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
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