Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first day a battalion moved in , the Provost Sergeant would march to the market cross , accompanied by drummers and fifers who then started playing to attract attention . |
| 2 | The first day a tyre burst with such a loud crack I thought someone was shooting at us . |
| 3 | The veteran of European campaigns with Aberdeen and Manchester United revealed his concern at the rough stuff dished out to prolific marksman Chapman in the first leg a fortnight ago . |
| 4 | In the first storey a light showed in what was probably one of the Palace 's drawing-rooms or studies . |
| 5 | Aston Villa v Arsenal With Liverpool back at the top of the First Division a draw will do neither of their immediate pursuers much good . |
| 6 | The level of settlements is well down on the eight per cent recorded in the first quarter a year ago . |
| 7 | The first night a girl put her hand inside my trousers was during a Kenneth More film about the sinking of the Titanic . |
| 8 | I stayed in hotels to begin with and when I finally moved into a flat , on the first night a rat ran across my chest . |
| 9 | In the first case a woman is seeking compensation for the death in 1962 of her 10-month-old daughter from leukaemia ; the girl 's father worked as a fitter at Sellafield for nearly 30 years and has since also died of cancer . |
| 10 | In the first case a combination of inflation and world growth ultimately saved us ( as it did so many other sixties ' optimists ) , and subsequently ammonia and fertilizers became one of our most successful businesses . |
| 11 | The second final place was contested between Alex A — who had played the first round a player short — and Mason 's packing house . |
| 12 | AI believes this may be the first time a poll has shown such opposition . |
| 13 | The 28-member Consell General de las Valls ( General Council of the Valleys ) , elected for a four-year term , has , since reforms introduced in 1981 , appointed an Executive Council , introducing for the first time a separation between the executive and legislative arms of government . |
| 14 | This system , devised by Rentokil 's Research and Development department , offers for the first time a non-chemical , twenty-four hour detection and protection system . |
| 15 | The centralized bureaucratic apparatus of the state became subordinated to the interests of the dominant economic groups that were already creating a commercial agriculture and would subsequently promote industrial development : ‘ for the first time a state had been created whose policies and activities were shaped in response to the needs and movement of civil society ’ ( Gamble 1981 : 67 ) . |
| 16 | This was the first time a company had been invited to give a product demonstration at the centre and were keen to present the merits of their product . |
| 17 | It 's the first time a licence has been refused because of animal welfare . |
| 18 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 19 | It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site . |
| 20 | Attended by representatives from 179 member states , it was marked by the exclusion from the General Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) — the first time a member state had been removed from its seat , although South Africa had been suspended from the General Assembly in 1974 . |
| 21 | Some of these new CD products are aimed squarely at consumer markets , promising for the first time a breakthrough into the same mass market in which audio CDs have been so dramatically successful . |
| 22 | In those early days in our relationship , Basil was still adjusting to the Northern scene and I , a callow young teacher , encountering for the first time a man of impeccable manners , charm and sensibility . |
| 23 | A man accused of raping his wife has been cleared by a jury at Sheffield Crown Court ; it was the first time a man in England had been charged with such an offence . |
| 24 | It was the first time a man in England has been charged with such an offence . |
| 25 | Reading Neale 's articles in the immediate context of teaching for the first time a course dangerously titled , ‘ Television Theory ’ ( is there such a thing ? ) , |
| 26 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 27 | For the first time a tally was kept of the number of items issued to users or consulted by Map Library staff in answering letter enquiries . |
| 28 | Noel Lynch , of the Ulster Aviation Society , said : ‘ It 's the first time a reunion like this has taken place . |
| 29 | It may be alarmed the first time a bit is put in its mouth , or saddle is put on its back , or it 's girthed up , or mounted , but this anxiety can be ‘ undone ’ or prevented altogether by making sure that the horse is not hurt and by rewarding the horse at the same time . |
| 30 | Placement support which at the least minimised the chances that the ex-patient would be evicted from his home or sacked from his job the first time a problem occurred would seem essential . |