Example sentences of "the very first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1957 , Sir Christopher Hinton , about to become the very first chairman of the CEGB , had predicted that by the 1970s nuclear power would be ‘ appreciably ’ cheaper than coal-fired generation . |
| 2 | The very first cruise around the world in one ship was organized by American Express who chartered the Laconia in 1922 . |
| 3 | But the very first visitors to Japan assumed , from the local socks , that the Japanese had only two toes . |
| 4 | The term mission is a precise one , especially in the light of a discursive shift which is evident from the very first lines of the chapter on adult education which follows : |
| 5 | ‘ At the very first sign of such an act … ’ |
| 6 | This is the very first idea to be taken into consideration when a choreographer starts to work with music . |
| 7 | As Fig. 4.5 shows , the change of context experienced by group D produced a substantial loss of vigour in the CR , evident from the very first trial of the test . |
| 8 | What did they do on the very first day except walk under the first vehicle they saw ? |
| 9 | It was the very first day of Mildred Hubble 's second year at Miss Cackle 's Academy for Witches . |
| 10 | Now this is the very first day of school for each one of you . |
| 11 | That 's how I remember the very first day of the war . |
| 12 | So out of the 16,000 Pathfinders I personally recruited from the very first day of my appointment to the Pathfinder Force , to the last day of the war , I am not aware of one occasion on which a member of aircrew , whatever his category , was dealt with under the terms of the AMO . |
| 13 | As a school involved in the very first year of the project , School A provides an opportunity to observe a school 's involvement in Stage 3 of the project ; that is to say , the development of INSET provision , the further development of library facilities and curriculum innovation , and other by-products of the project . |
| 14 | To stand against the old order , the new national States would have to be strong — ‘ The very first conditions of national existence ( are ) large numbers and compactness of territory , ’ along with resources , ability and a favourable social organization . |
| 15 | This number would also provide new interest for the revival — especially if , as we think likely , the obbligato part was played by solo oboe , not violin , making it the very first song of this uniquely colourful and expressive kind in English musical history . |
| 16 | I say I saw the very first film of it |
| 17 | Brian was one of the very first members of the ACET team and will be greatly missed . |
| 18 | No sooner back than at the very first race of the 1982 season , at Kyalami , controversy broke out again . |
| 19 | ( 1 ) Why was not amplified vibration generally available to those few people who were likely to benefit ? ( 2 ) Was James Yates really the very first person in the world to think about and use it ? |
| 20 | One of the very first actors to be labelled a hellraiser was Peter Finch . |
| 21 | [ more calmly ] I am now convinced that nothing but religious considerations and a resolution to watch over the very first appearances of evil can be of sufficient weight to keep steady to his good purpose a vain young man . |
| 22 | Let us admit that since the FFYP was the very first exercise of its kind in history , it would not be surprising if there were discrepancies , failures of some kind . |
| 23 | Supersaurus is not to be confused with Megalosaurus ( 'giant reptile' ) , a lizard-hipped carnosaur living in the Jurassic and the very first dinosaur to be named and described , looking like a smaller Tyrannosaurus . |
| 24 | This came into being when the very first change in the first cell took place , and that change , which was the first biochemical action , ultimately proved to have been , or must be acknowledged to have been , taken to initiate the process which would continue indefinitely to produce a living being with an ever-increasing capacity to enjoy life . |
| 25 | Wooden models , primitive in design as the very first toys of all , of two men hammering in turn on an anvil . |
| 26 | He arrived in England in 1963 when aged 16 and almost immediately immersed himself in sport ; as such he was one of the very first sportsmen to energy from the second generation West Indian immigrants . |
| 27 | One of its team accidently dropped the very first bomb on Nazi Germany . |
| 28 | The very first stage of mechanical filtration is usually an intake filter on the pump to remove very coarse particles and protect its impeller . |
| 29 | I know , I know , 1 hear you say , this precious Boy of yours surely has no imagination if he is content with the first place he finds and the very first crowd of men that he runs across . |
| 30 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |