Example sentences of "for [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) prescribe the value zero for each of the first n - 1 functions in F , the last being written f . |
| 2 | For each of the first eight weeks there is a weekly plan that will touch on a different aspect of your diet . |
| 3 | Mr Tam Dalyell held Linlithgow for Labour in the first Scottish result to be declared . |
| 4 | With a dry wit and an infectious Brooklyn drawl , Karen , as part of the Flatbush-based Soulboys group of club-runners , was responsible for some of the first illegal parties in New York , as well as having the much-coveted job of doorperson at various Manhattan clubs . |
| 5 | As a result of this feedback , we are now considering adding extra modules to the original specifications for some of the first phase of general SVQs . |
| 6 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
| 7 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 8 | Woodmill controlled the game for much of the first half but could not get through the Meridian defence and it was n't until two and a half minutes into the second half that the deadlock was finally broken . |
| 9 | England then had lost their last seven wickets for 58 in the first innings and eight for 67 in the second . |
| 10 | Salisbury followed a career-best six for 29 in the first innings with five for 54 in the second for match figures of 11 for 83 . |
| 11 | England clinched the series with a workmanlike victory at Auckland — a win which had seemed unlikely when the visitors were 91 for 6 on the first day . |
| 12 | Perhaps the best course would be to speak in the debate on policy and public relations , a pretty appeal for less of the first and more of the second ? |
| 13 | I looked round for more as the first two flamed near the centre of the Grounds , finally collapsing into the grass , stiff-limbed but twitching , crackling to the breeze . |
| 14 | When play finally resumed at 3.48 pm , too late to seek an outright decision , he reached 85 not out in an 81-run 10th wicket stand with debutant left-arm spinner Hamish Kember , who was stumped by Young for 1 from the first aggressive shot he tried . |
| 15 | NEW ZEALAND pace bowler Danny Morrison grabbed five wickets for 37 runs as Australia collapsed to 139 for nine on the first day of the third and final Test in Auckland . |
| 16 | With Spain pushing hard for one of the first six seeded places , England could find themselves unseeded and playing in Sicily too , as the side ranked No.2 in a Group F headed by Belgium . |
| 17 | Ironically in view of their later slip down the headhunting league table , the firm of Boyden was responsible for one of the first major searches , a landmark in the history of executive search and a vital precursor of the work of the Big four . |
| 18 | For one of the first things the maltster looked for was just this : uniformity of seed in the samples that the farmer showed to him . |
| 19 | The fact that Holding ( who had 6 for 65 in the first innings ) and Julien conceded four an over from 34 overs and the spinners only just over two an over from 105 was of less significance than the spinners ' inability to bowl batsmen out . |
| 20 | SA , dismissed for 130 in the first innings , reached their target from the fourth ball of the final over , when Peter Sleep , in his testimonial season , inside-edged the winning single towards wicketkeeper Ian Healy off Queensland captain Carl Rackemann . |
| 21 | Forest had been comfortable enough for most of the first half . |
| 22 | The won the tournament in 1959 , but was n't able to compete in 1960 due to a serious knee infection that kept him out of action for most of the first half of the season . |
| 23 | Although Rangers were under the cosh for most of the first half , they went into the interval with the lead they refused to relinquish . |
| 24 | He led for most of the first 60 laps but was forced to make a tyre change . |
| 25 | For most of the first session the pupils watched a video about living in Britain during the war and looked through printed resources . |
| 26 | He was on stage for most of the first act , and it was only when the curtain fell for the interval that he could concentrate on anything other than the play . |
| 27 | Oxford ; desperate to get even with Swindon , anxious to show their skills were on top for most of the first half . |
| 28 | When United held the upper hand , which was for most of the first half , they were more dominant than Aberdeen were after the interval . |
| 29 | For most of the first week of February high pressure was centred to the southeast or south of Scotland giving a generally cloudy , mild , southwesterly flow over the country , although the month started with a sharp frost in central and southern areas . |
| 30 | In Perth , a sixth-wicket partnership of 136 between Martin Crowe ( 87 ) and John Bracewell ( 86 ) lifted New Zealand to 271 for seven on the first day after they slumped to 97 for five against Western Australia . |