Example sentences of "place [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 American Independence is offering a free place for the first child , in Lake Tahoe in California , with the second child paying Pounds 169 .
2 Mathematics if not logic equated the two-goal lead Chelsea had established on the hour with a third-round place for the First Division side after the two clubs had drawn 1-1 at Stamford Bridge .
3 3 STEVE BULL scored twice as England finished their European Championship Under-21 qualifying campaign with a flourish in Jastrzebie Zdruj , but they are still likely to miss out on a quarter-final place for the first time since the competition began 13 years ago .
4 You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable .
5 Captain of the 1975–76 team that won an FA Cup semi-final place for the first time in the club 's history , and then of the side which gained promotion to Division Two the following season , Ian 's future with us looked rosy indeed .
6 The Bramham Three Day Event took place for the first time in 1974 .
7 And know the place for the first time .
8 The prestigious event , at which leading scientists discuss global environment , took place for the first time this year , in Rio de Janeiro .
9 This will liberate much needed space in one two one , and enable the Board to bring together its central administration in one place for the first time ever .
10 For instance , in the Villa Alta dialect of Zapotec ( Mexico ) , it is necessary to distinguish between events which take place for the first time with respect to particular participants and those which are repetitions .
11 When we looked at the place for the first time .
12 The report added that participants had emphasised the significance of the exchange of military information , which had taken place for the first time in Vienna in mid-April , as " one of the key links in the development of a confidence-building and security system in Europe " .
13 Characteristically he uses the imagery of song to point to the highest kind of contemplative experience of God : The Form unfolds a process of definition which comes full circle back to its beginning so that that can be understood in a new way : the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time .
14 After Arsenal had demolished Coventry City 3-0 at Highbury to take top place for the first time since they won the Championship in May 1991 , Graham said : ‘ It is no good looking back .
15 His funeral took place during the First Test at Trent Bridge , with South Africa the tourists : play was halted as a tribute to the man whose valet helped him to contrive county cricket 's most amazing victory .
16 This is not to say that it was the consequence of the rise of Fordism ( i.e. , the changes that were taking place during the first half of the 20th century in capitalist methods of production ) .
17 The greatest changes in sleep in humans take place during the first year of life , with the normal one-year-old showing essentially the same patterns of sleep as the adult , although in different proportions of stages , and with a recognizably different EEG .
18 The dead material is left to dry , is then burnt and left to cool ; planting in the fertilizing ash takes place after the first rain .
19 Others are entitled to be notified of the date , time and place of the first hearing or directions appointment but are not automatically parties .
20 It was not designed as a dwelling place in the first instance .
21 If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car .
22 The work mostly took place in the first year base , which was described as : " a large hall and four small rooms each capable of taking a group of twenty .
23 Further modifications and addenda took place in the first half of the twentieth century .
24 The first major privatization debate ( as we would now call it ) in this country took place in the first decade of this century .
25 Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream .
26 Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division .
27 GARRY NELSON scored twice to go past the 100 League goal mark and move Charlton into third place in the First Division .
28 Roberts , who scored a hat-trick in a TV game against Birmingham City earlier in the season , again came alive in front of the cameras to lift Wolves from ninth to sixth place in the First Division .
29 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday .
30 Peterboro 3 , Swindon 3 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday .
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