witan determined upon as soon as Cnut and his witan established peace and friendship between Danes and English , and that one of the first things the witan decided was that they would zealously observe Edgar 's law and " investigate further at leisure what was necessary for the nation , as best they could " . |
| 13 | The claim is that one of the first to mark out John Smith 's future political career was the Labour leader , Hugh Gaitskell , who was in his time characterised and vilified as being right-wing . |
| 14 | Hoping to get the answer that one of the first things we did no rising was to wash , I was a little disconcerted when my same little lady piped up ‘ weight ourselves ’ . |
| 15 | Technology chairman Derek Lewis expects sales in the hundreds rather than thousands in the first year , but is aiming for between 5% and 10% of the UK Unix market thereafter . |
| 16 | The top layer was built , that you saw in the photograph , was built later , so 31 and 32 had two rooms , erm on the ground floor , and 2 on the first floor , 33 , which was smaller , but it does have a fair sized room , and another upstairs , and then the very small one is 34 . |
| 17 | ICI will be able to stop manufacturing CFCs 11 and 12 in the first quarter of next year , having secured supplies for its remaining customers through a deal with Akzo . |
| 18 | Scores of one and 25 in the first Test at Calcutta were in line with his dismal average of 17 , but in the first innings of the second Test in Madras , he at last showed signs of mastering the Indian spinners . |
| 19 | Beck , who had defeated Aki Ohmachi of Japan 8 and 6 in the first round , was heading for an even bigger defeat . |
| 20 | So we 'll go a hundred and eighty in the first three hours . |
| 21 | This was the first poem Dana showed me , and one of the first I reworked with him . |
| 22 | Building a tractor from scratch is largely a process of jumping endless technical hurdles , and one of the first problems was fitting the clutch . |
| 23 | It has been estimated that two-thirds of all undiscovered oil and gas are to be found offshore and one of the first acts of the Reagan administration was to accelerate the process of offshore leasing in the Gulf areas , the California coast and also the North Atlantic coast . |
| 24 | But many archbishops were delighted by the excuse to go on pilgrimage to Rome ; and one of the first to benefit from the custom was Sigeric , archbishop of Canterbury ( 990 — 4 ) , who has left us a kind of diary of his visit — first of the churches in Rome which a pilgrim had especially to visit and to pray in , and then of the stages on his long journey back to Canterbury . |
| 25 | Bernie Grant , representing Tottenham in the borough of Haringey and one of the first black MPs , was unequivocal and unambiguous in his opposition from the very start . |
| 26 | Vicente Gomes da Silva , born on 12 March 1827 , was the first commercial photographer in Madeira and one of the first in Portugal . |
| 27 | Berry explained : ‘ We got into base camp with the group of trekkers on May 8 and one of the first people I ran into was Krishchaty , just by chance . |
| 28 | Just at this time ( 1956 ) David Marsh came to work with me and one of the first things he said was ‘ Why do n't you build a proper tensile testing machine ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ One of the reasons for my downfall is that I am a rep for Taunton Cider , and one of the first things Yvonne told me was to keep off alcohol . ’ |
| 30 | Graham Tregidon became WRU president at the annual general meeting in June and one of the first things he did was go into print in the next issue of the union 's newsletter to plead unity . |