Example sentences of "at the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When David Walker led the poll tax rebels of West Oxfordshire out of the tory fold many pundits expected the new Independents would be replaced by more compliant conservatives at the first electoral opportunity … but two years on independents still hold more than half the council wards . |
| 2 | His son Graeme must take some of the blame for this , for his approach at the first extra hole found sand and his drive at the second left his father with an uneven stance on a bank . |
| 3 | The world No 1 's five-shot overnight lead was ripped apart by Australia 's Great White Shark , who fumbled a 3ft putt on the last green before Faldo won at the first extra hole . |
| 4 | Price took the £260,000 top prize at the first extra hole . |
| 5 | At the first extra hole , Montgomerie holed out again and then stood back to watch his rival fail to draw level . |
| 6 | Torrance won at the first extra hole , the 450-yards 18th , to collect £83,330 in prize money and go top of the European Money List . |
| 7 | At the first extra hole Torrance and Woosnam both hit the green in two but Rystrom missed the green and Broadhurst was bunkered with his second shot . |
| 8 | Torrance clinched the title with a 30 foot putt at the first extra hole and now heads for the Jersey Open tomorrow . |
| 9 | Payne took the Balearic Open with a par 4 at the first extra hole after he and Sweden 's Anders Gillner had tied on 277 , 11-under-par . |
| 10 | Alan Bond , the embattled Australian beer and media tycoon , was the underbidder at the first great trophy auction : for Van Gogh' Sunflowers . |
| 11 | Amino acids are numbered in italics on the left beginning at the first predicted Met . |
| 12 | I remember that at the first European Council which my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and I attended together , in Stuttgart , it was reaffirmed as a clear objective . |
| 13 | A model for achieving a smoke free generation in Europe was proposed at the first European conference on tobacco in 1988 and was supported by the World Health Organisation and British Medical Association . |
| 14 | EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes and companion Dr Michael Stroud were almost halfway to the South Pole yesterday in their attempt at the first unaided crossing of Antarctica . |
| 15 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 16 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 17 | At the first personal growth workshop I ever attended , I still recall an exercise in which we had to write down our faults and weaknesses , what we disliked about ourselves . |
| 18 | This too was the strongest argument offered in favour of one Sandy Forbes , who hoped for the office of surgeon 's mate of the Sutherland Fencibles in 1779 , though in his case he clearly intended to be an officer in name only for he intended to apply for leave to complete his degree at Edinburgh University and to sail for India as an officer of an East Indiaman at the first suitable opportunity . |
| 19 | One year later in July 1935 , he delivered a major speech at the First International Congress of Writers for the Defence of Culture , 9 and also played a significant role in orchestrating the behind-the-scenes collaboration between communist and non-communist contributors to the congress itself . |
| 20 | The dangers of hepatitis B infection were discussed at the First International Congress on Occupational Health for Healthcare Workers , which was held in Freiburg , Germany in September.The Congress was organised by the International Commission on Occupational Health ( ICOH ) and the Freiburg Institute for Occupational and Social Medicine ( FFAS ) . |
| 21 | Performed at the First International Piano Festival in Oviedo , Spain in January 1992 . |
| 22 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |
| 23 | This disendowment of a loyal servant is reminiscent of Edward 's shabby treatment of John Neville in 1470 and had similar consequences : Neville rebelled at the first real opportunity and the Howards backed Gloucester in 1483 . |
| 24 | Many people , in order to feel more secure , make the mistake of diving into straps at the first possible opportunity . |
| 25 | I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad . |
| 26 | I confess that I literally gasped with disbelief when I heard him calmly announce his determination to get rid of the poll tax at the first possible opportunity . |
| 27 | Its fragrance is real , and penetrating : but it does not release itself at the first casual opening of the pages . |
| 28 | ‘ You must make your move at the first available opportunity . |
| 29 | Although urban dwellers troop out to the countryside at the first available opportunity and nature plays a significant part in Japanese sentiment , the cultural and other attractions of the cities have a magnetizing effect in an era which has produced a strong emphasis on material rather than spiritual wealth . |
| 30 | Whatever the General may consider best , I will destroy you at the first available opportunity . ’ |