Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I enjoyed ‘ Futility ’ very much as it is poem with a message for all people and like most of Wilfred Owen 's poems it is timeless and has a meaning not only for the first World War but for wars to come . |
| 32 | Herbert ( 1978 ) suggests that conference interpreting began only during the First World War , while before that international conferences were held in French . |
| 33 | In a memorandum in that month of crisis the Ministry of Defence apparently for the first time addressed the issue of the foreign exchange costs of existing policy , in response to the claim by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of July that Britain 's overseas military expenditure was running at £140 million p.a . |
| 34 | Before lunch Jones made the necessary arrangements and they both glanced at the Sunday newspapers , apparently for the first time . |
| 35 | The figure stopped dead and saw them obviously for the first time . |
| 36 | All through the first part of the interview — the crazy part , when she had been talking about seeing her son in the house — Hank had been telling the straight truth . |
| 37 | So during the First World War and in the Second for severe burn cases they use er used Lavender mm if they did n't have any drugs of any kind . |
| 38 | To many geographers the general statistical tendencies revealed above do not explain anything , and the use of industrial structure in this context is seen only as a first step in the analysis of spatial change . |
| 39 | On the other side of the energy account book is the surface energy , 2 G.l , which is needed to form the new surfaces and clearly this increases only as the first power of the depth of the crack . |
| 40 | The watchers all waited tensely for the first word , the first greeting between the two . |
| 41 | The overlap among the three younger groups , especially during the first year , appears to account for this finding . |
| 42 | Although the authorities in the UK have sought to control interest rates by their operations in the discount market , this relates much more to Figure 18.4 than Figure 18.5 , especially during the first part of the 1980s . |
| 43 | It was at this point that Mrs Crumwallis spoke aloud for the first time . |
| 44 | One of the original group , Crest Homes , has now decided to go it alone for the first stage of the project . |
| 45 | Interviewed on Dec. 15 Deputy Foreign Minister Sok An admitted that Cambodian troops , " fighting alone for the first time " , were not prepared for the intensity of the rebel assault . |
| 46 | But it 's possible to go way beyond these limited , obvious exercises , and impro can be immensely exciting for young actors , allowing them to grasp situations and emotions imaginatively , perhaps for the first time . |
| 47 | At last the ‘ special relationship ’ seemed to have some meaning , perhaps for the first time since the days of Macmillan . |
| 48 | It was also a problem which enabled Labour 's new young leader , Neil Kinnock , to make his mark , perhaps for the first time since his election in October 1983 . |
| 49 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 50 | At the same time , though , there are more people who can , perhaps for the first time since 1967 , imagine that the Jews could go west , back into the green line , or into new borders adjusted to rid themselves of their Palestinian burden . |
| 51 | He wanted to bask in the developing closeness he and Jordan were enjoying , surfing sensorial highs , and being utterly open , perhaps for the first time in his life . |
| 52 | What with Mrs Clements and the girls also gone for the week , I suppose I was very conscious of the fact that once I departed , Darlington Hall would stand empty for probably the first time this century — perhaps for the first time since the day it was built . |
| 53 | The university experience , however , is more than merely attending lectures and seminars ; it allows and encourages each student to make contacts and gain experience which will be useful in later life ; it teaches participants to think logically , to approach problems with an open and enquiring mind , to form lasting friendships and to organize , perhaps for the first time , their own financial , academic and social affairs . |
| 54 | It means giving a word of knowledge or prophecy perhaps for the first time . |
| 55 | Confronted by the imminent threat of Nazi invasion , and convinced that only by straining every nerve could Britain avoid the fate of France , millions of people came , perhaps for the first time , to perceive the nation not as something to which they were admitted by the grace of kings , but as their own authentic community . |
| 56 | By hearing them , we recognise them and we also , perhaps for the first time , see them as strange . |
| 57 | Students are more than likely having to cope , perhaps for the first time in their lives , with a threateningly high level of conspicuous and recurrent failure , and the way they cope with anxiety will play a large part in determining what kind of a fist they make of it . |
| 58 | Living within a decaying urban community in which traditional values have been eroded , the students come to see , perhaps for the first time , the relationship between school and the community . |
| 59 | Away from home , perhaps for the first time , intellectually challenged , in financial difficulty and in need of support , a student could find her or himself easy prey for a potentially abusing lecturer . |
| 60 | Clients acquired a paternalistic interest in their stocks , started looking at profit figures and earnings per share , perhaps for the first time . |