Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The afternoon gives a first real taste of the majestic Canadian Rocky Mountains . |
| 2 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
| 3 | The President appoints a First Vice-President and Prime Minister who must be an elected member of the National Assembly , and a Cabinet which may include non-elected members and is collectively responsible to the legislature . |
| 4 | The violence prompted a first wave of mainly Hutu refugees to flee to Rwanda and to Zaïre . |
| 5 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |
| 6 | The following examples illustrate how this operates in practice : Example 1 The court makes a first interim care order for two weeks only . |
| 7 | Example 2 The court makes a first interim order for one week followed by a second interim order also for one week . |
| 8 | Example 3 The court makes a first interim order for seven weeks . |
| 9 | For the first time since it was shown at the Berlin Secession in 1902 , the National Gallery has reconstructed Edvard Munch 's ‘ The Frieze of Life ’ ( until 7 February 1993 ) , a loose association of forty or fifty pictures illustrating the important and highly autobiographical themes of love , anxiety and death , to which the artist makes a first reference in his correspondence in 1893 . |
| 10 | I would like the Bill to contain a first offence penalty of a six-month custodial sentence — with no remission and no time off for good behaviour — in a properly funded and managed institution . |
| 11 | From the side the construction resembles a first world war tank . |
| 12 | The company made a first half loss before tax of £129m , compared with £86m profit a year earlier . |
| 13 | The company reported a first half loss before tax of £8.8m ( v £2.4m ) . |
| 14 | The Trust paid a first dividend of 6s in the pound . |
| 15 | In July 1870 the war began , and suddenly the Channel became a first line of defence rather than an obstacle to trade . |
| 16 | Remove the lens cap only when shooting , and fit a plain glass or polaroid filter over the lens to provide a first line of defence for its delicate surface . |
| 17 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |
| 18 | BTEC had to call on FE colleges to create closer working relationships with schools than most existing links provided — and the Council would only authorize a school to run a First Diploma course if it was satisfied that it could provide not only teachers with experience in working in business or in industry but also specialized accommodation and equipment . |
| 19 | The Oldham defence was caught napping when Paul Rideout 's cross was flicked on by John Ebbrell and the unmarked Cottee lost no time blazing a first time shot past Paul Gerrard from six yards . |
| 20 | The Oldham defence was caught napping when Paul Rideout 's cross was flicked on by John Ebbrell — and the unmarked Cottee lost no time blazing a first time shot past Paul Gerrard from six yards . |
| 21 | This means that an applicant seeking a first interim order in care proceedings , whether or not it follows upon an emergency protection order , should file and serve on all respondents before the hearing statements of the evidence to be relied upon . |
| 22 | I had arrived at Ullapool by bus in mid-afternoon , determined to satisfy an ambition to make a first visit to Lochinver . |