Example sentences of "the first 20 " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first 20 days of May this year , almost four times as many Vietnamese arrived as in all of May 1990 . |
| 2 | If Brian Lara 's timing and placement helped to give the West Indies ' innings its early momentum — 81 came off the first 20 overs — Simmons used his massive strength to devastating effect as 102 were plundered off the next 15 overs . |
| 3 | In the first 20 minutes Celtic had five scoring efforts , one of them scrambled home by Creaney but rightly given offside , while St Johnstone failed even to reach Celtic 's penalty area . |
| 4 | The first 20 moves were theory , Yusupov played well to force repetition in an endgame where Timman had bishop and knight against rook and pawn . |
| 5 | The season began in spectacular fashion when , within the first 20 minutes after the helicopter landed , Keizo Yanai , of the Institute of Polar Programs in Tokyo , discovered two stony meteorites lying a few hundred yards away . |
| 6 | Of the first 20 projects the Cranfield examined-in product areas ranging from computerised cash registers to microwave assemblies for telecommunications , the bank will probably give loans to most , according to , to John Kirkwood . |
| 7 | The power available from the hydroelectric station will be at least 800 MW , eight hours a day for the first 20 years , thereafter falling by about 30 per cent . |
| 8 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 9 | Among the audience cited in the introduction are the ‘ environmentally concerned general public , but I fear that this growing band will be lost within the first 20 pages . |
| 10 | We have 20 copies to give away to the first 20 readers whose names are pulled out of the bag on July 9 1992 , send your name and address on an adhesive label to Business Executive Diaries Ltd , Cornerways , Brenchley Road , Brenchley , Tonbridge , Kent TN12 7PB . |
| 11 | After 1839 the number of staff gradually increased but for the first 20 years the work was confined to southern Britain , limited by the availability of Ordnance Survey maps . |
| 12 | In the first 20 years of the Survey 's activities in Scotland , practically all of the central and southern parts of the country had been surveyed on the 6-inch scale and manuscript copies of the field maps made for public reference . |
| 13 | The rate of progress made in the first 20 years was only achieved by the geologists being in the field most of the year . |
| 14 | The First 20 Hits ( Mute ) , capturing the camp audacity of the band that 's made Seventies disco fashionable in Nineties clubland . |
| 15 | In the first 20 days of December , car sales were 30% higher than over the same period in 1991 . |
| 16 | Pop : The First 20 Hits ( Mute ) is exactly that — a greatest hits album worthy of the name , confirming Andy and Vince as lightweight pop maestros . |
| 17 | CAPTAIN Will Carling last night told England to sing up and play up in the first 20 minutes or risk Naas Botha wrecking their hopes of winning today 's historic international at Twickenham . |
| 18 | ‘ The first 20 minutes will be critical and , the way he kicks , Botha could beat us on his own if we give him the chances , ’ said Carling , whose assessment was backed by pack leader Brian Moore . |
| 19 | The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes . |
| 20 | Antonio Rowe , in the Halesowen goal , distinguished himself with important saves , particularly during the first 20 minutes , when City were well in control . |
| 21 | In the first 20 minutes , Ipswich were all over their visitors and were camped permanently in their half . |
| 22 | Crusaders were pinned back in their own half for the first 20 minutes as the visiting pack was dominant . |
| 23 | It 's required post-club viewing , and we have 20 copies to give away to the first 20 correct answers ( drawn out on June 25 ) to the following . |
| 24 | The album is preceded by the single ‘ Rain ’ , with a demonic American preacher , a Gambian thunderstorm and the bells of Oxford 's Merton college all segued in the first 20 seconds . |
| 25 | We 've got a pile to give away to the first 20 correct answers ( picked out at random ) to the question : which of these movies was also directed by Van Sant ? a Drugstore Cowboy . |
| 26 | Mercer , who picked up the injury in the first 20 minutes , was substituted by Andy Goodway but bravely returned in the second half wearing a protective head guard . |
| 27 | We have some 20 copies of these promos for disposal , so if you feel life wo n't be the same without one , just jot down the title of Moz 's latest solo album on a postcard and wing it to : Maybe one of the first 20 correct entries to be drawn from the office Christmas sock will be yours ! |
| 28 | ERASURE follow the success of their ‘ Abba-esque ’ EP with a compilation album ‘ Pop — The First 20 Hits ’ issued through Mute on November 16 . |
| 29 | The First 20 Hits |
| 30 | The First 20 Hits ’ — which is a title that says ‘ F— off ! |