Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
2 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
3 | Of the elite , only hurdler Colin Jackson and 200 metres man John Regis are entered for the first championships to be staged in Birmingham 's new National Indoor Arena since the move from nearby Cosford . |
4 | His mind recalled the familiar ambience of his trade ; men moving like black shadows behind the glare of the arc-lights the police cars tidily parked ; the flap of the screens , desultory voices conferring as they watched for the first lights of his approaching car . |
5 | As for the first reactions from employees and visitors to the Taste Sensation launch preview , said : ‘ Most people have been very positive about it . ’ |
6 | A spank on the bottom never failed to produce its first howl of protest , then the cleansing process took place , and the ‘ miracle ’ was wrapped inside a cosy , warm blanket — then it was placed next to Mother for the first looks of adoration and wonder . |
7 | The operation of this 3% in three year rule is likely to be unduly restrictive when it first applies because of the expected need to grant substantial new options to sharesave scheme participants and at the same time allow for the first allocations under the proposed executive share option scheme . |
8 | On 25th May , while the German army raced ruthlessly across Belgium and the inhabitants of England watched their skies for the first signs of airborne invasion , the scientists in the Oxford Pathology Department performed a crucial experiment . |
9 | The old nomes grumbled among themselves , and scanned the sky anxiously for the first signs of robins or reindeer . |
10 | Over in Cheltenham , Frank Ford has been watching out for the first signs of winter . |
11 | Prices for the first properties to be released are likely to be from just £49,995 . |
12 | Claudia lying in her hut listening for the first sounds of life . |
13 | He sat on a couch of deerskin , under the awning of his tent , a long , sinewy man in the prime of his powers , forty-eight years old , black of eye and black of hair , but for the first frostings of grey at temple and lip . |
14 | Similarly , for the first interpretations of the sentences in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) ( a ) , with the attributive adjective , the questions would be : ( 8 ) which general did he paint ? which character does she want to play ? |
15 | Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west . |
16 | For the first years with Sarah my life was a happy one . |
17 | The Zimbabwe Scientific Programme ( ZIMSCI ) project is designed to support teachers not trained in science and to provide a complete science package with low-cost kits for the first years of secondary school . |
18 | For the first years of the Whig period after The Reform Act of 1832 , the government 's financial policies had seemed successful , but a change for the worse was now taking place . |
19 | In fact , the teenager 's potential was also spotted by Colin Graham , who was assistant producer for the first performances during a short season at the old Scala Theatre , before taking over as producer for a three-month countrywide tour , finishing at London 's prestigious Royal Court Theatre . |
20 | Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven . |
21 | We had Behrens , we had the designs — have you seen the set for the first performances of Salome ? |
22 | MAGAZINES are bidding for the first photos of five-day-old Louis , son of Princess Stephanie of Monaco , right . |
23 | The detailed work for the first drafts of the Information memorandum can usefully be carried out by non-MAS staff using example documentation . |
24 | For the first months of the war , therefore , Franco proceeded with caution as he sought ways of using the conflict to Spain 's and his own advantage . |
25 | During the first stages of pregnancy , the growing foetus is extremely vulnerable and so early diagnosis , using a home pregnancy test , can be essential to its health development — especially if you need to improve your health and fitness . |
26 | Although progress in passing European single market laws was painfully slow during the first months of the French presidency , Paris hands over to Dublin this month amid a last-minute rush of important agreements . |
27 | Most Germans were in expectant but uneasy mood during the first months of 1940 . |
28 | All this occurred during the first months of the Awlad Amira administration , while Mannaia still smarted from electoral defeat ; and at that time some lineages did not exclude the possibility of further Tibbu reprisals after the earlier fighting and homicides . |
29 | It saw a slight recovery of demand for its products by the end of 1992 and during the first months of 1993 . |
30 | During the first months of war life in Fontanellato was uneventful and the fighting seemed far away . |