Example sentences of "[num] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan , 376 U.S. 254 relating to the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the American Constitution , the sentiments expressed by Brennan J. in his opinion accord closely with the approach of the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 2 | The analysis of maximum contributions determined during 1988–89 contained in the first Legal Aid Board Annual Report ( 1989–90 ) contains the following figures relating to all courts : |
| 3 | This is a concept relatively new to English company law having been introduced by section 9 of the European Communities Act 1972 to comply with the First Company Law Directive . |
| 4 | The quality of consular services was improved in a number of cases , notably in Britain where a departmental committee of 1903 introduced for the first time recruitment of consuls by limited competition ( instead of as hitherto purely by nomination of the secretary of state for foreign affairs ) and a rationalised salary structure . |
| 5 | CHESTER-based Paul Affleck and South African Ian Palmer both joined Ian Woosnam on the 67 mark in the first round of the Honda Open in Hamburg yesterday . |
| 6 | Andy Sharpe led the way with a well compiled 74 break in the first left game . |
| 7 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 8 | An invoice raised in April 1991 related to the first stage of contract payment on a verbal order given by the customer in March 1991 , ie the first payment was due from the customer on approval of the order . |
| 9 | In 1976 , unemployment in Britain passed the one-million mark for the first time since the Second World War . |
| 10 | The H pylori positive duodenal ulcer patients and H pylori positive healthy volunteers differed , however , with respect to gastrin mediated acid secretion , which was increased six fold in the first but only threefold in the second when compared with H pylori negative healthy volunteers . |
| 11 | The recent publication of all known speeches and writings of Hitler between 1919 and 1924 provides for the first time an opportunity to observe the self-image profiled in his public statements . |
| 12 | Specific mortality related to the liver disease and including death by exsaguination , liver failure or both therefore affects 21 patients among whom three died during the first 72 hours . |
| 13 | This section concentrates on the second and third of these phases ; Section 5.2 looks at the first phase . |
| 14 | It 's a pretty filthy day again today Mick , it 's er it 's raining , it 's windy , it 's cold , it 's the middle of November , it 's gon na cost er the supporters a bit to come tonight , er only two and half thousand came to the first game , how anxious are you that County 's supporters come out in their numbers this evening ? |
| 15 | Australian Daryl Beattie , 23 , covering for Gardner , set himself up for a top-three finish at the first attempt as a factory-supported rider . |
| 16 | In 1987/88 , the number of certificates issued in a session topped the 100,000 mark for the first time — almost 115,000 were issued . |
| 17 | The improvement achieved in all major classes during 1992 continued into the first quarter of 1993 as the portfolio benefited increasingly from action on rates and operating costs . |
| 18 | If Brian Lara 's timing and placement helped to give the West Indies ' innings its early momentum — 81 came off the first 20 overs — Simmons used his massive strength to devastating effect as 102 were plundered off the next 15 overs . |
| 19 | A charter by James I gave for the first time , the power to levy a tax on vessels entering the port and also on the goods they carried . |
| 20 | The advocate depute also stressed that the jury required to consider the case against each appellant separately , and that on any view there was sufficient evidence to entitle the jury to hold charge 3 proved against the first appellant . |
| 21 | Egypt : Well Disuq-1 drilled in the first half of 1992 tested only sub-commercial quantities of gas . |
| 22 | Do the new words figure in exercises ? 13 Look at the first two lessons for phonological features . |
| 23 | Once again the Italian School is represented by the largest number , fifty-one ; there are no additional Spanish drawings ; the British School has increased by two , the Flemish by eight , the Dutch by twenty-three , the French by twenty-nine , but the surprise is the rapid expansion of what is now called the Central European School , comprising German , Swiss and Prague Schools , of which there are twenty-nine compared with the fifteen published in the first volume . |
| 24 | Mortality rates at this and similar institutions were astonishingly high : only 4,400 of the 15,000 admitted in the first four years lived to adolescence . |
| 25 | Satish Nambiar , the commander of the UN Protection Forces for Yugoslavia ( UNIPROFOR ) , arrived in Yugoslavia on March 9 accompanied by the first advance party of the peace-keeping force agreed by the Security Council in February [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 26 | Of the 104 launched on the first day of the war , it seems , 10–20 fell from the sky . |
| 27 | Young Charles is one of several up and coming teenagers in the Halkyn team along with Gareth Jacobs and Gareth Thomas , while there are a few others in the second eleven hoping for a first team chance . |
| 28 | In spite of the recession , reduced profits from property sales and a 50 per cent rise in interest charges to £3.5 million profit before exceptionals was down only 9 per cent to £22.1 million , of which £11.8 million came in the first half . |
| 29 | Although the overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear , Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hammadi suggested during his visit to Tehran in mid-February [ see above ] that more than 20,000 of his compatriots had been killed and 60,000 wounded in the first 26 days of the war . |
| 30 | One hundred patients of a total of 335 presenting for the first time with variceal haemorrhage were recruited into the study and randomised . |