Example sentences of "at their first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At their first venture into the male Cooperative Congress in Edinburgh in 1884 , it was decided that there should be ‘ no platform speaking , no advertising , no going out of women 's place ’ . |
| 2 | Speaking in Brussels , where the Community dimension of the drama is becoming a major debate , the Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , said : ‘ Freedom is magnetic and it is natural that the people of Eastern Europe should lunge for it at their first chance . ’ |
| 3 | The proportion of men aged 15–19 who were found to be infected with HIV-1 at their first test increased from an average of 2.4% up to 1990 to 4.7% in the first nine months of 1991 . |
| 4 | At their first meetings in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 each had at once recognized in the other a man of extraordinary abilities . |
| 5 | Apart from the strong suspicion that the revenue officers of Wigtown were rather too closely associated with smuggling , their failure to determine at their first survey the proper quantity of dutiable iron imported by Bailie Hooks suggested a method of changing the composition of the town council when the vital election of a delegate to represent the burgh at the ensuing parliamentary election was to be held . |
| 6 | In a programme note Brook points out that Debussy told the cast at their first rehearsal ‘ forget that you 're singers ’ . |
| 7 | In a programme note , Brook points out that Debussy told the cast at their first rehearsal ‘ forget that you 're singers ’ . |
| 8 | Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra . |
| 9 | Mothers of Maori infants were also significantly younger at their first pregnancy ( χ 2 =216 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , had had more previous pregnancies ( χ 2 =19 , df=3 , p<0.001 ) , attended antenatal clinic later ( χ 2 =48 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) , and were less likely to have attended antenatal classes ( χ 2 =74 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) ( table II ) . |
| 10 | Mr Malik had told Robert , Rafiq and Dr Ali at their first staff meeting . |
| 11 | From analysis of all the comments made by the principal carers at their first interview it was possible to summarise overall reported feelings of strain ( Table 5.4 ) . |
| 12 | At their first summit , in Washington on June 16-17 , President George Bush of the United States and President Boris Yeltsin of Russia signed a range of far-reaching agreements covering nuclear disarmament and political , scientific and economic co-operation and other issues . |
| 13 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 14 | And Serena — glamour girl of Fiat Uno adverts — tried best to gloss over her partner 's scruffy appearance at their first photo-call . |
| 15 | Macmillan established a personal relationship almost at once with Kennedy at their first meeting at Key West in March 1961 ; and Watkinson renewed the agreement on ‘ interdependence ’ during his visit to the States in May , during which prospects of future Anglo-American collaborative projects were optimistically discussed . |
| 16 | Tom Poole , who had nursed his father devotedly at the end , was in low spirits , but was as instantly captivated by his visitor as he had been at their first meeting . |
| 17 | Also in that year he formed the Stamford Brazenose Society and at their first meeting they discussed astronomy and the latitude of Stamford , lunar maps , a remarkable wasps ' nest and a ‘ stone as big as a walnut , taken from out of the bladder of a little Dutch dog ’ . |
| 18 | In June 1968 , at their first meeting , Ceauşescu shrewdly let a twenty minute courtesy call run on for a flattering two and a quarter hours . |
| 19 | He always thanked anyone who did , she noticed , and felt a return of the respect he had inspired in her at their first meeting . |
| 20 | She knew as little about him now , his parents , his life , as she had at their first meeting . |
| 21 | At their first meeting , Berenson is described as ‘ a gentleman with a reddish beard ’ ; apologising for turning up at the artist 's studio unannounced , he offered the excuse that he was ‘ the person who bought all your pictures from Torrini ’ ( an antique dealer with whom Joni placed his first works for sale ) . |
| 22 | Joni records that , at their first meeting , ‘ after an endless stream of compliments on the execution of my work ’ , Berenson , who had purchased from Torrini an ‘ Alberto Aringhieri in prayer ’ ( fig.2 ) inspired by Pinturicchio 's celebrated fresco in Siena cathedral , ‘ singled out the Aringhieri for special praise , saying that he found it more skilfully done even than the original , which he had been to see and examined just before coming to my studio ’ . |
| 23 | He and Shinwell had told the Central Authority at their first meeting in September 1947 that , while general price rises could be ruled out , they were prepared to look at the possibility of controlling demand at peak times by differentially higher prices for peak use or by mechanical load-restricting devices . |
| 24 | At their first meeting with students likely to be taking their class , most teachers explain how the class will work ( e.g. structure and content of syllabus , sequence of topics , suggested reading for each topic , times and place of meetings , etc . ) . |
| 25 | It would , he had informed her at their first meeting , be mostly a matter of watching and listening for the moment . |
| 26 | Images flickered across the disordered screen of her mind — Rune provocatively , dominantly angry at their first meeting ; Rune , eyes shuttered , playing ‘ her ’ song ; Rune , mouth tender , eyes laughing as he had watched the children playing at the funfair in Tivoli ; Rune , seeking her out at her hotel , deliberately drawing her into his life ; Rune , his blond head bent , handling her damaged foot with such tenderness ; Rune … |
| 27 | The Officer Board for 1993–95 was elected by the Executive Committee at their first meeting on Monday , 26th April 1993 . |
| 28 | ‘ At their first meeting together , Enya was pleasantly surprised to discover that Princess Diana just loves her music , ’ said a source close to Enya . |
| 29 | At their first meeting after the blitz the General Purposes Committee recommended the setting up of a City Redevelopment Committee to consider ‘ the steps which it will be desirable for the municipality to take to secure a worthy replanning and redevelopment of the city ’ . |
| 30 | It is perhaps worth mentioning and passing on through SMT that the Partnership Sub Committee of the National Committee discussed this at their first meeting and made the following points ( reflected in the Minute of SCAC 19th March 1991 ) . |