Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In the Soviet Union a draft law allowing all citizens to obtain a passport quickly had already been given a first reading , and the Soviet delegate estimated that between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 Soviet citizens could decide to emigrate " in the first two to three years " . ) |
| 2 | He had been defeated the first time , but that foray into the arena had taught him a lot . |
| 3 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 4 | When we 're doing first aid incidents erm the standard thing we 're doing for adults when they 're doing a first aid exam is we 'll give present them with a casualty with perhaps a cut hand or something like that and they 'll actually have a black eye . |
| 5 | Peasants who have returned to their lands in the heart of El Salvador 's war zone are celebrating the first anniversary of a daring experiment . |
| 6 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 7 | Joh Commonwealth leaders have been attending the first day of their summit in Cyprus and protests by Greek Cypriots . |
| 8 | ’ Well John Major says I 'm a bit of a bastard , and I 've been spending the first part of this conference checking my birth certificate ’ . |
| 9 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 10 | When you are doing the first draft , label as many points on the axes as possible . |
| 11 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 12 | Digital Equipment France SA and Paris 's showpiece impressionist museum , the converted railway station Musee d'Orsay , has been demonstrating the first piece of their collaboration on a worthy prototype application of multimedia technology , ‘ Learn to See . ’ |
| 13 | Two officers are examining the first floor right now ; there is some ivy . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , were going to be using the first plane on Hong Kong on February the first |
| 15 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 16 | It has a claim to be considered the first court school of the Middle Ages . |
| 17 | On July 22nd , this summer he 'll be opening the first Sudeley summer festival in the grounds of Sudeley Castle . |
| 18 | During the eighteenth century diplomats were less irregularly paid than had hitherto been the case and there can be seen the first efforts , though very limited and ineffective ones , to provide them with some systematic professional training . |
| 19 | Substitution drills would also be used a first step in mastering the totally different topic system in Dusun which we discussed in 7.1.8 . |
| 20 | ‘ Bulk ’ transfer should be used the first time information of a given type is transferred , thereafter this information can be kept up to date with LIFESPAN by use of ‘ incremental ’ transfers . |
| 21 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 22 | During the summer the Red Cross will be providing a first aid service at Durham County Cricket ground . |
| 23 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 24 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 25 | Wreaking havoc : could Camberley be suffering the first invasion of delinquent teenage toads ? |
| 26 | And tonight , three hours south in San Jos de Penuelas , the seasonal labourers who are talking by candlelight around a table seem to be taking the first steps towards the same kind of self-determination . |
| 27 | His country may be taking the first steps to a market economy , but on the streets there are remarkably few cars . |
| 28 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 29 | From May 16 — 29 , however , he will be hosting the first session of amatory writing courses at the European Centre for Holistic Studies on the Greek island of Skyros — very apt for someone preoccupied with sex , death and the Oedipus complex . |
| 30 | Abbreviations , symbols , units and greek letters should be identified the first time they are used . |