Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Gloucester are giving a first team debut to new winger Mark Nicholson . |
| 4 | Two Oxfam workers have been giving a first hand account of conditions in Cambodia , where they claim millions of lives are at risk . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | During the summer the Red Cross will be providing a first aid service at Durham County Cricket ground . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If the report is favourable , the Bill will be read a first time . |
| 9 | Under this Standing Order , a Bill is taken to be read a first time if certain formalities are gone through . |
| 10 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 11 | Elisabeth Valley is presenting a first solo exhibition by Sébastien De Ganay , whose paintings incorporate jetsam of various kinds . |
| 12 | The Royal Shakespeare Company is paying a first visit to Durham City but not to tread the boards . |
| 13 | It is called A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics ( 1980 ) . |
| 14 | On May 8 Bush reiterated his faith in Quayle , criticizing the press for " pounding on him when he 's doing a first class job " , and repeating his determination to retain him as the Republican Party 's 1992 nominee for Vice-President . |
| 15 | Debra Priest , of Haroldswick , Unst , who is starting a first year HNC course in business administration at the Shetland College of Further Education ; |
| 16 | Sally Lescher 's Conservation Management is giving a first exhibition in London to Glaswegian portraitist , John Boyd ( to 24 July ) , whose thickly brushed nude studies and landscapes have won admiration in Scotland . |
| 17 | Gavin Turk , who attracted notice for erecting , as his only contribution to his degree show at the Royal College of Art a year ago , a blue English Heritage plaque announcing that he had been working in his studio for two years , is having a first exhibition at an apartment in Docklands , opposite Canary Wharf ( 1–31 July ; by appointment only , call 071–274 0041 ) . |
| 18 | The next step is to furnish a first draft of the proposed order and to settle the draft in due course , and in drawing the order the agent has particular regard to the value of precedents and a number of model clauses promulgated by the model clauses committee in parliament . |
| 19 | Nick Stogdon is making a first appearance , as is Bob Light from Santa Barbara . |
| 20 | A Member simply gives notice and eventually moves that the Bill be read a first time . |
| 21 | Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day . |
| 22 | In the longer term discount range , Melanee could choose the Halifax , which is offering a first time buyer offer of 1.5 per cent until the end of January 1993 . |
| 23 | Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place . |
| 24 | In 1939 , as war looked increasingly likely , the clubhouse was designated a First Aid Post and a special three guineas Service subscription was introduced . |
| 25 | He was awarded a first class in part i of the history examination ( 1941 ) . |
| 26 | Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time . |