Example sentences of "the first moves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first moves of the day were unprotected , thin , blind , difficult . |
| 2 | It saw the first public flotation of a building society , the first moves towards acquisition of a major bank , Girobank , by another society , some further widening of building society powers , a tendency for more societies to become ‘ tied agents ’ of insurance companies and further excursions by societies into the wider field of financial services . |
| 3 | The first moves towards redefining the-role of traffic in residential areas unquestionable took place in the Netherlands in the 1970 's and in particular in the city of Delft . |
| 4 | The first moves towards dating involved the ordering of finds according to an assumed technological development : the theory was that stone tools preceded copper tools , copper tools preceded bronze tools , bronze tools preceded iron tools , and that iron tools continued in use into the historical period when dates could be obtained from written records . |
| 5 | The first moves towards enlarging the Community came during 1961 and 1962 with the applications of Britain , Denmark , Ireland and Norway . |
| 6 | THE board of Barclays , Britain 's biggest clearing bank , yesterday announced the first moves towards appointing an outside chief executive in a clear response to shareholders ' recent criticism of existing top management . |
| 7 | The first moves in this direction began soon after independence , with the ‘ Education with Production ’ programme . |
| 8 | Following the trend spearheaded by Unify Corp with its Accell 4GL toolset a few years ago , Ingres Corp is expected to make the first moves in liberating its own toolsets from the Ingres database next month . |
| 9 | The growth in fundholding poses problems for negotiations and the first moves in setting up the Grampian Association of Fundholding Practices are under way . |
| 10 | The first moves in this respect began during Allan Hayhurst 's stewardship and were primarily the responsibility of Alan Wilson , who for over thirty years served the BDA with devotion and exceptional skills until illness caused his retirement and death in 1985 . |
| 11 | Indeed , the first moves in this direction occurred in 1986 of course , when as Noble Lords will recall the Metropolitan counties or at least their county councils were abolished and police authorities were created for the same areas as freestanding corporate bodies . |