Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] the first " in BNC.

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1 It says vendors took around eighteen months to bring out the first XPG3-branded products after its introduction .
2 His spectacular saves kept out the first division leaders , Manchester United , in a thrilling Rumbelow 's Cup semi-final at a packed Ayresome Park .
3 Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place .
4 Shanks took out the first of several patents for alkali manufacture in the spring of 1841 , for improvements in the manufacture of carbonate of soda .
5 Tutorials make up the first two days , followed by the main conference and associated exhibition .
6 Also on Dec. 23 , leading intellectuals set up the first independent human rights monitoring group , the Forum for the Defence of Human Rights , which set itself the goal of the release of all political prisoners .
7 Seven races made up the first championship and the first was run at Silverstone on Saturday , 13 May 1950 .
8 Seven races made up the first championship and that number has fluctuated over the years .
9 If you delay the answering of letters , of course that creates more letters chasing up the first ones and that is again where you are getting your priorities wrong , admittedly on a very small items .
10 Six candles went out the first time , the remaining three the second time .
11 We have been concerned with how one leads into the other , or how the second strikes sparks off the first .
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