Example sentences of "of the first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A remarkable feature of the first kind of Friedmann model is that in it the universe is not infinite in space , but neither does space have any boundary . |
| 2 | I thought of him now — he was called Mike Jarvis and he was a great skateboarder — as the congregation swept up the steps , past me and Mrs Danby , and Pike triumphantly pushed back the curtain to reveal the inner sanctum of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 3 | People do laugh in meetings of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 4 | I was no longer part of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist . |
| 5 | As I went through the drab little hall , I wondered whether there was an overseas branch of the First Church of Christ the Spiritualist and , if so , whether it contained a man called Danzig . |
| 6 | In 1549 , two years after the close of the first session of the Council of Trent — the Council whose stupendous achievements encompassed the comprehensive definition of Catholic doctrine and the unchallengeable assertion of papal power , and which has been described as the creator of the modern Catholic church — John Hamilton , archbishop of St Andrews since 1547 , held the first of his own reforming councils . |
| 7 | Short , playing black , dominated the game throughout , and at the end of the first session of play on Tuesday he had a clear advantage in an endgame with superior pieces and a very strong passed pawn . |
| 8 | The autumn of 1529 not only saw the fall from power of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey , who had dominated religious and political life in England for the previous fifteen years , but also the beginning of the first session of the Reformation Parliament . |
| 9 | At the end of the first session of the 97th Congress , Helen Dewar reported in the Washington Post : Even one of Reagan 's severest critics , Tip O'Neill , the former Speaker of the House of Representatives , does not underestimate Reagan 's early achievements : ‘ ( He ) pushed through the greatest increase in defense spending in American history together with the greatest cutbacks in domestic programs and the largest tax cuts the country has ever seen . ’ |
| 10 | At the end of the first session of interviews , there was inevitable frustration . |
| 11 | A minor controversy arose briefly because the resignation of the outgoing Cabinet and the appointment of the new Cabinet had taken place before the closing of the first session of the new Federal Assembly on June 27 , contravening the Constitution . |
| 12 | Quoting the 1989 Constitution , Aikhomu said that only the future president had the authority to proclaim the holding of the first session of the legislature . |
| 13 | Edwards , switched to scrum-half for the injured Andy Gregory , was the catalyst of a well-disciplined performance by Wigan who now need one point from three matches to be mathematically assured of the first leg of their league and cup double objective . |
| 14 | Negotiations by Tyne Tees to broadcast highlights of the first leg of the tie on Wednesday night broke down , leaving thousands of fans disappointed . |
| 15 | By the early ninth century at the latest , the kings of the first dynasty of Gwynedd were regarded as descendants of Cunedda from Manau Gododdin ( the plain of the Votadini between the Rivers Avon and Carron ) in the territory of the Votadini ( HB ch. 62 ) . |
| 16 | The Republican militias were assisted in their efforts to defend Madrid by the discovery of a copy of the Nationalist plan of attack on the body of an Italian soldier ; a substantial delivery of Soviet arms , munitions and aircraft ; the arrival of the first contingent of International Brigade volunteers ; and the tenacity of the civilian population . |
| 17 | Yes , I mean you may well have seen on the television , some of the first film of some of the camps , that the first sort of rioting was about water . |
| 18 | Thus Broda ( 1975 ) has suggested that until the significance of the first law of thermodynamics that heat is a form of energy , had been appreciated , and until energy distribution implications of the second law had been assimilated , then progress in the analysis of bioenergetical processes was uneven and patchy . |
| 19 | Such reaction enthalpies can be calculated from the enthalpies of other reactions by an application of the first law of thermodynamics . |
| 20 | From the day of the first admission of patients no fewer than 90 persons had applied for medical relief . |
| 21 | This is easier if you 've kept a note of the date of the first day of your last period . |
| 22 | The letter quoted above was begun at Didcot Station , then continued at his Cowley Road digs , and rounded off at the end of the first day of the Scholarship exam after six hours of hard writing . |
| 23 | That summer the maternal grandmother 's gift of a Ramadan feast was brought without question to the family majlis , and the young Sheikh , his friends and I sat together for those last painful moments of the first day of Ramadan . |
| 24 | The brew was so potent that several journalists , who had planned to be ‘ upcountry ’ watching the metal fly , instead spent most of the first day of the election in bed . |
| 25 | These elections concluded the business of the first day of the Leeds Congress , on which , in the words of the preamble to the constitution of the BDDA : The Deaf and Dumb of Great Britain and Ireland agree[d] to form themselves into an Association for the advancement and protection of their interests in every possible way ( in such a manner as will not interfere with the work of the existing societies ) . |
| 26 | It is not clear whether such an adjourned meeting requires to take place within one month of the first day of the quarterly board meeting in virtue of the provisions of s.4(2) of the Act . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the tender offer by Hillsdown Holdings resulted in a stagging profit as the price at the end of the first day of trading was 33p higher than the striking price of 145p ( minimum 120p ) . |
| 28 | a ) SW4 : Complete details of the first day of illness and code the type of illness . |
| 29 | a ) SW4 : Complete details of the first day of special leave and code the type of special leave |
| 30 | The pattern of the first day of the autumn term was fixed ; the first-years , who had arrived at their halls of residence the day before , came to the department in the morning to sign up for various optional courses . |