Example sentences of "in [verb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He succeeded in producing the first development plan for Athens since it was liberated from the Turks , but in 1984 he was forced to resign over his proposal for establishing a green belt by bulldozing illegal slums in the suburbs . |
| 2 | For example , in applying the first criterion — logicality — belief in God is held by religious people to be more than a matter of logic . |
| 3 | The success of Peter Medd. an Old Boy and son of one of the Visitors , in gaining a First Class Honours degree at Oxford so pleased the Goldsmiths that he was given a prize of £20 and the School an extra week 's holiday that summer . |
| 4 | Thank you Mr Gordon erm you stated I think in your opening , I think y your opening statement , can you confirm that the two year delay has in gaining the first flight has been in actually gaining the flight control system er certified for flight . |
| 5 | In becoming the first country to shun the Springboks , the Welsh not only turned about face from their decision of five years ago , but also brought the advent of a professional rugby circus in the Republic that bit closer . |
| 6 | So I 'm impressed by Marie Radcliffe 's wonderful effort in becoming the first woman to win the Parachute Regiment 's red beret . |
| 7 | In becoming the first trainer to reach that unlikely statistic , Pipe qualifies as a consummate organiser , supreme in attracting owners to send horses to his prolific winner-making factory . |
| 8 | The certification to BS 5750 for Design and Construction which followed the successful assessment by BSI last autumn , was fitting reward for the hard work and efforts of all WEC staff in establishing a first class Quality Management System . |
| 9 | In addition , three seminars for general SVQ co-ordinators from schools , colleges , and other centres involved in piloting the first batch of awards have been arranged for March . |
| 10 | he was a ‘ principal doer ’ in promoting the first voyage to Muscovy of 1553 , a founder and active member of the Russia Company , and a promoter of voyages to West Africa in 1553 and 1554 . |
| 11 | In describing the first wave of mining in Ireland , this chapter will concentrate on the experience of Tynagh Mines . |
| 12 | ‘ In considering the first issue , the court of [ England ] should approach the matter by giving the fullest force to the policy which clearly underlies the Convention and the Act , namely that wrongful removal or retention shall not confer any benefit or advantage on the person ( usually a parent ) who has committed the wrongful act . |
| 13 | ‘ In considering the first issue , the court of country B should approach the matter by giving the fullest force to the policy which clearly underlies the Convention and the Act , namely that wrongful removal or retention shall not confer any benefit or advantage on the person ( usually a parent ) who has committed the wrongful act . |
| 14 | The Congress had on the previous day voted ( by 1,542 to 368 , with 76 abstentions ) to waive the provision for a direct election , assessing that the " difficult " situation in the country was likely to render any delay in installing the first President a " grave political mistake " . |
| 15 | The applications sometimes know this because the employer says so in acknowledging the first approach . |
| 16 | In conceding the first half , it shows why an argument from analogy is necessary . |
| 17 | The new Defence Minister , understood to be a strong supporter of Saddam Hussein 's stance on Kuwait , had been Inspector General of the armed forces and previously a deputy Chief of Staff , and had been decorated for his service in commanding the First Army Special Corps during the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 18 | There is little point in having a first aid kit on the ground floor if you cut your foot badly upstairs . |
| 19 | Reporting in The Phyrologist 1983 , vol I , p 4 ) they describe their success in creating the first hybrid from a plant and animal cell . |
| 20 | Family connections — always important in finding the first job for a girl or boy leaving school — could now be used in the printing trade , whatever the union said . |
| 21 | In addition to focussing both parties ' attention on the key elements of a deal , the heads will form a useful briefing document for the purchaser 's lawyers in preparing the first draft of the sale and purchase contract . |
| 22 | I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 24 | Cocker 's scepticism was not typical of the sentiments expressed on that day : Ald. McNaughtan , the Tramway Committee Chairman , in laying the first rail said that Blackpool 's delay in constructing a tramway was fortuitous , otherwise they would have had horses or steam , ‘ instead of nature 's more wonderful , immense and mysterious agency — electricity ’ . |
| 25 | Thus we were happy to take part in the Medical Research Council 's vitamin study and to prove the efficacy of periconceptional multivitamin supplementation ( a primary preventive method ) in reducing the first occurrence of neural tube defects . |
| 26 | In rejecting the first submission Lord Bridge of Harwich , who delivered the judgment of the Board , said , at p. 318 : |
| 27 | He had absolutely no difficulty in following the first precept . |
| 28 | In answering the first question , the farmers divide into two groups : ( i ) those who have most of their land as upland ; ( ii ) those who farm the lowlands . |