Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Selected for the historic first Test match against South Africa at Kensington Oval , Walsh admits he did not start too well ( first-innings figures of 27–7–71–0 and dropping Andrew Hudson at long leg off Ambrose when the eventual centurion was 22 ) . |
| 2 | It 'll change as you get older erm you wo n't necessarily just have that all the time we used to run these courses for students who had just come out of college and they were joining their company to work for the first first time and we used to do this and we used to find that many of the people who had just taken out the job for the first time had very very flat scores . |
| 3 | Prize for the Best First Novel went to James Hamilton-Paterson for Gerontius ( Macmillan , £12.95 ) ; and for the Best Children 's Novel to Hugh Scott for Why Weeps the Brogan ? |
| 4 | The biggest surprise was Tran Anh Hung 's ‘ The Smell of Green Papaya ’ , the winner of the prize for the best first film . |
| 5 | [ For the inconclusive first round of voting in May see pp. 38907-08 . ] |
| 6 | George Dunlop , of Linfield , preferred to Allen McKnight , held out for 42 minutes , but when Fort Dunlop came under siege , the defences were found wanting , and the only Irish-based player on the field was at fault for the important first goal . |
| 7 | With extra time looking certain to end in a second 1–1 stalemate and dog-tired players steeling themselves for the dreaded first Cup final penalty shoot-out , the 30-year-old soared to head a Paul Merson corner into and out of Chris Woods ' hands . |
| 8 | Michael Croggan 's painstaking work on the Amazon rainforests has earned international acclaim and the first Jameson award for the twenty first century . |
| 9 | The Oxfordshire Club has been described by some experts as unique and a course for the twenty first century … what makes it so special is a mixture of three styles … of classic English with trees … of links with sand dunes … and of American type holes landscaped by lakes … it 's been designed by Rees Jones |
| 10 | Her love and zest for life comes out in her unique correspondence and notes made during the momentous first east-west crossing of the Atlantic of the Graf Zeppelin LZ.127 . |
| 11 | The pace bowlers capitalised during the abbreviated first day , even if the close catchers did n't . |
| 12 | In the meantime , plans had been afoot for a combined British and American force , known as the Allied First Army , to land on French North African shores — this occurred on 8th , November 1942 , and those forces moved eastward towards the advancing British Eighth Army . |
| 13 | Sun 's Chet Silvestri , vice president of technology sales , the man charged with making Sparc successful , has turned to native NetWare as the obvious first choice for new non-Unix business . |
| 14 | Following talks in January 1989 between the Vietnamese First Deputy Foreign Minister Dinh Nho Liem and the Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen [ see p. 36397 ] , a gradual improvement in relations became evident throughout the year , was greatly facilitated by the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia in September 1989 [ see pp. 36881-82 ] . |
| 15 | The criticism in New Zealand of their own side after the 24–21 First Test win , that could so easily have been a defeat , was deafening . |
| 16 | BRITISH LIONS captain Gavin Hastings paid tribute to his players after the narrow first Test defeat by New Zealand 's All Blacks in Christchurch . |
| 17 | The bankruptcies did not happen , but he bought the Daily Mirror into ATV when bankruptcy looked possible , after the traumatic first year . |
| 18 | GAVIN HASTINGS , captain of the shattered British Isles team , admitted that tears were shed in the dressing room after the last-minute First Test defeat by New Zealand . |
| 19 | Chris Law , who had calculated it was possible for him to stay in the series , led the fleet after a blinding first beat sailed in a wind of 20 knots . |
| 20 | At the Manor Ground , Oxford United won themselves a draw after a diabolical first half . |
| 21 | After a disappointing first quarter , he predicted that a steady increase in car Jobless details — P8 City Report — P22 City Comment — P23 sales would push the total above last year 's . |
| 22 | After a disappointing first round of sales in Texas , where half of the affordable housing is located , the agency extended its offer and advertised a sealed-bid auction to drum up interest . |
| 23 | After a scoreless first half , the Raiders took the lead on their first possession of the second when Jay Schroeder 's 73-yard pass found Mervyn Fernandez . |
| 24 | Ted returned to the fray after a scoreless first half and played at outside-right . |
| 25 | When the ball was let out Northern 's backs looked the sharper and after a scoreless first half , centre Paul Collins burst on to a short pass from Johnson and sent the speedy Casado racing over . |
| 26 | He fished bloodworm and a three metre whip from a peg near the greenhousees and after a blank first hour and a half eventually caught around 100 fish . |
| 27 | Much also depends on McCague , who , after a modest first season with Kent and an unremarkable winter with Western Australia , has shed 1½ stones in an effort to sharpen up his pace . |
| 28 | After a goalless first half , Manfast Kirkby ( Robbie Smart , Tony Weaver ) won 2-0 at Littlewoods Athletic while Business Houses Sunday League holders Nicosia ( Dave Hodgson , Bonny Mattar ( 2 ) and Joey Gibiliru ) coasted home 4-0 at Prescot against Carnforth . |
| 29 | In 1991 , they went to face Real Madrid in The Bernabeu Stadium after a goalless first leg in Moscow , and came away with an outstanding 3-1 win . |
| 30 | After a hard-hitting first round in which both boxers traded body punches , the initiative ebbed away from Hopper in the second as he allowed himself to be drawn into a slugging match instead of using his jab . |