Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [verb] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , do n't allow them to prevent a good view of the face — for example , the constantly wagging first finger in front of the mouth . |
| 2 | In the cunningly crafted first act , Maggie 's father and brothers are amusingly portrayed by Ralph Riach , John Yule and Paul Nivison . |
| 3 | Outside the centre are the fully trained first aiders . |
| 4 | Lunda Bululu , the newly appointed First State Commissioner ( Prime Minister ) , announced the composition of a reduced Cabinet on May 4 . |
| 5 | A commission headed by the newly appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General was set up to examine the incident . |
| 6 | In the fourth quarter last year Informix had a 25% pre-tax profit and in the recently completed first quarter it posted 23% , White said . |
| 7 | It traces the changes which occur to heart and body when a so called first class citizen is cast on the junkheap of second class citizenship . ’ |
| 8 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 9 | One of the hazards of interviewing is succumbing to the temptation of jumping to a conclusion too quickly , based perhaps on a hastily formed first impression ( see First impressions on page 69 ) . |