Example sentences of "for the first [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will then travel by coach through the golds and reds of a New Hampshire autumn for the first of two nights at the Town and Country Inn , Gorham , north of Massachusetts . |
| 2 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
| 3 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 4 | AN ambulance service has been criticised after spending £120 on a personalised number plate for the first of six American Chevrolet ambulances due to go into operation in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland . |
| 5 | This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday . |
| 6 | Now she waited , husbanding strength for the first of many visitors . |
| 7 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 8 | During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions . |
| 9 | For the first of these ( bar 1 ) , hold the C chord I 've diagrammed : press the tremolo arm to lower the C note ( string 5 , fret 3 ) to a B ( equivalent to fingering at fret 2 , and the reason I 've written ‘ 2 ’ in the tab as the lead-in . |
| 10 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
| 11 | As for the first of these concepts , we have seen that to a considerable extent in most schools the project achieved the objective of broadly based participation in devising curriculum-related library plans . |
| 12 | The contract for the first of these smaller cutters was given to Brooke Marine Shipyard at Lowestoft . |
| 13 | However , the input signals must be extremely small for the first of these two equations to apply with constant parameters . |
| 14 | The University commissioned a new piece of music by Irish composer Elaine Agnew for the first of these concerts , which not only gave a young composer her first opportunity to write for a full orchestra but also provided an affectionate tribute to the former Chancellor 's memory . |
| 15 | The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . |
| 16 | FRANK BUNCE , an outstanding World Cup centre for Western Samoa last October , is one of three new caps in New Zealand 's team for the first of three centennial season Tests in a week against a World XV , writes John Mason . |
| 17 | Close pal Ince will lead the rookie side that Taylor plans to name late today for the first of three US Cup games . |
| 18 | The A178 Tees Road closes for the first of three successive Sundays tomorrow , between Greatham Creek and the B1277 Brenda Road . |
| 19 | David Vaughan Q.C. , Gerald Barling. , David Anderson and Stephen Swabey , solicitor , for the first to ninety-fourth applicants . |