Example sentences of "[prep] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The 56-year-old engineer-already renowned for railway bridges in Portugal and Hungary , the colossal Gabarit viaduct in the Auvergne region and his gigantic locks for the first disastrous attempt to build a Panama Canal — declared his creation open on March 31 , 1889 to an accompaniment of fireworks and a 25-gun salute . |
| 32 | For joint borrowers , protection is available for the first named party to the account — usually the main earner — but cover is available for both . |
| 33 | But it was Raynor who told her things about the Castle she did not know ; how it had been built for the first High Queen of all , and how the ancient pure magic had been woven into its walls . |
| 34 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 35 | He was silent for the first half mile , then he beat the wheel suddenly with one hand . |
| 36 | The bad news is revealed partly by the results for the first half year and partly by the company 's prediction that its borrowings will only be down to half shareholders ' funds even at the end-of-year low point after the Christmas rush . |
| 37 | Trading profits in the communications division were more than double the figure for the first half year thanks to the cost control programme . |
| 38 | As the speed is increased , the damping becomes less and you will be able to decide on a reasonable limit to keep to for the first half hour . |
| 39 | Would it be worth actually having a , having a sort of a planning meeting , say you know for the first half hour of one of these meetings , the next one say that we have , you know , a wall planner , you know , a chart and |
| 40 | She come downstairs well not for the first half hour . |
| 41 | for the first half hour I sat did n't dare put my |
| 42 | Within another month or two he did The Rainbow which got enormous coverage , and within another month he was here getting ready for the first American tour . |
| 43 | Once LIFESPAN knows about its media types , available units and has some media items available for use ( ie. in State 2 ) , it is ready for the first Offline run . |
| 44 | On Feb. 1 , 1990 , Saudi Arabia announced plans for the first electronic share dealing system in the Gulf , to be launched in April , which bankers said would revolutionize the market and attract many new investors . |
| 45 | POMEROY social security office in Tyrone will not open today for the first scheduled signing-on since the IRA attack on a fraud squad investigator a fortnight ago . |
| 46 | BIG WHEEL PAUL Newman is a star of the track as well as the screen , and has a date with Mansell for the first Indy race in Australia |
| 47 | He made his official Palace debut in the FA Cup tie with QPR on 5 January 1946 and was between the posts when Palace met Mansfield for the first post-war League match on 31 August 1946 . |
| 48 | ‘ The Joint Parole Board/Home Office Committee was established in 1973 to give initial consideration , usually after a life sentence prisoner had been detained for about three years in custody , to the date for the first formal consideration of the case by the Parole Board machinery . |
| 49 | As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately . |
| 50 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 51 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 52 | and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ? |
| 53 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 54 | If ( x 1 , … , x n ) is optimal for the first objective function , this implies that , if , then we impose the constraint . |
| 55 | Mr Robin Cook , shadow Health Secretary , said : ‘ We could not have chosen a better issue to put centre stage for the first televised session of Parliament . ’ |
| 56 | The annual coupon payment is 8.75 and the rollover rates for the first three coupon payments are 10.00,10.25 , and 10.40 per cent respectively . |
| 57 | Audio Transcription ( First Level ) is an optional qualifying subject for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies . |
| 58 | Office Practice ( First Level ) is an optional qualifying subject for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies . |
| 59 | Shorthand ( First Level ) is an optional qualifying subject for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies . |
| 60 | Typewriting ( First Level ) is an optional qualifying subject for the First Level Certificate in Commercial Studies . |