Example sentences of "in [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I had no idea then what species of bird it was , the picture was firmly fixed in my mind ; years later I instantly recognised it in my first ornithological guide , P. A. D. Hollom 's The Popular Handbook of British Birds . |
| 2 | My best finish was in my first major tournament , the Southern Amateur in the cold and rain of Royal Cinque Ports in March . |
| 3 | Well , I survived my time with Seve , and in my first full year with Sandy I thought he was going to come up trumps straight away in the Open . |
| 4 | I was in my first Olympic final . |
| 5 | Leeds have protested that Stuttgart broke the rule of playing four non-nationals instead of three in their first round clash and UEFA bosses will make their decision today . |
| 6 | I predict they will take at least one of the rubbers in their first round match against France , the current Davis Cup holders , at the end of this month . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Worcestershire have been playing Nottinghamshire in their first round match . |
| 8 | Ireland 's World bronze medallist went down 8–7 in a titanic battle with Russia 's Albert Pekov in their first round clash . |
| 9 | were trailing 18–0 in their first round cup-tie Bradford and went desperately close to another major upset against a North Division One side , but York ended four points short of victory at 18–15 . |
| 10 | were trailing 18–0 in their first round cup-tie Bradford and went desperately close to another major upset against a North Division One side , but York ended four points short of victory at 18–15 . |
| 11 | The staff hoped that a French micro , the Thompson 07 , could be modified for use in their first major pilot project near Marseilles . |
| 12 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 13 | US Marines took control of an airfield in Somalia yesterday in their first major sortie out of the war-torn country 's capital . |
| 14 | In the last year Virgin had invested some £4m in their first major film project , Electric Dreams ; more money was now being poured into yet another , a new version of George Orwell 's book Nineteen Eighty-four . |
| 15 | In their first joint publications in 1913 the Braggs described the atomic structure of common salt and diamond ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 16 | LIVERPOOL will play first division Birmingham City at St Andrews in their first pre-season game on July 28 . |
| 17 | In a surprise result , Burundians voted in their first democratic election since 1962 to boot out their military president , Pierre Buyoya , in favour of a banker , Melchior Ndadaye . |
| 18 | Olympic champions Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell will have their work cut out in their first individual races of the summer . |
| 19 | On the other side , revolutionary parties may come to accept more of the existing social institutions than they did in their first enthusiastic advocacy of a brave new world . |
| 20 | There is no mention in the Project booklet of the use of the school library resource centre itself and it may be that for this age group in their first extended piece of work in the school it was felt that moving out of the year base into another area involved more planning , supervision or simple hazard than the staff were ready to face . |
| 21 | Volleyball : Chelmsford Partners women 's volleyball side are banking on a wealth of experience to give them the edge this Sunday in their first English Volleyball Association Cup Final.The team has an average age of nearly 34 , but they still fancy their chances of defeating a younger Sheffield Wednesday at Riverside ( start 1.30 pm ) . |
| 22 | In the first half , Linfield , playing in their first Euro tie at Windsor Park for six years , never gave the Georgians a chance to settle . |
| 23 | Tarvie trout fight like fury and are beautifully marked with bright red spots ; and in this delightful little loch there are some excellent fish which can almost pull the rod from your hand in their first mad rush . |
| 24 | In their first public appearances these pupils performed tableaux and dances in church pageants , which were popular in the 1880s . |
| 25 | In their first underground leaflet , the Women 's Higher Council stated the following : ’ To our great masses of women , to the steadfast mothers , sisters , to our women heroines behind the iron bars of the zionist jails and in the revolutionary camps — to women workers , peasants , students — You had a central , important and distinguished role in the great Intifada — had part in its continuity , escalation and in sparking its flame ; this role has expressed itself in the wide participation of women in all fields of daily confrontation and resistance since the Uprisings first day . |
| 26 | In their first formal encounter since the founding of the African National Congress ( ANC ) in 1912 , representatives of the government and the ANC met in Cape Town on May 2-4 , 1990 , for preliminary talks aimed at removing obstacles to future negotiations on a post-apartheid constitution . |
| 27 | In May , government and ANC representatives — in their first formal meeting since the ANC 's founding in 1912 — began " talks about talks " aimed at preparing the way for future negotiations on a constitution [ see p. 37440 ] . |
| 28 | Warwickshire unsurprisingly lost to Notts in their first four-day game but Smith 's five first-innings wickets kept them in the game until the final day . |
| 29 | Is not it time for the Government to compensate the people whom they damaged in their first Tory recession ? |
| 30 | Alison Rose , the 24-year-old from Farnham , running for the United Kingdom in her first cross-country international at a ‘ Festival of Women ’ event in Bergamo , Italy , last week , finished second . |