Example sentences of "[art] first [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The players will train at Bradford next week and have three days together in Wales prior to the game the first between the countries since England won convincingly at Ebbw Vale eight years ago . |
| 2 | The agreement is the first between the nations since a 1970s pact on polar bear hunting . |
| 3 | NME ca n't claim to be the first off the blocks with coverage of this splenetic musical bastard — that honour has to go to the now sadly defunct Sounds . |
| 4 | At 2.50 , the first of the royals will travel the half mile from the castle gates in the wedding procession . |
| 5 | In other words , in the circumstances of the present case the wishes and feelings of W. , considered in the light of her age and understanding , are the first of the factors to which the court must have regard , but the court must have regard also to such of the other factors as may be relevant when discharging its overall responsibility for W. 's welfare . |
| 6 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 7 | In the main gatehouse tower on the first stack , Moray was asking of the guard-captain whether the Countess was at home when the door from the first of the bridge-corridors was flung open and a young woman came in at the run , hair blown , laughing-eyed , skirts kilted up the better to run , fine bosom tumultuous — as unusual a Countess of Dunbar and March as was the castle of which she was chatelaine . |
| 8 | He was lying on the large double bed with the first of the ice-packs over one side of his face . |
| 9 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 10 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 11 | There inside the den was the first of the cubs . |
| 12 | Fama and MacBeth also found that the intercept ( ) was significantly different from the risk free rate for the entire period and for the first of the sub-periods , which tends to lend support to the zero-beta version of the CAPM rather than the risk-free rate variant . |
| 13 | So that what we have now in Shropshire , erm , on the first of the maps , if , if the new R D A's within Shropshire , which shows one in the south of the county , one in the , in the Oswestry area there , going across into Ellesmere , and this with , around the Whitchurch area . |
| 14 | On the contrary he was assured , by Mr Bloch in person and by the first of the letters dated 19 October 1984 that Twogates were not in any way challenging his right to remain in occupation of the premises … under the provisions of his existing underlease . |
| 15 | I might even get to the office and be measured and out again before the first of the boys arrived . |
| 16 | At that time she had known few people in the district , for they were among the first of the incomers , and Camille had been only a baby with the consequent ailments , accidents and dissatisfactions . |
| 17 | Kristeva 's own voice is recorded in this volume only in the first of the essays , ‘ The Adolescent Novel ’ , but each of the subsequent pieces variously addresses aspects of her work . |
| 18 | With a sigh , and a glance of regret at the clear , bright day outside , he settled down in his chair and took up the first of the tomes . |
| 19 | Being the first of the lasses , she was always his favourite ; the lads did n't seem to matter . |
| 20 | The death of Aegidius was recorded within the account of the Loire wars in the Angers chronicle , and his son Syagrius later appears as the first of the opponents and victims of Childeric 's son Clovis . |
| 21 | The first of the themes I want to mention — a resolute opposition to the psychologism of Mill and others — is stressed at the beginning of each series of lectures . |
| 22 | That empire was founded by Cyrus the Great , the first of the Achaemenids , a ma of great character . |
| 23 | That rule , which is the first of the rules dealing with Lautro 's intervention powers , authorises the board : ‘ In any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors … ’ to exercise their powers of intervention . |
| 24 | Colman 's regiment was the first of the territorials to serve with the regular army in France after the outbreak of World War I , and he was severely wounded by shrapnel in the leg , acquiring the limp which he was to spend much of the remainder of his life and career attempting , often in considerable pain , to conceal from audiences and cameras alike . |
| 25 | The nun 's call coincided with the first of the bombs . |
| 26 | ‘ Look here , Stevens , the first of the delegates will be arriving here in less than a fortnight . ’ |
| 27 | Lakefield Canoe Club has always specialised in running wild water rivers and this is not the first of the clubs pioneering ventures into little known canoeing waters . |
| 28 | In 1982 , Lloyd identified those needs and filled the vacuum by providing the first of the clubs that the 1990's tennis player — and his family — desired . |
| 29 | Separated bridles linked to two lines enabled this American invention to be positioned within reasonable accuracy over any likely shipwreck victim.The kite was star shaped and would thus lack the refinement of current designs ; but nevertheless , it must be credited as the first of the steerables . |
| 30 | At Great Bedwyn we stop for welcome break and cheer the first of the singles through . |