Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The widow of publisher Robert Maxwell has given her first in-depth interview since leaving her home in England . |
| 2 | IN THE closing years of the twentieth century , the wind-swept island of Foula , 20 miles west of the main Shetland group , has reported its first recorded case of vandalism . |
| 3 | MIDDLESBROUGH offshore business Northern Ocean Services has won its first major contract in seven years of operating from the former Smiths Docks site . |
| 4 | CCG has won its first major contract with BT Marine Ltd to provide catering and housekeeping services on board the 4,750 ton support ship the MV Discovery . |
| 5 | CCG HAS won its first offshore contract with BP Exploration , a multi-million pound contract to provide quality hotel standard service for personnel involved in the hook-up of two platforms in the North Sea 's Bruce Field . |
| 6 | The Carroll Group 's £3m refurbishment of Martin 's Building in Water Street , Liverpool , has secured its first major letting . |
| 7 | The scriptwriter of My Beautiful Laundrette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid has written his first published novel which , like the two films , is plump with challenging statements about class , race , and sex . |
| 8 | Sheron has collected his first Under-21 cap and his first Young Eagle of the Month Award . |
| 9 | Steel purchase : British Steel has made its first major acquisition since privatisation , buying private group C Walker & Sons , of Blackburn , for £330m . |
| 10 | It devalued the coinage of the pediment and , by inference , cheapened those masterworks of the past in which the pediment has made its first noble appearance . |
| 11 | He was taken off his drip again overnight and has had his first proper feed . |
| 12 | AUTHOR Ken Andrew , of Bournemouth , Dorset , has had his first racy novel published — at the age of 98 . |
| 13 | Ottakars , the eight strong chain of bookshops in the south of England , has opened its first stand-alone children 's bookshop in a property next door to its branch at Banbury , Oxfordshire . |
| 14 | British Telecommunications Plc has introduced its first end-to-end speech only international private circuit with the announcement of the International DealerLinkplus service running between London and Paris . |
| 15 | A TOP Ulster girls ' school has appointed its first Catholic headmistress . |
| 16 | Japan has appointed its first special ambassador for global environment affairs . |
| 17 | MALCOLM ALLISON believes he has unearthed his first golden nugget for Bristol Rovers in 21-year-old striker Marcus Browning . |
| 18 | India 's new minority government has passed its first parliamentary test . |
| 19 | PAUL GASCOIGNE lasted only 45 minutes of his league debut for Lazio here yesterday — but he insisted that he has survived his first crunching tackle in Italian football . |
| 20 | The University Union has elected its first black President for over 30 years . |
| 21 | The Open Graphics Initiative launched by Sun Microsystems Inc more than a year ago to provide an interoperable interface between graphics applications and hardware in the Sparc-compatible market , has published its first complete set of foundation libraries for developers . |
| 22 | The chemicals corporation ICI has published its first environmental report as part of a stated commitment to greater openness about its environmental performance . |
| 23 | THE Bank has published its first Corporate Environmental Policy Statement to inform staff , customers and shareholders of its commitment to protecting the environment . |
| 24 | A local group has formed to oppose the mining and has held its first public meeting . |
| 25 | The Richardson , Texas-based manufacturer also gave a hint of its future plans : in the third quarter the company plans to launch its first full 80486DX pin-compatible processor , currently nicknamed the M7 . |
| 26 | Still , IBM is undeterred and hopes to launch its first pen-based computer some time this quarter . |
| 27 | Britain 's Colin McRae , the only driver other than Sainz to have led the rally , finished a battling sixth in his Subaru Legacy to confirm that he will be a force to be reckoned with when he returns to tackle his first full World Championship season next year . |