Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
2 | Which brings us to the blockbusting Italy issue arranged by Morgan Stanley , the US investment bank which put together the first US-style issue in Europe with an offering for New Zealand in August . |
3 | I sometimes shape just the first third of the sleeve , increasing rapidly in this section but making it possible to knit the rest of the sleeve straight . |
4 | Tutorials make up the first two days , followed by the main conference and associated exhibition . |
5 | Now click on the pencil icon and , using the appropriate colour , fill in the first three squares on both blank rows with colour one , the next three squares and two rows with colour two and so on . |
6 | Knit together the first two stitches but only knit three stitches before you do the next knit two together . |
7 | Next row : Knit together the first two stitches of the row . |
8 | Next row : Knit together the first two stitches of the row . |
9 | Also on Dec. 23 , leading intellectuals set up the first independent human rights monitoring group , the Forum for the Defence of Human Rights , which set itself the goal of the release of all political prisoners . |
10 | They set up the first important theatre in Prague in the Clementinum with the Czech language as its medium . |
11 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
12 | Divide up the first two by speciality and the third by region . |
13 | OLDHAM boss Joe Royle is backing his old Norwich City pals to stay the course and pull off the first Premier League title . |
14 | 6 Write out the first 5 elements in the set of prime numbers . |
15 | Place the colour key in the first two rows as described above but when you save the design to memory , miss out the first two rows , placing the save box to start on the third row of squares . |
16 | from the first , an Australian marathon runner , take out the first two letters of his forename. from the second , an American sprinter , we want another two letters , this time the first two from his surname . |
17 | Notice especially the first two . |
18 | The actors , standing in brightness , see just the first few |