Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 2 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 3 | In the early days there was no cure and it killed AIDS patients the first time they got it . |
| 4 | My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig . |
| 5 | Question Types The first approach that may be used in breaking down questions is to look for the question types . |
| 6 | The theory , stated firmly in most gardening manuals , that planting potatoes the first year on neglected land helps to clean it of weeds was erroneous — at least as far as ours was concerned . |
| 7 | Then the infant school the first class of the infants we had in a hut on Netteswell Road and then we went , they came from that hut there to the servant 's quarters of Mark Hall . |
| 8 | It 's planning to sponsor the three-day Unix Perspectives : The Conference for Enterprise Solutions the first week of November . |
| 9 | This is well exemplified in Fokine 's choreography fur the first Nocturne in Les Sylphides , where it can be said that the corps de ballet are marking the overall rhythm lasting sixteen or thirty-two bars , whilst the three soloists represent the shorter rhythmical phrases lasting four to ) eight bars . |
| 10 | A manager id the first recipient of an organisation 's problems and he must : |
| 11 | Even in her sleepy morning daze the first sight of the nursery lifted her heart ; the nursing chair with its back decorated with rabbits ; the matching changing table fitted with drawers for the baby 's things ; the wicker cot in its stand which she had lined with a pink , blue and white flowered cotton to match the curtains ; the bright fringe of nursery-rhyme characters which Clifford had pasted round the wall . |
| 12 | PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES THE FIRST CUSTOMER |
| 13 | ( b ) Life peers The first life peers were the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary ( the Law Lords ) , appointed in gradually increasing numbers since the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 , in order to strengthen the professional element in the highest court of appeal . |
| 14 | For one thing , this new record hits you straight at gut level the first time . |
| 15 | The French minister of industry , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Thursday announced that the French government has paid SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV the first part of the $466m in research and development aid it agreed to pay over five years — the Italian government is supposed to pay the same amount over the same period : ‘ I have signed with SGS-Thomson a contract for a multi-year development effort in France ; the sums for 1993 , $83m from both sides , have been paid , ’ he said ; a spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson in Paris said she had not yet been able to confirm Strauss-Kahn 's assertion ; the separate recapitalisation , which Brussels recently approved , is still conditional on a firm decision being taken on the Italian side , and would be effected in three payments — $227m split evenly between the two partners and an identical payment three months later ; the third payment of $455m is set to be made in 1995 . |
| 16 | Among the primary analysis tools the first version supports are those from Bachmann Information Systems Inc , KnowledgeWare Inc and Intersolv Inc . |
| 17 | Among the primary analysis tools the first version supports are those from Bachmann Information Systems Inc , KnowledgeWare Inc and Intersolv Inc . |
| 18 | Its founder , Duke Boleslav II made his sister Mlada the first abbess . |
| 19 | With each attack , it is as if they are meeting the distasteful animal tor the first time . |
| 20 | Rachel remembers walking into school assembly the first time , after everybody had found out : |
| 21 | Last night 100 families were being housed in bed and breakfast accommodation the first time the total has reached three figures . |
| 22 | It was held that the plaintiffs could succeed against the first defendants in contract , but in third party proceedings the first defendant 's action against the second defendants ( the manufacturers of the pails ) failed as the pails were merchantable under s14(2) . |