Example sentences of "[v-ing] the first [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be little doubt that these are Naxian works , deeply influenced by the East Greek style and transmitting the first impression of that style to Athens where soon , as everywhere , its influence was to become pervasive . |
| 2 | Delaunay used to meet Picasso at the gatherings at the Douanier Rousseau 's , while Metzinger was a frequent visitor to Picasso 's studio in the Bateau Lavoir during the early years of Cubism , and was an important agent in transmitting the first discoveries of Picasso and Braque . |
| 3 | Heavily loaded brushes precisely placed always leave behind smooth , compacted paint , so here I maintained the ‘ breathable ’ quality by allowing the first layer of blue to dry , before applying another slightly different hue in the same way |
| 4 | We finally arrived in Calgary on the afternoon of the second day , thus inaugurating the first flight of the western Canada air mail service . |
| 5 | You then remove the batten , using the first row of tiles as the guide for the second , and so on . |
| 6 | People out enjoying the first weekend of the season on the Thames , watched helplessly , as the Yorkshire Belle exploded in flames at Radcot Bridge . |
| 7 | At a time when Western Europe was enjoying the first benefits of industrial society , trade with the west was actually stultifying social progress and the development of industry in Poland and Prussia , and particularly in backward Pomerania . |
| 8 | Encountering the first pair of sentences in the context in which they occur , the reader does not assume that they describe a connected sequence of events and consequently does not interpret the potential linguistic cues ( like groom — he ) as referring to the same entity . |
| 9 | Research in Texas on two sulphur compounds found in garlic discovered that they blocked the conversion of certain chemicals in the gut to carcinogens , inhibiting the first stages of tumour development . |
| 10 | Once you have the sub-menu dropped down you can select from it using the cursor keys to move the highlight bar or by just typing the first letter of the option 's name . |
| 11 | The poets and critics had played a considerable part in stimulating and organizing the first manifestations of the Cubists , but the connections between Orphism and contemporary literature were stronger and more direct . |
| 12 | After completing the first circle of fabric tufts repeat with a second row about 1 cm away towards the centre . |
| 13 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 14 | This is because we will commence knitting with the carriages at the right and be knitting the first row of background colour to the left . |
| 15 | Once I have finished knitting the first side of the neck it is very easy to replace the stitches for the second side on to the correct needles and knit on for a ‘ clean ’ neck every time . |
| 16 | IBM Corp , Apple Computer Inc and Motorola Inc are months ahead of schedule in producing the first fruits of their PowerPC RISC alliance , Associated Press reports . |
| 17 | As he responded , Rostov remembered the survey briefing and wondered if he was seeing the first evidence of genetic mutation . |
| 18 | They 're clearing the way for the new 600 series and we 're seeing the first evidence of the Japanese working practises . |
| 19 | We are now seeing the first signs of recovery and all forecasters expect to see our economy growing again in the coming year . |
| 20 | Seeing the first signs of salt water he was landed on by lots of flies which got into his eyes and irritated him more than the dust . |
| 21 | The 1980s have been forecast as the Golden Decade of cometary research , seeing the first return of Halley since Mount Wilson was built and the launch of four cometary probes . |
| 22 | Helen wondered if she was seeing the first moment of a gathering hysteria . |
| 23 | She 'd been so angry , after seeing the first picture of him with Dara , that she 'd wanted to get rid of anything that had reminded her of their time together . |
| 24 | Well before I went to Hemel Hempstead , my father was dredging the first part of the quay at six hundred feet , what we call a six hundred feet , the first part and er I used to take his dinner down , because he 'd , he would n't have anything cooked aboard the ship . |
| 25 | Since the early seventeenth century , despite the central government 's efforts to attenuate , curb or eliminate the worst abuses ( to the extent of publicly hanging the first Governor of Siberia , M.P . |
| 26 | She might come away understanding the first part of the company 's title , but not the second . |
| 27 | The initial icosahedron requires a void , representing the first term of a GP , at its centre . |
| 28 | On Jan. 25 , 1990 , Bhutto gave birth to a daughter ( thereby becoming the first head of government to give birth while in office ) ; the withdrawal of the Prime Minister from public life during the latter months of her pregnancy increased the aura of indecisiveness surrounding the government , particularly as the Cabinet had offered its resignation in mid-November ( see p. 37043 ) . |
| 29 | Maginn spent the rest of his life as a dedicated missioner in Belfast , where in 1888 he had the pleasure of becoming the first superintendent of the Mission Hall for the Adult Deaf and Dumb which was opened that year by Miss Wilhelmina Frederick . |
| 30 | According to the newspaper La Nacion , Delia Adela Guevara de Palazzo missed becoming the first victim of space debris by 2 metres when a 1.5 kilogram fragment of the space station landed in her back garden . |