Example sentences of "of the first [noun] 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 | In my view , these figurines are evidence of the first consequences of the coming Neolithic trauma — the beginning of weaning and the loss of the primal mothers . |
| 14 | Severe recent flooding in the Andes was one of the first consequences of El Niñshow the impact of global warming , with a 0.041° C mean increase between 1963 and 1990 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Negotiations by Tyne Tees to broadcast highlights of the first leg of the tie on Wednesday night broke down , leaving thousands of fans disappointed . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | The Bodrum peninsular , within sight of the Dodecanese islands of Greece , has been one of the first areas of Turkey to attract British tourists . |
| 19 | The Downs were one of the first areas of Sussex to be colonised by man and were probably quickly cleared of their original vegetation of scrubby woodland . |
| 20 | Oracle Corp 's new division set up last year to explore new technologies said that telecommunications was one of the first areas of interest , and good as its word , on May 11 , it will announce an alliance with US West Inc aimed at providing a variety of electronic services to business , schools and homes , including mail and voice messages , according to the Wall Street Journal . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | One of the first actions of the new department was to begin consultations about local government reorganisation . |
| 23 | With letter I enclose clippings from the Gwelo and Que Que newspapers , telling of the first actions of the Mobile Force . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Susan , Anne 's daughter by Didier , became one of the first geniuses of the form , moulding her night fantasies into unforgettably affecting tapestries of emotion and narrative . |
| 26 | Although we have no record , the Magnolia Grandiflora from the United States that clothe the wall of the north wing of the house must have been some of the first plantings of magnolias at Lanhydrock ; I would guess that are now well inside their second century . |
| 27 | Annie now embarked on her remarkable public career , first as an associate of the atheist Charles Bradlaugh in the National Secular Society , then as a Fabian socialist and strike leader ( of the London matchgirls ) , and as one of the first members of the London School Board . |
| 28 | He was also one of the first members of the British Deaf Association when that was formed in 1890 . |
| 29 | Good as its word , Advanced Micro Devices Inc yesterday announced that it has begun shipments of the first members of its Am486 microprocessor family with 33MHz , 40MHz and clock-doubled 50MHz versions , all of them full clones of the Intel Corp 80486 with maths co-processor on board . |
| 30 | A particularly influential way of studying them was outlined by Ninian Smart , one of the first members of the Shap Working Party which has been campaigning for this approach since the early 1970s : religions each have at least six dimensions : doctrinal , mythological , ethical , ritual , experiential and social . |