Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the football decider having ended in deadlock Carlow champions Eire Og and O'Donovan Rossa of Cork must meet again this afternoon at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick to decide which side lifts the prestigious trophy for a first time . |
| 2 | Treating cases of child sexual abuse as a first priority needs to be matched with improvements in planning which will permit practitioners to meet this service demand . |
| 3 | In 1927 and 1928 , therefore , were planted the seeds of a cultural conflict between a first generation of intellectuals who had , like Barbusse , joined the party as a reaction to the sickening personal experiences of the First World War and who were above all else humanist and pacifist , and a younger second generation of Surrealists and Marxists who were more in tune with the sectarian Bolshevism advocated by Moscow . |
| 4 | The median delay before a first appointment during 1992 was nine weeks in the five clinics based in district general hospitals ( interquartile range 6–13 weeks ) and three months in the five clinics based in teaching hospitals ( interquartile range 7–18 weeks ) . |
| 5 | The European Commission has decided to send warning letters to the British government as a first stage in initiating legal proceedings over two alleged breaches of EC environmental legislation . |
| 6 | The most popular time for a first child is the third year of marriage ( 41 per cent ) . |
| 7 | The US Office of Technology Assessment classified cobalt as a first tier strategic material , alongside chromium , manganese and the platinum group metals . |
| 8 | And Becker could hardly have landed a more dangerous floater with a first round match against compatriot Marc Goellner who , along with Karbacher , is part of the new wave of top German players . |
| 9 | A survey of women in Massachusetts has found the average length of a first healthy pregnancy to be 41 weeks and 1 day , with subsequent pregnancies at 40 weeks & 3 days ; Black and Japanese women have shorter pregnancies . |
| 10 | Announcing storm-damaged figures and government plundering of its profits that left nothing over for investment , Deutsche Bundespost Telekom yesterday said that following its move to set up its cellular operations as a separate company as a first step to privatisation , it was also considering privatising the unit it has created to look after large customers . |
| 11 | The amendments [ ibid. for details ] had been approved by the National Assembly at a first reading on May 13 by 398 votes to 77 with 99 abstentions , after the defeat of four Gaullist amendments to throw out the bill . |
| 12 | A new law introducing more stringent measures against racism and anti-Semitism was approved by the National Assembly in a first reading on May 3 , 1990 , and in a final reading on June 30 ( it was not considered by the Senate , which saw no need for textual revisions ) . |
| 13 | New faces are arriving all the time and in some cases actors make a quick start with a first job or they may have a relatively long wait before they get off the mark . |
| 14 | 3.1 Module descriptors which have been reviewed for session 1987–88 ( eg Music Making modules ) or which are being introduced in session 1987–88 for the first time are identified in the National Catalogue by a first digit 7 . |
| 15 | Start with a single piece of dried food as a first course and offer nothing more until it is consumed . |
| 16 | It claimed that ‘ The pooling of coal and steel production will immediately provide for the establishment of common bases for economic development as a first step in the federation of Europe , and will change the destinies of those regions which have long been devoted to the munitions of war , of which they have been the most constant victims ’ . |
| 17 | The seven-year-old started last season winning his first novice chase at Uttoxeter and by April had landed the Scottish Nationalan extraordinary performance for a first season steeplechaser . |
| 18 | It should however be noted that by virtue of the automatic discharge from a first bankruptcy after three years irrespective of the debtor 's conduct ( short of criminal offence ) , an individual debtor will be treated far more leniently than a company director guilty of wrongful trading , who can be disqualified for up to 15 years . |
| 19 | Patients and their relatives in category D are clearly at greatly increased risk of a first or subsequent primary tumour and need life-time surveillance . |
| 20 | Canvassing on his behalf appears to have indicated , however , that many MPs would remain loyal to the Prime Minister in a first ballot , switching only in a second when , of course , there might be additional candidates . |
| 21 | The prize of £2,000 is awarded to the most outstanding synopsis of a first book by a young author in the field of archaeology , ethnography or ancient history . |
| 22 | As an exercise in thinking about the unthinkable , the point is a counter to the idea of ‘ tactical ’ nuclear war as a first step in the ladder of escalation but , equally , it might be like trying to avoid any unwanted delays in Russian roulette by starting with a fully loaded gun . |
| 23 | Football mythology includes the unlikely tale of a First Division club laundering cash from the Great Train Robbery through its turnstiles back in the 1960s . |
| 24 | Apart from the inpatient waiting list initiative no extra resources were released for meeting the Charter standards , but meeting the standard for outpatient clinics may be at the expense of seeing fewer patients and a lengthening list for a first appointment . |
| 25 | York Museum of Mechanical Music celebrates a successful year with a first anniversary concert starring Arnold Loxam at the mighty Compton Cinema Organ , Bradley Grange , Bradley Lane , Rufforth , York , 2.30pm. 12.30pm for a mechanical organ demonstration . |
| 26 | Firemen fought a small fire in a first floor room of a house in Gerard Street , Spennymoor , just after 7pm last night . |
| 27 | The next day use two pieces of dry food as a first course , the next day use four and so on , gradually increasing the size of the first course until the dog 's meal comprises a huge first course of dry food followed by a minuscule second course of only a single nugget of dry food garnished with some juicy brown food as a reward for cleaning its bowl . |
| 28 | In his view it was high time ASEAN made a serious study of proclaiming Southeast Asia a nuclear-free zone as a first step towards implementing the zone concept . |
| 29 | Davis did n't think much of the ‘ kitchen sink ’ films , and asserted that a realistic minimum budget for a first feature was in the order of £250,000 as a way to justify his blocking their exhibition on his company 's circuit . |
| 30 | Although Hayman was over-age for recruitment , he was taken into the Diplomatic Service as a first secretary in 1954 and posted the next year to Belgrade . |