Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then capping it all is a ceiling of absolute if intricate formality , a prelude and preparation to the first floor rooms that were never to be worked . |
| 2 | At the Restoration his ex-church and ex-crown lands and those belonging to the Butler ( Ormonde ) family in Ireland were all forfeit , but he managed to retain other Irish interests , through the friendship and protection of the first Baron Kingston , who as Sir John King [ q.v. ] had been a Cromwellian until 1659 . |
| 3 | DEC also announced NAS support for Sun and NAS Advantage — a higher level of conformance with DEC 's Network Application Support architecture , with SAS and Progress as the first applications to win the brand-level . |
| 4 | In 1882 he married Laura Julia , daughter of Baron Hermann de Stern and his wife Julia Goldsmid , and sister of the first Baron Michelham . |
| 5 | None the less the sheer ability and enthusiasm of the first generation established the value of the MRO and the important contribution he or she could bring to teachers and schools , both primary and secondary . |
| 6 | Then I darted breathless and sodden into the first hotel I came to . |
| 7 | A public road threads a delightful passage through woodlands in the company of river and loch for the first few miles , ending at a car park from which further progress is possible only by walking — and further progress should certainly be made . |
| 8 | The submission to the Department of Trade and Industry of the first annual reports by the audit regulatory bodies ( see ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 9 , and this issue , p 13 ) , has focused attention on both the audit process and the regulators themselves . |
| 9 | David White and McCreery were neck and neck throughout the first 125 race , after early leader Philip Neill dropped the eighth place on the third lap . |
| 10 | Previous abridgements of the Philosophical Transactions had been carried out on a piecemeal basis , whereas Baddam 's version provided continuity and uniformity for the first time ( see Nichols 's summary of them in the above , pp. 482–3 ) . |
| 11 | Monaghan came close to snatching victory but this would have been rough justice on Cavan who showed flair and fluency in the first half before fading . |
| 12 | It was only minutes before the Athletico gladiators took to the field that Chamden 's assistant manager , Frank Spanner , announced that owing to an outbreak of foot and mouth amongst the first team , they had been forced to include six second-team men in their squad at Billington Euphonia . |
| 13 | Their recommendation that capital grants are withdrawn from extended Section 43 areas depends heavily on the conviction of NP and LA Committees ( with often very strong agricultural representation ) to include all the relevant moor and heath in the first place . |
| 14 | He thought of Hugo , who had revolutionised his own thinking , who had made him challenge and question for the first time . |
| 15 | Departures and connections in Reading are designed to develop the reading skills of elementary and pre-intermediate students of English , and are based on the structures and vocabulary of the first two levels of Streamline English . |
| 16 | CA thanked RBGE staff for their participation and assistance in the first year of the course . |
| 17 | The remarkable feature of the Mark 3 is the fact that only one basic bodyshell was produced so that standard-class coaches have exactly the same external dimensions , window spacing and appearance as the first class . |
| 18 | Representatives of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina and of the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Krajina ( RSK ) in Croatia met on Nov. 1 in the north Bosnian town of Prijedor to unite their territories politically , establishing a joint army , legal system and citizenship as the first step towards the unification of the whole Serbian nation [ see p. 39103 ] . |
| 19 | It will inform the recipient of the date , time and place of the first directions appointment or hearing , as appropriate . |
| 20 | Others are entitled to be notified of the date , time and place of the first hearing or directions appointment but are not automatically parties . |
| 21 | It was the main loser in both territory and population from the First World War . |
| 22 | In Mexico , the private sector was able to take advantage of the new seeds , but the peasants on ejido land , often unable to get credit and farming for the first three years without fertilisers were not so productive . |
| 23 | His son and heir by the first marriage , Richard , married Agnes , daughter of Thomas , first Baron Wharton , and was MP for Cumberland in 1547 and 1553 . |
| 24 | There were no stray leaves on the line to hold up the train and service in the first class was near-faultless . |
| 25 | The global commodity system was largely based on persuading the peoples of the non-industrial countries to produce the food and industrial raw materials that were necessary for the continuous growth of capitalism and industrialization in the First World . |
| 26 | Studies from the USA , Australia and the UK demonstrated a highly significant relationship between foetal exposure to lead and birth weight , head circumference and development during the first two years of life . |
| 27 | The students study language and literacy in the First School , which includes a review of literature for older children . |
| 28 | The Bank of Botswana reported a significant decline in revenue from the main exports of diamonds , copper-nickel and meat for the first quarter of 1990 . |
| 29 | England 's players had a lazy rest day today , many of them reporting that they felt drained by playing in the heat and humidity of the first three days . |
| 30 | about how stuffy it is , and the like when we agreed that is was erm not as good as it could be , may I just say erm , but we have n't got any , if you like , er statistical measurement , and one of the actual points that were starting to do now is we 're actually going to start reporting tu , temperature and humidity on the first , second , and third floors within G P House . |