Example sentences of "first [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 2 | WENDY RUSSELL became the first woman to hole in one twice during a top-class event yesterday when she sank two tee-shots in the opening round of the British Women 's Seniors ' Championship at Wrexham . |
| 3 | Exposure to a drug was taken from the date of its first prescription to date of death or to 31 December 1990 , whichever came first . |
| 4 | I flung open my double-glazed windows before I went to sleep and the first call to prayer of the Muslim day was a strident awakening . |
| 5 | The Station Chief would have come from home because he wore no tie and he was draped in an old windbreaker , probably the first coat to hand on the pegs by his front door . |
| 6 | The popular TV star , who first shot to fame with the children 's favourite Crackerjack , has even been swapping jokes with his doctors . |
| 7 | President , as delegates will know this is my first report to Congress from the Public Services Section and in the time available could I warn delegates and onwards to eight hundred thousand members , their families and all their friends and the eight million members of the T U C and their families and their friends , a sizeable group of British people who , President , now consider theirselves as past , present and future patients of the N H S , and rightly so . |
| 8 | Sufferers frequently know the exact time of their last drink and may remember their very first introduction to alcohol as a very special experience , something that may clearly differentiate them from the non-addictive population . |
| 9 | An arrestable offence is : ( 1 ) an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law ( murder , treason ) ; ( 2 ) an offence for which a person of 21 or over may be sentenced on first conviction to imprisonment for a term of five years ( This covers common law and statutory offences ) ; ( 3 ) those offences listed in section 24(2) , e.g. Theft Act 1968 ( ss. 12(I) and 25(1) ) ; Sexual Offences Act 1956 ( ss.14 , 22 and 23 ) ) . |
| 10 | Marking up the priorities is the first step to consideration of the means to attack them . |
| 11 | Take the first step to peace of mind , please act today . |
| 12 | On Feb. 27 the Ciskei took what Gqozo called " the first step to reincorporation into a new , non-racial South Africa " . |
| 13 | What is the first step to recovery in Chemical Dependency ? |
| 14 | What is the first step to recovery in other addictions ? |
| 15 | One reason for its universal acceptance is that whereas noble metals and precious stones first rose to prominence in the context of civilized societies ivory had been recognized for much longer . |