Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect this represented the first retreat from Marxism 's prohibition on private ownership of the means of production since the abandonment in 1928 of Lenin 's New Economic Policy ( NEP ) . |
| 2 | On 18 January 1948 , car 10 became the first modern car in regular service on the Marton route , fitted with upholstered seats and fluorescent lighting . |
| 3 | Figure 6.3 shows the first experimental infrastructure in place during the test phase , but the previous character of the road can still clearly be seen . |
| 4 | However car 4 spent the First World War ferrying bread to the military camp at Squires Gate , for which it was fitted with a pair of side doors . |
| 5 | I have the Smith & Wesson trained on the doorway ready to blast the first guy to show . |
| 6 | Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act 1934 represented the first legislative attempt in the US to curb some of the dangers associated with insider trading . |
| 7 | However , the Family Allowances Act 1945 marked the first scheme of allowances to benefit all families with two or more children irrespective of the employment status of either mother or father and without proof of need or evidence of contributions . |
| 8 | Before she left , the Princess Royal became the first signatory to the new Napier University Visitors Book and on her departure , one of Napier 's youngest ‘ students ’ , four-year-old Kirsty Hutton who had come with other children from Napier 's crèche to wave goodbye to the Princess , presented her with a posy . |
| 9 | On Saturday , Dave Ward 's Sunrays Cannon clocked 25.38 for the recently introduced 400 metres trip , while in Monday 's open races , Mona Wainright 's Sheffield-based Milebush Groovy became the first greyhound to win over the new 774 metres distance in 51.02 secs . |
| 10 | On April Fool 's Day 1963 came the first issue of Oz . |
| 11 | Armistice day 1921 saw the first poppy day appeal , sponsored by the British Legion . |
| 12 | Once you get beyond its up to the minute good looks the first thing you 'll notice is that is price tag looks a little out of date . |
| 13 | Example 26 gives the first two sentences from the Andante of Mozart 's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik : Notice how the second sentence uses material — semiquaver runs and larger leaps — not found in the first . |
| 14 | Parrott , the UK snooker champ , scored a tremendous 6-5 victory over the world champion and world No 1 to claim the first title of the season and pick up a £25,000 cheque . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) A licensing board may adjourn any meeting held by virtue of subsection ( 1 ) above from time to time during the period of one month next following the first day of such meeting , but no longer . |
| 16 | Part one featuring the first four days of the route is on page 18 and we 'll be publishing parts two and three in our August and September issues , so September might be a good time to do the whole thing — if you can wait that long . |
| 17 | Phase I occupies the first two years which are divided into six normal academic terms . |
| 18 | On 15 October 1970 , Dustin had a photographer stationed outside the delivery room of the hospital ready to film the first moments of his first child 's life . |
| 19 | Map 12 shows the first floor of the Castle , and Map 13 shows the higher floors of the Great Tower . |
| 20 | With the academic year 1992/93 seeing the first full year of modularised courses at Napier , it was seen as an appropriate time to examine undergraduate , postgraduate , and HND courses in relation to the inclusion of enterprise/ transferable skills in course descriptors . |
| 21 | ‘ The 17m prototype , FAB 3 , is undergoing the most rigorous sea trials which will continue until we can be completely satisfied that she is in every way suitable to become the first of a new generation of fast All-weather lifeboats . |
| 22 | Fig. 4 shows the first few bytes of video ram , with addresses running from the base address upwards . |
| 23 | On Aug. 27 , 1989 , the $150,000,000 UK television satellite Marco Polo 1 became the first satellite to be commercially launched from Cape Canaveral , by the US McDonell Douglas aircraft company which built the Delta 187 rocket carrying the satellite . |
| 24 | Christmas 1939 brought the first recognition by his superiors of the service he had performed . |
| 25 | Stage two introduces the first formal recognition of marketing as such , but places the marketing manager under the direction of the Sales Director . |