Example sentences of "their [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Many mothers do not even try to toilet train their children until the age of 2 years or later while others deliberately train their child during the first year of life ( Douglas and Richman 1984 ) . |
| 32 | The welcome 's over … the introductions have been made … today it 's been down to work for Oxford United 's new manager Denis Smith and his assistant Malcolm Crosby … their plan for the first game |
| 33 | But , once Saturday 's game is over , Allon hopes Sunderland continue their climb up the First Division table — for the sake of manager Malcolm Crosby . |
| 34 | DESPITE the impressive 38–4 scoreline against London Crusaders , there was a distinct lack of style to match the occasion yesterday as Sheffield secured their return to the First Division in a game spoilt by strong wind . |
| 35 | MANY churches were focusing their prayers on the first Sunday of December to guide them in their response to AIDS . |
| 36 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 37 | Albion were on their guard from the first minute when Steve Guppy curled a shot into keeper Stuart Naylor 's body . |
| 38 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 39 | For many , the thought of leaving their parents for the first time left them subdued . |
| 40 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 41 | At the sixth meeting members agreed that ‘ as a result of their examination of the first six courses they had established certain standards for assessment and were now able to make an objective judgment upon the courses submitted ’ . |
| 42 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 43 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 44 | To make the country even more civilized the railways were embarking on building great hotels by their stations for the first time . |
| 45 | Dietary iron intake was measured by a prospective seven day diary record of weighed and estimated food intake in patients who had not changed their diet before the first attendence or were not admitted for investigations to be performed . |
| 46 | It will trace the roots of nationalist sentiments from their beginnings during the First World War , through to the election of the first national government in the history of the islands , the Peoples Nationalist Movement , in 1956 . |
| 47 | The audience were in their seats for the first of the two evening performances . |
| 48 | Studies in Minnesota have shown that once machines come in , racetracks lose 20–30% of their business in the first year . |
| 49 | Either through this , or through their exercise of coercive powers , the great landed nobility were able to minimize damage to their incomes in the first twenty years or so after the first onset of the plague . |
| 50 | Rijeka , who led 1–0 , may now lose their place in the First Division . |
| 51 | In the Third World new nations were flexing their muscles for the first time . |
| 52 | ( 26 January 1770 ) Their schedule during the first visit was a punishing one : they visited Rovereto , Verona , Mantua , Cremona , Milan , Lodi , Bologna , Rome , Florence and Naples in the space of six months . |
| 53 | For very form 's sake , and because , after all , Stair was his brother , he had stayed with the party through one act of a musical comedy at the Gaiety Theatre where they had made so much noise that their departure at the first interval must have pleased the audience which they had left behind , had gone to Quaggers — Quaglino 's — to dine — which meant drink — in a private room , and were now on their way to crown their evening 's pleasure by ‘ Pushing the boat out for Havvie ’ , Stair 's witticism . |
| 54 | The earliest of these postscripts to survive dates from the day after their departure on the first trip ( 12 ) . |
| 55 | This had forced general managers of the second wave into the reactive mould characteristic of their predecessors in the first wave . |
| 56 | They were directed back to their positions by the first assistant and his megaphone , and a second take began ; Miranda was now able to make some sketches of the action as well , as she knew its shape . |
| 57 | This study extends the work of a pilot study funded by ESRC ( C/00/23/2220 ) which examined the interaction between dear parents and their infants in the first 12 months of life . |
| 58 | No , I do n't want a lecture on the birds and the bees , I was just wondering where software companies find them , and how they learn their art in the first place ? |
| 59 | In fact Manawatu shattered the Irish with their 58–24 win , and the tourists were in no mood to outwit a rampant All Black side stung by their faults in the First Test . |
| 60 | ENGLAND 'S Colts emulated their seniors for the first time in three seasons at the Parc de Pugh in Brecon by toppling the Welsh Youth in no uncertain fashion . |