Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise .
2 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 .
3 IT is unbelievable that in 1970 , during our formative years , only 30 undergraduates were awarded the first general degree of the University , at a ceremony in Pathfoot .
4 By enabling IBM Cobol/VSAM CICS applications to run on Unix systems , says Crawford , users are offered the first easy step in moving off their proprietary mainframes ; he reckons Unikix facilitates 200–600% long-term cost-of-ownership savings for a typical customer .
5 With a ground capacity of 6,000 , the intention is to make it an all-ticket match , with members being given the first option .
6 Her plans were overthrown the first day when the president requested that she should be chaplain .
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