Example sentences of "to the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 2 | The Scarabee d'Or is based on the upcoming AX 4wd and , says Heuliez , is a homage to the first crossing of the Sahara , led by Andre Citroen in December 1922 . |
| 3 | We urge you to consider our request for a nursery to be attached to the first school to give the children a head start in their education . |
| 4 | I shall refer to the first case as Mr. A. He wrote to me in March saying : |
| 5 | He was elected to the first Protectorate Parliament in 1654 for King 's Lynn , and again to the second in 1656 , this time on a double return which was rejected . |
| 6 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 7 | The latest Williams-trained discovery , New Level , looks outstanding in the first heat of the Regal Puppy Trophy , having won his first three races and never being headed to the first bend . |
| 8 | What they 're saying in effect is that they 're not going to entrust their latest toy to their closest ally because we 'd flog it to the first Russian we came across . ’ |
| 9 | The resulting expert system was built from historical data from 15 boards and tested with the data from a further 3 examples and gave similar results to the first expert system built . |
| 10 | The first man cycled to the first mark and left the cycle and hurried on , on foot . |
| 11 | He only ever puts the gas on half-way to the first mark on the knob and in the winter keeps the central heating down to sixty degrees : " I sit with the blanket round me . " |
| 12 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
| 13 | However , once the gun has gone they are not allowed to shut you out by sailing above the course to the first mark . |
| 14 | It used to be said that it was the attempt by the Seljuks to prevent Christians from reaching Jerusalem which led to the First Crusade . |
| 15 | Walk : if the pitcher throws four balls before a third strike , the batter is automatically ‘ walked ’ to the first base . |
| 16 | She stepped carefully from her platform to the first foothold and put her hand in his . |
| 17 | Reintroduced foods should be fed in the morning , and again in the afternoon , if there was no reaction , or only a slight reaction , to the first feeding . |
| 18 | He quickly ran over to the first hangar . |
| 19 | We will assign any node j for which or is basic to the first generation and say that the parent of j is 1 , writing P(j) = 1 . |
| 20 | x 29 , x 41 , x 59 , x 87 and x 97 , then nodes 4 and 9 are assigned to the first generation and P(4) = P(9) = 1 . |
| 21 | Now for each node i assigned to the first generation , we assign any node j ( –1 ) , not already assigned , for which x i j or x j i is basic , to the second generation and set P(j) = i ( i is the parent of j ) . |
| 22 | As sport is popularly thought of as a leisure time distraction rather than a central life interest or a possible career , it would have held only a marginal interest to the first generation . |
| 23 | Where the revenue is given in lump-sum form to the first generation , the results are different . |
| 24 | ‘ Sam Velerisms ’ , as they were called , which became the basis for ‘ Sam Wellerisms ’ , were famous in the period 1831–6 , just prior to the first publication of The Pickwick Papers . |
| 25 | When Penman opened the door to the first knock , Aunt Emily said , ‘ You will see how easy it is . ’ |
| 26 | I also spoke to the chief investigator of the Senate committee , who said that he had taken a large amount of information about this to the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington , but the British government had hampered any further investigation . |
| 27 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 28 | Dexter parked the car next to the first telephone kiosk they chanced across on the way back to Reading . |
| 29 | ‘ By 1976 , the Government decided it had to act and that led to the first TV campaign with the line ‘ Do n't take your car for a drink ’ . ’ |
| 30 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |