Example sentences of "for [art] first [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the nineties , we could be set for the first Oscars awarded to synthetic actors . |
| 2 | An alternative approach is for the instruction to scan from ( usually ) the most-significant to the least.significant end of the word , searching for the first bit set to one , and placing the number of that bit position in a suitable register , Notice the similarity between this operation and the " shift and count " instruction discussed in the last section . |
| 3 | ‘ If the indicators for the first quarter remain flat or suggest a further fall in output , then the time will have come for a further cut in interest rates , by another 1 per cent or more . ’ |
| 4 | The budget deficit ceiling was set at 950,100 million roubles ( US$1=0.5461 roubles at the official rate as at July 13 , 1992 ) , representing 12-14 per cent of the projected 1992 gross national product ( for projected deficit for the first quarter see p. 38923 ) . |
| 5 | Air Products and Chemicals reported net profits of $64m ( £1=$1.8 ) for the first quarter ended 31 December 1991 , representing a 12 per cent increase on the year-ago quarter , which included an after-tax gain of $3m . |
| 6 | Network Computing Devices Inc reported net revenues of $35m for the first quarter ended March 31 , an increase of 49% . |
| 7 | Sun disappointed some people last Thursday by posting income of only five cents a share for the first quarter ended September 25 . |
| 8 | The basic rate of income tax was 30p in the pound in 1979 and is now 25p , with a new lower rate of 20p for the first £2,000 earned above personal allowances . |
| 9 | ON ADVENT Sunday , 29th November , 22 nervous teenager contestants with their families and Catenian organisers met in the lecture theatre of the North Tees Hospital for the first public speaking competition promoted by the Catenian Association in the North East . |
| 10 | Crowds of rail enthusiasts are expected to flock to the Settle-Carlisle line today for the first public run along BR tracks of the steam locomotive Blue Peter . |
| 11 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 12 | The accounts for the first year indicated quite clearly the recognition of the social divisions which existed at the time . |
| 13 | And although attendance during the rainy season was poor , the company 's projection of 11m visitors for the first year has not proved far from the mark . |
| 14 | The plan should not be formulated and then forgotten after grant for the first year has been obtained . |
| 15 | Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment . |
| 16 | The panel of judges for the first award included Eleanor Bron , the actress and writer ; Penelope Lively , the novelist and a past winner of the Booker Prize ; and John Mortimer , QC , the novelist and playwright and chairman of the Royal Society of Literature . |
| 17 | Despite publicity about their strict code of conduct , it was obvious that the rules had been broken because when the time came for the first troupe to go home , John was astounded to learn that eight out of the sixteen had married during the run and intended to remain behind and every one of the other eight was engaged . |
| 18 | It had looked promising for the tourists as openers David Boon and Mark Taylor batted confidently for the first hour to put on 38 . |
| 19 | Motorway bollards were due to be removed at one thirty for the first customers to stream in . |
| 20 | The offer of £1 , from Gold Cup sponsors TNT for the first side to score goals in the competition must have been tempting to the Reds , who more than doubled their tally for the season to date on Friday . |
| 21 | The idea for the first excursion had flashed through his brain as he tramped across the middle of England from Market Harborough to Leicester on his way to attend a temperance meeting . |
| 22 | There is a prize of £14,000 for the first human to out-run a horse . |
| 23 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 24 | When the county followed on 179 behind Surrey , he and T.C. O'Brien put on 228 for the first wicket to create a win by 79 runs . |
| 25 | Nominations had to be in by 11.30 a.m. on Monday 26 July [ 1965 ] for the first ballot to open twenty-four hours later . |
| 26 | The new date for the first round had been announced on Feb. 4 , when new provisional dates were also given for the second round ( March 8 ) and the two rounds of the presidential elections ( March 22 and April 5 ) . |
| 27 | It took time for the first cracks to appear . |
| 28 | She wagged her finger at Frank , even for the first week behaving flirtatiously with him — while he tried to hide an obvious mixture of embarrassment and pleasure . |
| 29 | The inspiration for the first stones seems to come less from the East than from Bronze-age pieces found and imitated . |
| 30 | For the first Christians to claim this as the heart of their faith was a scandal of the first order . |