Example sentences of "the first big " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the first big lesson to learn . |
| 2 | Then , when the first big shower starts , rather than stand under the wings in the rain everyone will desert the launch point for a cup of tea , leaving the gliders apparently well parked and weighted with tyres but , in fact , vulnerable to a change in the wind direction . |
| 3 | The Deloitte fiasco is not the first big eight merger to fall apart and these ridiculous posturings must leave the clients , who are supposedly served by their auditors , completely baffled . |
| 4 | The document was a riposte to the government 's refusal to permit a campus commemoration on 29 September of the first big student protests against corruption a year ago . |
| 5 | In 1984 Denison set up his own practice , Denison Peters Limited , to work on the first big project on the Leeds riverside , a housing scheme of part converted corn chandlers and part newly built flats . |
| 6 | The first big challenge was the dynamic dancer 's hair , which we all agreed was bit like a Seventies pop star 's . |
| 7 | THE FIRST big wave of Russians came after the 1967 war , when Zionist feelings were awakened by Israel 's six day victory and Soviet support for the Arabs . |
| 8 | M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project . |
| 9 | M&S is the first big retailer to move to Canary Wharf and its announcement yesterday to take space in the building is a boost of confidence for the 71-acre London Docklands project . |
| 10 | The $1.6 billion that BTR , a British conglomerate , has offered for Norton , an abrasives maker , is the first big hostile takeover bid made in America so far this year . |
| 11 | I learned this principle in the first big event I was involved in : Billy Graham 's Crusade at Maine Road Stadium in Manchester in 1961 . |
| 12 | This is the first big Renault with a transverse engine . |
| 13 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 14 | Also the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) announced the start of its national trial for IRIS ( information relayed instantly from source ) the first big North American teletext trial to be operated by national bases . |
| 15 | Telidon is already in use in several commercial view-data systems in Canada but this is the first big broadcast operation . |
| 16 | The first big period of interest in earthen structures in this century began in the 1930s and lasted until the early 1950s . |
| 17 | The first big solo of the Brahms B flat should give the impression , hopefully , of surmounted effort , but later on there are passages of the greatest intricacy that should emerge light as a feather . |
| 18 | The first big globes of rain splattered their backs as they reached the village . |
| 19 | What was the first big break for you ? |
| 20 | ‘ Queen were the first big band to really plunge into the South American market , back in 1981 , ’ explains Neil . |
| 21 | The whole Manc/baggy palaver was the first big wave of Britpop cool that 's never owned an NUJ card . |
| 22 | So if one picks fourth-wall busting as the decisive criterion , the first big sitcom was also the first postmodern sitcom . |
| 23 | The first big task the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee set themselves was to circulate a petition round all the Orkney Islands . |
| 24 | And now Butcher is set to be the first big name to move into management . |
| 25 | ‘ I GOT kicked out of my first band and that weekend I bought a guitar and immediately started recording the first Big Black record . |
| 26 | Roping up , we moved together for 200 to 300 feet to the foot of the first big ice pitch in the corner system . |
| 27 | The bridge and router market has looked dangerously overcrowded for the past year , and the first big crack appeared yesterday when Proteon Inc fired 15% of its workforce after reporting a $2.7m first quarter net loss — including a $1.7m restructuring charge , on sales stalled , up just 5.6% at $27.7m . |
| 28 | On May 5th the Treasury announced the first big shift for years in its pattern of funding . |
| 29 | After nearly 8,000 reported attacks on foreigners since the start of 1992 , it was the first big , violent public reaction . |
| 30 | The first big postwar EDA campaign was in 1954 : the ‘ Four Foundations of Modern Living ’ advertisements promoted electric cookers , water heaters , refrigerators and washing machines , and were heavily supplemented by the Area Boards ' own campaigns . |