Example sentences of "in [art] first [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first division Oxford United were looking good in the first half thanks to a goal from defender Anton Rogan … |
| 2 | This was just in the first half kids . |
| 3 | In the first few hours following fertilisation , the embryo is not particularly tolerant of high temperatures but , by the next day , its tolerance appears somehow to have increased . |
| 4 | In the first few hours after the verdict , 60 people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct . |
| 5 | Our inability to standardise the timing of the initial packed cell volume is unfortunate as large changes in plasma volume occur in the first few hours of life . |
| 6 | You must first seek to interest the editor and to do this you must make certain that the essence of the story is contained in the first few sentences . |
| 7 | However , if every seventh word has been deleted in the first few sentences , then every seventh word must be deleted for the rest of the test . |
| 8 | Knocked out of Europe in the first few rounds , most Scottish footballers are readily available for mid-week court cases , and can not draw on Jimmy Johnstone 's range of excuses . |
| 9 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
| 10 | The main aim is to catch the interest of the reader in the first few phrases . |
| 11 | In the first few lines there pervades a sense of darkness as the train is on the brink of her voyage . |
| 12 | Owners have to be especially vigilant in the first few moments when the dogs are brought back together , and while they settle down to rest . |
| 13 | But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent . |
| 14 | This is how they were in the first few games of the season . |
| 15 | WHEN I BEGAN to write about Thrush Green in 1958 , I described it in the first few pages of the book I called Thrush Green , and a little later as seen by Ruth Bassett from the bedroom window of her late grandfather 's beautiful house overlooking the green . |
| 16 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 17 | In the first few minutes of their greetings , the real purpose of Nora 's trip was forgotten by them both . |
| 18 | More bird song : willow warbler , wren , robin — all in the first few minutes . |
| 19 | The tackle he made in the first few minutes when Giggs was straight through on Beeny must be enough to get him Young Player of the Year . |
| 20 | IN the first few minutes Armagh could have opened the scoring when Eugene Mullan was forced to pull off a string of good saves . |
| 21 | A Thames barge has no keel and is afloat in the first few inches of shoal water . |
| 22 | A report has been published which looks at the operation of the new Mental Illness Specific Grant in the first few months after its introduction in April this year . |
| 23 | the was posted to France and Belgium as part of the British Expedition Force , in the first few months of the outbreak of the war in 1939 , and he realised then that the British Army was not nearly professional enough , compared with the German Army , and he noticed that many of the British Commanding Officers continued to treat the waging of war as some kind of game . |
| 24 | So , although the Bolsheviks did not start the inflationary process , they were unable to stop it either , despite their wish to do so in the first few months of Soviet rule . |
| 25 | In the first few months of independence the Poles came to realise that the lower reaches of the Vistula waterway — their economic lifeline to the coast — had in fact been badly neglected by the Germans . |
| 26 | The argument is that school-leavers are mainly only temporarily unemployed and in the first few months of work are likely to switch jobs as they search for the ones that suit them best . |
| 27 | Baby carriers/slings leave your hands and arms free , and are a good way of transporting your baby in the first few months . |
| 28 | Although he may receive more help in the first few months than the widow usually does , he may find that his sudden change in life-style is a considerable shock . |
| 29 | In the first few months we received a considerable amount of written advice from individuals and professional organisations , and so in making our decisions we could draw on a range of expertise . |
| 30 | Observation in the first few months showed that , almost regardless of what changes were made , output went up , even when conditions were apparently worsened . |