Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the first of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local types were beginning to be noticed , and in 1709 the English parliament passed the first of a series of Enclosure Acts which , indirectly , would lead to breed development by curtailing the traditional practice of communal grazing and random mating . |
| 2 | Upon 26 December of that year he used the opportunity of the restoration of the Rump Parliament to issue the first of a succession of twice-weekly news-books . |
| 3 | THE Merseyside Partnership holds the first of three Corporate Partnership Seminars at its offices in the Cunard Building today as it continues its work of promoting the region . |
| 4 | The Club played the first of several matches against Mr. H.R. Blaker 's ‘ golf-cricketer 's team ’ which included several staff and minor players of the Kent County Cricket Club . |
| 5 | Shooter , described in court as a salesman , was caught after a plain-clothes police officer posed as a courier taking the first of the blackmail money to a pick-up point at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 6 | In 1882 the Legislature took the first of these courses . |
| 7 | Blanche , smiling blandly so as to appear co-operative , was ushered over to a corner of the room to record the first of a series of television interviews . |
| 8 | Iggy Pop handled the first of four keynote speeches with admirable aplomb , setting himself up for a neat career in stand-up comedy after this rock 'n' roll malarkey is over . |
| 9 | The sixteenth edition contained the first of the Phoenix schedules . |
| 10 | The court chose the first of these two interpretations . |
| 11 | In 1907 , now working on his own , Freeman produced the first of the Doctor Thorndyke stories , the novel The Red Thumb Mark , whose plot revolved around the ‘ forgery ’ of a set of fingerprints by an ingenious mechanical device . |
| 12 | This month 's Magazine contains the first of two articles by Bill Howieson which it is hoped will help all of us when we pray for our missionary brothers and sisters . |
| 13 | Andrew , 13 , was just three years old when his father suffered the first of a series of strokes . |
| 14 | Taking a leaf out of NCR Corp 's book of strategies , Unisys Corp will next week unveil the first of a new line of highly configurable Intel Corp and EISA-based personal computers that , with few if any changes , will magically turn into Unix-run workstations and entry-level servers early in the second quarter . |
| 15 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
| 16 | National Semiconductor became the first of a stream of US and later Japanese electronics investors to take the bait . |
| 17 | The Kurd entered the first of them cautiously , sniffing for wild beasts , then beckoned them in . |
| 18 | An owl tops the first of the two sculptures unveiled by Jilly Cooper today . |
| 19 | Boro fans seem to sense as much , with only 12,000 on hand to see the first of their team 's four games in eight days on Monday . |
| 20 | Further arrests were reported in the ensuing days , and on Dec. 30 the Cairo-based Middle East News Agency reported the first of a series of " intensive " police campaigns against " hotbeds of terrorism and extremism " in other areas of Cairo . |
| 21 | Kenya 's tranquillity could vanish if it were shown to be involved : the killing prompted the first of last year 's riots . |
| 22 | Said , five O one from the year began the first of April nineteen ninety two |
| 23 | As the dawn patrol began the first of their two qualifying rounds from which 64 players will move into the match play stage the only sound to be heard was the twittering of larks overhead . |
| 24 | Article 1 of the Convention states the first of these aims . |
| 25 | In order to solve the first of these differences the two kings signed the Treaty of Andelot in 587 , but Guntram remained suspicious of his nephew . |
| 26 | This software enabled the first of a number of useful commercial applications of AI to be constructed ; many of these can be considered as the second generation of expert systems . |
| 27 | The space shuttle launched the first of these last week ( see below ) . |
| 28 | He formed the A. S. Neill Society to spread libertarian views on education , and the following year held the first of a series of camps for potential pupils and staff . |
| 29 | If you fall into this category you will find Jane Lucas ' article on page 14 of interest , and for specific help with your jumping see the first of Jane Wallace 's super new series on cross country jumping on page 36 . |
| 30 | This is a happy solution to the museum 's underlying financial problems exacerbated by the decision to show the first of the Memphis , Tenessee , WONDERS ( sic ) series of exhibitions , ‘ Catherine the Great ’ , which instead of making the estimated $3 million for the museum , actually lost it $1 million earlier this year . |