Example sentences of "and in [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last year it was £9.5 billion , and in the first nine months of this year it is £2 billion . |
| 2 | From here anaspids , lampreys and perhaps some thelodonts developed a downturned asymmetrical tail ( hypocercal ) , and in the first two there were definite endoskeletal fin rays with , in at least lampreys , associated musculature . |
| 3 | According to Japan 's Ministry of Finance , direct investment in the Philippines by Japanese companies in 1987 was $72,000,000 , while in 1988 the figure rose to $134,000,000 , and in the first six months of 1989 the amount was already $101,000,000 . |
| 4 | Yet from the first the doctrinaire employment of recitative was tempered by occasional songs , dances , and instrumental pieces ; and in the first real masterpiece of the new genre , Monteverdi 's Orfeo of 1607 , the element of vocal melody — even virtuosity — bulked much more considerably . |
| 5 | After its vast spending spree on new factories at the tail end of the 1970s and in the first five years of the 1980s , IBM scared the pants off its competitors by stressing that it was by far the lowest-cost manufacturer in the industry . |
| 6 | The founder-members numbered eleven , and in the first ten years of its existence a further forty-three members were elected . |
| 7 | Their direction was poor and in the first 12 overs they conceded 12 wides and no-balls , so it was an unexpected bonus when Donald , with the last delivery in his first spell of four overs , had Haynes caught at backward square-leg . |
| 8 | Table 4.2 shows the total amount of time spent by the clients in institutional care ( whether short- or long-term ) in the first six months , and in the first 12 months , after referral to the psychogeriatric service . |
| 9 | Ewood Park is a lucky ground for them and in the first half they went for Blackburn with all guns blazing . |
| 10 | This is the view the Swindon fans had of the West Ham match and in the first half their hearts must have almost stopped as Town were hit hard by the Hammers … keeper Nicky Hammond played a blinder … |
| 11 | Leaving the rest of community care aside , the admissions to our part three E P H s were thirteen in July , twelve in August and in the first twenty eight days of September , just four . |
| 12 | And in the first main pamphlet ( January 1753 ) Grimm conceived of ‘ the Woodchopper ’ ( see the epigraph above ) . |
| 13 | The pregnant mare needs about 14 percent of he diet in protein during the last third of her pregnancy and in the first three months of lactation . |
| 14 | This was not easy , and in the first three places at which he enquired there was no room , they were all spoken for . |
| 15 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 16 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 17 | In 457 , when she was already fighting on two fronts , in Egypt and in the first Peloponnesian War , Athens made an alliance with Segesta ( ML 37 ) . |