Example sentences of "the first [noun] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He duly produced the first work on natural history to use this new technique , Zoological Illustrations ( 6 volumes , 1820–33 ) and at the same time , Exotic Conchology ( 1821–2 ) . |
| 2 | The theory , stated firmly in most gardening manuals , that planting potatoes the first year on neglected land helps to clean it of weeds was erroneous — at least as far as ours was concerned . |
| 3 | This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline . |
| 4 | The first trials on HIV-infected individuals are planned for later this year . |
| 5 | Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil . |
| 6 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 7 | Previous application of this method ( viz. a 1-stage Delphi with interactive feedback ) earlier in this research programme has shown that many employers embarking often for the first time on strategic employment policy-making require some means of obtaining confirmation they are on the right lines . |
| 8 | When Henry V landed for the first time on French soil nearly forty years later , it was soon put beyond doubt that in his artillery he possessed a potential match-winner . |
| 9 | ZeeBeeCee has gained a court order allowing access to Jessamyn Bonney 's juvenile records , stored in the central infonet of the Bruyce-Hoare Agency , and we can exclusively reveal for the first time on national television that evidence which has come to light since her 1992 parricide hearing has suggested that she was indeed guilty of the murder of her father , a crime for which she was acquitted in court on the testimony of one Andrew Jean , since deceased , a gangcult associate and known perjurer . ’ |
| 10 | The Chronicle C text puts the first attacks on Æthelred 's England under 980 , when Thanet and Cheshire were harried , and Southampton ravaged and most of its citizens killed or captured . |
| 11 | in the first term on female company , |
| 12 | I was struck when I attended the first conference on corporate governance after the draft Cadbury Report was published . |
| 13 | They were the basis of the first textbook on chemical engineering which Davis published in 1901 . |
| 14 | The first comments on Soviet television , three days after the explosion , were curtly uninformative . |
| 15 | The RAF Squadron which claims to have accidently dropped the first bomb on Nazi Germany , has reached the final day in its long history . |
| 16 | In the first section on interpersonal conflict we are going to concentrate on the mutual relationship of parents and children . |