Example sentences of "on [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my first administrative promotion in Buckinghamshire I encountered Geoff Link , for me a new colleague , but also a former teacher . |
| 2 | Twenty years ago this autumn I finished work on my first full-length book , a guide to edible wild plants called Food for Free . |
| 3 | But I was surprised to discover on my first full day at Thornfield that Mrs Fairfax was not in fact the owner , as I had assumed , but the housekeeper , and that my new master was a Mr Rochester , who was often away from home . |
| 4 | The darker humour associated with ED 209 , which does indeed look quite large and threatening at first ( and not at all like a model only one foot ( 30cm ) high , which it is ) is typified when it , in error , riddles a young executive with machine-gun bullets on its first official presentation and the stunned silence is broken by a cry of ‘ Someone send for a paramedic ! ’ |
| 5 | The new company is already working on its first major contract , worth £20 million , to rebuild the country 's naval base . |
| 6 | He was one of those who led that assembly in prayer on its first full day 's sitting , which it devoted entirely to religious exercises . |
| 7 | Reporting on its first national investigation into waste disposal in the USA on April 3 , 1989 , the US Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) concluded that US industry was placing a " startlingly and unacceptably high " volume of toxic substances into the land , water and air . |
| 8 | The Chinese State Circus is on its first National Tour … and around 18000 people are expected to see the show in Cheltenham over the next two weeks : |
| 9 | There was much controversy in the media about how Diana had defied the Queen to take Prince William on her first major overseas visit . |
| 10 | On her first official visit to Derbyshire in fourteen years , Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , President of the National Trust , received a royal welcome at Calke Abbey in May . |
| 11 | Najma 's family tried to talk her out of a singing career as not quite suitable for a good Muslim girl , but she persevered and in 1984 won Britain 's Asian song contest on her first public appearance . |
| 12 | She 's currently starring in The Cemetery Club at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon , the penultimate stop on her first British theatre tour . |
| 13 | The study skills she had learnt were certainly of value — six weeks before she went on her first overseas assignment her company put her through a crash course in Greek ! |
| 14 | On her first royal engagement with Prince Charles — at Goldsmiths Hall — she wore a deep plunge black Emanuel dress . |
| 15 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 16 | They have hardly spoken in public and the atmosphere remains frosty on their first major engagement since their marriage was rocked by leaks . |
| 17 | For , having barely embarked on their first Industrial Revolution , many Third World nations tend to regard their tribal peoples with the same antagonism which caused the " maturer " nations to extinguish theirs just a century earlier . |
| 18 | These were followed by two of Pickford 's Flyboats , on their first commercial run to Leicester . |
| 19 | Guests receive a welcome drink on their first full day . |
| 20 | Kildare , who as they smiled on their first born son in 1725 decided to christen him Arthur , ( 2 ) ( 1725–1803 ) after his godfather and benefactor Archbishop Arthur Price of Cashel . |
| 21 | NEW-born baby lambs caused quite a stir in Stewart Park , Middlesbrough , on their first public outing in yesterday 's sunshine . |
| 22 | Following the power trio 's acclaimed brace of London shows last month , they embark on their first national tour which calls in at . |
| 23 | Ewen MacAskill gratefully shakes the international hand of friendship on his first alpine climb |
| 24 | He totalled 98 on his first professional outing , which included a 10 at the eleventh . |
| 25 | On his first real challenge . |
| 26 | HENRY ROLLINS ( left ) embarks on his first major spoken word tour early next year , in conjunction with the release of a double album of wry wisdom from the former Black Flag frontman . |
| 27 | The indomitable Lady Franklin took off with Eliza 's husband around the 10 December on his first major exploration of the south and west coasts of Van Diemen 's Land . |
| 28 | Chancellor Kohl , on his first official visit to East Germany , was mobbed in the centre of Dresden by a crowd of several thousand shouting : ‘ Germany , Germany ’ , ‘ Helmut , Helmut , ’ and ‘ Germany united Fatherland ’ . |
| 29 | While his boss , on his first official visit to Britain as Russian President , was cooling his heels at No 10 by John Major , his driver was left to introduce his 20ft long , 7ft wide Zil limousine to London 's narrow streets . |
| 30 | On his first official visit to the United Kingdom on May 7-8 González met with UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd and Prime Minister John Major . |