Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tam Dalyell held Linlithgow for Labour in the first Scottish result to be declared . |
| 2 | The Government came under heavy pressure from the Law Society of Scotland to retain the contributory band to ensure that applicants were not encouraged to waste police and court time by using legal aid procedures to delay an eventual plea of guilty on the first day in court . |
| 3 | Clubs had agreed a deal with Central for the first two months of the season , but it was thrown into doubt after some clubs said they were n't getting paid enough . |
| 4 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 5 | That night we had a conference with Tandri for the first time . |
| 6 | 1992 — THE Prince tries to kiss his wife in public for the first time in four years on the Indian tour in February . |
| 7 | As right-wing supporters , many appearing in public for the first time in almost three years , welcomed their liberators with monarchist flags and fascist salutes , many other Spaniards faced a terrifying future : so terrifying , indeed , that to some suicide was preferable . |
| 8 | Our President , Lady Braithwaite , appearing in public for the first time in her new role , was warmly greeted , and during the afternoon she drew the first lucky winners of our 200 Club , a most important new venture to raise badly needed funds for the Society . |
| 9 | As during the examination in public into the first alteration , this E I P will demonstrate again the wide measure of agreement between county and district councils . |
| 10 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 11 | A service charge of 3.75 per cent of the amount outstanding after the advertised enrolment period is payable in full with the first instalment . |
| 12 | A service charge , currently 3.75 per cent of the amount outstanding at the date of enrolment will be payable in full with the first instalment . |
| 13 | For Arabic names , and other names with prefixes , it was found that there were inconsistencies in indexing : Al-Haddad appeared correctly in one instance , and on another occasion as Haddad ; El-Batroukh appeared in full in the first reference , then as Batroukh , and also as Batrouk . |
| 14 | For Arabic names , and other names with prefixes , it was found that there were inconsistencies in indexing : Al-Haddad appeared as Al-Haddad , and on another occasion as Haddad ; El-Batroukh appeared in full in the first reference , then as Batroukh , and also as Batrouk . |
| 15 | I have run ahead of chronology however and in particular of the First World War , which the peoples that had entered it as parts of the Empire ended as free-standing independent nations . |
| 16 | Gossip has it that NT has slipped from summer to winter 1992 and now again to sometime in the first half of 1993 . |
| 17 | The bowling rate for each batsman should start off at Slow for the first ‘ over ’ of six balls , then go to Medium for the next over , and Fast for the third over ; this sequence then repeating if the same batsman is still at the crease . |