Example sentences of "and at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he took a more positive stance in the third and at the first hint of resistance Newton 's temper began to rise . |
| 2 | After being defeated by Botvinnik on a number of occasions — notably at the great Avro Tournament of 1938 and at the first post war tournament held to find a successor to the late Alekhine — he finally got his revenge with a triumphal victory over the Soviet champion in the USSR . |
| 3 | 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' . |
| 4 | Such was my astonishment that I stopped kicking the offending mouse and at the first opportunity went to look at the hedgerow . |
| 5 | And at the first sign of her doing so you must be ready to praise her . |
| 6 | In 1883 the Kilarrow Free Church congregation formed a Total Abstinence Society and at the first meeting in January 35 people signed the pledge . |
| 7 | In 1883 the Kilarrow Free Church congregation formed a Total Abstinence Society and at the first meeting in January 35 people signed the pledge . |
| 8 | Economic growth had slowed from 12 per cent in 1988 to 6.5 per cent in 1989 , and at the first meeting of the new Cabinet on March 20 Roh suggested that the country 's current economic difficulties were the government 's chief priority . |
| 9 | The DTI — the Department of Trade and Industry — started to check up on one or two deals and at the first whiff of them he was away on his toes . |