Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Disabled people from twenty one countries are taking part in the first wheelchair games of its kind . |
| 32 | The latter readily agreed , inviting Corbett to walk with him in the silent , shadowy cloisters , taking advantage of the first soft breezes of early summer . |
| 33 | On Bonaire all three seats were won by the Bonaire Patriotic Union ( Union Patriotico Bonairiano — UPB — one in 1985 ) ; on St Maarten the Democratic Party of St Maarten ( DP-SM ) won two seats ( three in 1985 ) and the Patriotic Alliance won one , entering parliament for the first time ; on Saba the single seat went as before to the Windward Islands People 's Movement ( WIPM — not the West Indian People 's Movement as given on p. 36212 ) ; and on St Eustatius the single seat went as before to the Democratic Party of St Eustatius ( DP-SE ) . |
| 34 | The Agency 's Management Development Division organises and sponsors courses for those entering management for the first time , those already in management and those wishing to take up a management position after a period of unemployment . |
| 35 | £20 million will be invested in reading recovery in the first year . |
| 36 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 37 | This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) . |
| 38 | Since the letting can not be conceived as existing before the event permitted gets under way , to is not used with let , just as it is not used with see because seeing can not be conceived as taking place before the first moment of the event seen . |
| 39 | But the report missed the fact that the republicans , through the Wolfe Tone Societies , had been largely responsible for creating NICRA in the first place and some commentators have accused Cameron of naïveté about republican influence . |
| 40 | Get Ready ! is a lively two-level course for children who are learning English for the first time . |
| 41 | And in taking prey for the first time he had found courage . |
| 42 | Before we provoke any lawsuits , let's go back to what turned Rich on to playing guitar in the first place . |
| 43 | probably a cup final and they 're still playing football on the first of May . |
| 44 | Consequently the remaining seven Wellingtons of 148 Squadron left for Egypt , making room for the first detachment of six Blenheims from 21 Squadron . |
| 45 | Jim Milligan and Neil Roderick also made it , both making birdie at the first play-off hole , after being tied on 149 , to make the final 64 . |
| 46 | Well I think it basically means everybody does does wha we 've asked them to do , which is the work shadowing content of the first week . |
| 47 | This produces a considerable combinatorial explosion , making processing beyond the first level somewhat impractical . |
| 48 | Burnden Park boss Bruce Rioch is keen to strengthen his squad after winning promotion to the First Division , and Manchester United 's Welsh international figures highly on his wanted list . |
| 49 | Just as the Spirit was active in breathing life into the first man ( Gen 2:7 ) , so here he is associated with the birth of the last Adam . |
| 50 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 51 | If the softly spoken Welshman is making history as the first rugby man to conquer soccer , he will not be the last . |
| 52 | Fighting spread for the first time to Serbian territory on Nov. 5 and 6 , when Croatian forces were reported to have attacked Serbian villages . |
| 53 | They treated him like a child trying champagne for the first time . |
| 54 | Canadian firm Consensys Computer Inc , Markham , Ontario since 1985 , a vendor of intelligent input/output cards , is laying claim to the first shipments of USL Unix SVR4.2 Destiny shrink-wrapped binary operating systems for Intel iAPX-86 architectures . |
| 55 | On May 17th a partial but telling answer to the first of these questions emerged when US West , one of America 's huge regional Bell telephone companies , said it would pay $1.5 billion for a 25% stake in Time Warner Entertainment ( TWE ) , the cable-TV and film subsidiary of the world 's biggest media conglomerate , whose stars include Mel Gibson ( pictured above ) . |
| 56 | Only by centralizing power in the first place , on this argument , can the all-pervasive powers of bureaucracy be challenged . |
| 57 | Attributing value to the first team squad |
| 58 | Children need to get involved in using language from the first lesson . |
| 59 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 60 | It is also the area of greatest concern to companies contemplating exporting for the first time of those considering a significant expansion of their overseas activities . |