Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a narrow sense my main interest is the period in which the Kaiser ruled over Germany , which of course includes the First World War . |
| 2 | Initialisation involves a change of handshape to represent the first letter of the English translation of the sign ( see chapter 6 ) . |
| 3 | Shellac records were simply too fragile to be posted ; so the special circumstances of war justified the first vinyl records . |
| 4 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 5 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 6 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 7 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 8 | For a valid range of module issues the first version must be less than the last version . |
| 9 | In 1987 Conservative ministers boasted of their success while still claiming that the conquest of inflation remained the first objective of policy . |
| 10 | In icy American logging camps it was common for the cook to detonate small amounts of dynamite to cook the first meal of the day , which brought a whole new meaning to bangers for breakfast . |
| 11 | The King James translation of the Book of Genesis renders the first line as In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth , confident that prior to God there was nothing , that Yahweh created the universe ex nihilo . |
| 12 | It would obviously be the worst of craftsmanship to score the first four bars as they stand for the violins and viola and at the fifth bar to weaken one of the parts by division . |
| 13 | In the 1952 election campaign the Republicans promised to take a tough line with the Russians , and the appointment of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State seemed the first step in fulfilling that pledge . |
| 14 | The Court of Appeal dismissed the first and second defendants ' appeal against Mr Justice Vinelott 's order that the defendants permit the plaintiff 's solicitors to inspect and take copies of an affidavit in the possession of the defendants ' solicitors . |