Example sentences of "by the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William , it was rumoured , could lead a man to the very spot where the Pacific Ocean was first seen by the first European explorer — a place in space and time that changed the historical progress of the world . |
| 2 | The moderate socialists still controlled the CEC elected by the first All-Russian Congress of Soviets in June , but acceded to demands that they summon a Second Congress which , following a series of regional soviet congresses , eventually met on 25 October . |
| 3 | I was so excited by the first decent piece of gold ever found , that a test I once read about came into mind . |
| 4 | Satish Nambiar , the commander of the UN Protection Forces for Yugoslavia ( UNIPROFOR ) , arrived in Yugoslavia on March 9 accompanied by the first advance party of the peace-keeping force agreed by the Security Council in February [ see p. 38778 ] . |
| 5 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |
| 6 | Frigidity has only been better exemplified to me by the first psychotic woman I ever saw , who complained that her vagina contained a block of ice . |
| 7 | And it was n't exactly the kind of thing endorsed by the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 8 | Some two hundred years after Descartes had formulated his concept of mechanical laws , a proven capacity to discover the laws of nature and to express them mathematically was taken by the first systematic historian of science , William Whewell , as evidence of an affinity between human and the divine mind . |
| 9 | They were encouraged by the first major decentralization of employment . |
| 10 | The artist 's impression of Ivan 's majestic features and lavish robes captures the awe inspired by the first Grand Prince to be crowned ‘ Tsar ’ . |
| 11 | When implemented this will complete the initiatives introduced by the first General Directive . |
| 12 | She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over . |
| 13 | This is when there is the greatest risk of the glider being lifted off the ground by the first strong gust . |
| 14 | During the first period after independence , development was hampered by the first civil war , during which many schools were taken over by the army . |
| 15 | To them its power to revive tired bodies and falling spirits , to drive out the chill and rekindle hope was a gift direct from God … which may not be entirely fanciful , since the art of distilling is said to have been brought to Scotland by the first Christian missionary monks . |
| 16 | Thus , it could turn out that a difference is best accounted for not by the first social variable that you quantify ( for example , social class ) , but by a second or third one ( for example , sex of speaker ) . |
| 17 | Its Swallow Hotels have had a good year , helped by the first full year 's trading at Peterborough and Waltham Abbey . |
| 18 | Not only the new moon but the full moon too was regarded by the Hebrews as being of great religious significance , and the timing of Passover was determined by the first full moon on or after the spring equinox . |
| 19 | The first victory for an American-bred horse was in 1908 when Rubio triumphed , followed the next year by the first French success with Lutteur III . |
| 20 | One was Mergenthaler 's Linotype , which made it possible to produce a newspaper quickly and in large volume ; the other was a social innovation , modern advertising , invented by the first true newspaper publishers , Adolph Ochs of the New York Times , Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World , and William Randolph Hearst . |
| 21 | On Sunday , the racing starts with the Support class followed by the first Open race , then the second 125–200cc , the 600cc , the Junior ( 250–350–400cc ) followed by the second Classic race , and the Enkalon Grand Final which sees most of the riders on the line and McCallen out to repeat his win of last year . |
| 22 | Summer savory is grown as a half-hardy annual , sowing outdoors in April-May , to thin to 20cm ( 8in ) apart , when the plants will grow into little bushes , but be killed by the first hard frost in autumn . |
| 23 | Perhaps she was being a complete fool helping Craig Grenfell , was she allowing herself to be taken in by the first handsome man to come into her life ? |