Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | when did the contingency fund first come into the budget ? |
| 2 | One of the main objects of the occasion being to enable the many supporters of the Link to learn first hand from Mr Jim Coffey and his team how the results of their fund raising efforts have provided much needed aid in Romania . |
| 3 | To the Manor Ground first |
| 4 | But this could not be done without noise , especially the last , and hearing it the defenders lit first torches and then large beacons along the walls and opened up with their guns . |
| 5 | The case had first to be heard in the court of the seneschal of Aquitaine , or ‘ court of Gascony ’ as it was entitled . |
| 6 | At this stage the jargon is an obstacle in that anyone wishing to find out about the field has first to interpret the jargon . |
| 7 | In terms of legal status the clerk had first of all the right to have his case tried only before a church court — the " privilege of the forum " . |
| 8 | The election came first and the changes were never made . |
| 9 | I 'm not sure that The Correspondent came first , no I 'm not sure that anybody came first . |
| 10 | The knights strike first and inflict 5 wounds , enough to kill one Troll and cause 2 further wounds . |
| 11 | The temperament comes first . |
| 12 | The request will go before their committee and I think we 'll get the Stewart fight first , ’ Maloney said . |
| 13 | Or , does the scientist know first , what he or she is looking for , in order then , to select the information he or she needs . |
| 14 | Upon their release in May , Lin expelled Matheson from China forever , but the Scot retreated first to Macao and then to Hong Kong , to resume opium sales in secret , with 200 per cent profits on fresh supplies from India . |
| 15 | I would tend to think the titles came first as it was usual to show a composer something of what you were envisaging . |
| 16 | Every morning the ponies started first , and the dogs started two hours later , because they ran faster . |
| 17 | The horse is more steady , but the ox came first , so I think prefer the ox . |
| 18 | It was a terrific grind with all the work at the College to take first place , and Greek and French to be squeezed in somehow . |
| 19 | The industry lost first its export markets and then its domestic market to the Japanese because it was totally unprepared for the challenge from companies that operated on a truly international basis . |
| 20 | The three men stared out across the French countryside as the light turned first murky , then grey and finally black . |
| 21 | IN the recent World Cup , in changing the rules concerning the weather-affected matches , a system which unjustly penalises the side batting second was substituted for one which was usually disadvantageous to the side batting first . |
| 22 | For de Gaulle , the future meant first and foremost the international settlement , particularly the all-important German settlement . |
| 23 | The taximan drove first to Old Street , where there was a garage open all night for the trade , and bought a tankful of petrol . |
| 24 | The kids come first is n't it ? |
| 25 | Elisabeth Leonskaja opts for the second of these views in her performance of No. 1 , and the deliberate- sounding first movement that results is not altogether convincing . |
| 26 | The research aims first to identify the factors responsible for the growth of the various elements of public expenditure , so that some idea can be obtained as to their future development ; and secondly to discover to what extent these developments have represented , and will represent , claims on real resources , contributions to real output , or simply an increasing burden of taxation . |
| 27 | The car started first time for Volkov . |
| 28 | Both hulls were flooded , the water driving backwards and forwards across the saloon deck as the waves lifted first one hull , then the other . |
| 29 | Probably the remedy to try first , two or three times a day especially if there is a thick , milky-white , bland discharge that does not irritate or only very little . |
| 30 | Wearside golf club played host to their fellow centurians City of Newcastle golf club last weekend 98 years since the club had first contested a game . |