Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 2 | He fished bloodworm and a three metre whip from a peg near the greenhousees and after a blank first hour and a half eventually caught around 100 fish . |
| 3 | There are fourteen references to defence in the index of the old Government Commission files in Registry , and I have now wasted the first hour and a half of my working day checking through them all . |
| 4 | There is none of the discrete lumpiness we saw in our first experiment when a bullet at a time hit the screen , now here , now there . |
| 5 | The first indication that a person requires accommodation is through a request for a reservation . |
| 6 | Not for her the gentle , feminine title First Lady and a background role choosing the Oval Office curtains . |
| 7 | Annabelle , for you this is a first marriage and a time of excitement and hope . |
| 8 | Steven , for you this is a first marriage and a time of expectation and hope . |
| 9 | Both rely on something lost being found , a sheep in the first parable and a silver coin in the second . |
| 10 | In the second category , ( for charities with income between £100,000 and £1m ) , first place and a prize of £1,000 was awarded to the Acorns Children 's Hospice . |
| 11 | MARCO VAN BASTEN , in his first appearance since a cartilage operation last month , scored a first-half hat trick as AC Milan beat Pro Patria 6-0 in a friendly last night . |
| 12 | The second begged question is whether the foregoing can apply when the articles provide for rights of pre-emption or first refusal when a shareholder wishes to dispose of his shares . |
| 13 | So scratching the scalp is usually the first sign that a child has head lice . |
| 14 | Even before 1905 , a solidly-based mass press had come into being , and in the last decade of the Empire there was an explosion in the publication of newspapers , while the number of books appearing more than trebled in the first decade and a half of the century . |
| 15 | In the 1580s the Turkey Company and the Venice Company were founded , and in 1592 they combined to form the Levant Company , which learned enough about the riches of the Indies for various members of it to organize the East India Company , which had about £68,000 trading capital for its first voyage and a charter granted on 31 December 1600 . |
| 16 | Hart was twice married , having two daughters by his first wife and a son and daughter by his second , whose forenames were Susan Ellen . |
| 17 | I think the first minute and a half will stay with me for quite a while . |
| 18 | Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation . |
| 19 | Come the tournament he certainly putted well enough , and we were there after a 70 in the first round and a shot behind Jack Nicklaus after the second round . |
| 20 | Then again , is there any day in rugby that could n't be brightened by the sunshine talent of Campese , rugby union 's first superstar and a man with a sidestep to match Fred Astaire 's ? |
| 21 | The house had become far too large and expensive to maintain for Aunt Lou and so it had been altered , the top half being made into a separate flat on the first floor and a studio apartment created in the former attics . |
| 22 | Three arrests have been made in relation to the first incident when a policeman was shot and injured shortly before an explosion at the gasworks . |
| 23 | HE first letter that a typographer designs is the o . |
| 24 | The first thing that a reader meets is the introduction . |
| 25 | He had just turned the first furrow when a tiger walked up and said : " Peace be with you , friend . |
| 26 | It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene . |
| 27 | The Postgraduate Diploma in Biotechnology may be taken by successfully completing the first year and a literature project . |
| 28 | The English had not been acquiring new subjects in the first century and a half of their overseas expansion ; for the next century and a half they acquired new subjects at a rate which would have been quite inconceivable if they had been dealing with men and women who thought about their political rights and obligations in terms of nationalism . |
| 29 | Those present on this unique occasion were well aware they were making history in riding a steam train on the electric line , the first time since a steam engine was used on the construction of the line in the last century ! |
| 30 | This was the first time that a member of the military had been tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in 11 years of civil war marked by accusations of government-sanctioned torture , kidnapping and murder . |