Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appeared last night to have narrowly won a reprieve after the Russian parliament had voted overwhelmingly to take the first step towards his possible impeachment . |
| 2 | A similar exercise will also be carried out to fix the first review date in outstanding mandatory life sentence cases where this has not already been done . |
| 3 | The depletion of stocks of minerals and fossil fuel is done mainly to satisfy the First World 's boundless greed for gadgetry , and to encourage the Third World to follow its degrading example . |
| 4 | Then each ganger was taught how to range the first curve he would be working on . |
| 5 | She was determined not to make the first move . |
| 6 | The two got togged up to publicise the first programme in their new series of Watchdog tomorrow night ( BBC1 , 7.30pm ) which investigates the cost of school uniforms . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , the Maritime school accept that our forces should be deployed primarily to support the First and Second Pillars , but argue that they must also be given the strategic mobility , equipment , and training to continue Britain 's global role as required by the Third Pillar . |