Example sentences of "[v-ing] the first [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 The Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology may be taken by successfully completing the first year and a literature project .
2 Premiums can also be cut by paying the first £150 or £250 of a claim and some insurers offer no-claim discounts , which should suit the super fit .
3 And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff .
4 With his sharp claws he separated the two beings and swiftly carved nostrils , eyes , ears and genitals , thus creating the first man and woman .
5 What stops us taking the first step and using it ?
6 Taking a random page from the writings of Karl Popper , one can see the structure of the discourse in skeleton form by taking the first phrase or sentence of each paragraph .
7 Brothers Peter and Dave Grundy from Willaston should rename their boat ‘ Mr Cool ’ after winning the first day and taking a major prize on the second day at Wexford Harbour .
8 A year later , as Worrell was still at university , Alexander was appointed to take the team to India and Pakistan , winning the first series but losing the second .
9 The chain can be described adequately by specifying the first rectangle and then relating the next one to it by the four statements in Table 11.1 .
10 HIT THE NORTH , a celebration of Scandinavian bands , takes place at London 's Marquee with Eggstone , Poverty Stinks and Sharing Patrol playing the first night and Bel Canto , SS Sol and Inferno 5 playing the second night .
11 Running , screaming the first time and left two dead before they could creep back out of range of John Russell 's Spencer .
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