Example sentences of "and the first [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1962 , the Institute of Directors ( IOD ) established a Retirement Advisory Bureau ; and the first private retirement consultancy was set up in London in 1965 ( IPM 1965 ) . |
| 2 | The pair made the longest unsupported polar journey and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic land mass . |
| 3 | Dr Allan said the two men were bearing up well and were in better condition than had been expected after making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of the Antarctic landmass . |
| 4 | In spite of their exhaustion , their jubilation at making the longest unsupported polar trip and the first unsupported crossing of Antarctica was unmistakeable . |
| 5 | No England/Scotland ; AND the first bloody game I R5 commerntary on is f***ing Scum vs Spurs ( and they won ! ) . |
| 6 | Now , after six games without defeat and the first away win in place , striker Gordon Durie is even talking about joining the title race . |
| 7 | All entries to the Supercrozzle will be put in a drum and the first correct entries drawn out will be the winners . |
| 8 | walking you will continue to support the Anti-Apartheid Movement and the A N C and Cosatu and others in South Africa that our eyes should be on the prize and that is to get democracy and the first democratic parliament in the country and after that to help in the horrendously difficult task of reconstruction and development and it is going to be a tough battle in South Africa as elsewhere and we will need to work not just for political democracy because you know so often democratic processes are misunderstood for empowerment of ordinary people and what democracy should really mean is that ordinary people have the opportunity to determine their own destiny and you know from your own advanced society and others how little power individuals have as a result of power of finance capital , of industry and of technology now . |
| 9 | In the late 1970s , after a considerable hoo-ha , girls were recognised as fit to be young explorers and the first mixed expedition went to Arctic Norway in 1980 . |
| 10 | They were also used to power the first oil-engined tractor and the first practical oil-engined locomotive , both in 1896 . |
| 11 | The entry for the case was located in the birth register and the first preceding and the first succeeding entries were selected who matched the case with respect to sex , date of birth ( plus or minus six months ) , district of birth registration , and family health services authority of the child 's first general practitioner . |
| 12 | Zeppelins appeared over the south coast and the first civilian war casualties were a little boy and his sister killed when a bomb destroyed their cottage at King 's Lynn . |
| 13 | His film roles include The Virgin Soldiers and The First Great Train Robbery . |
| 14 | There was the revulsion at the fluidity of life and the first tube of paint , the revulsion at the meticulousness of painting with a brush and the first pot of paint , the revulsion at the viscousness of paint and the first readymade , the revulsion at the arbitrariness of the readymades and the first use of glass . |
| 15 | In 1990 a woman rose to the top at West Point , by becoming brigade commander and the first female captain of the corps of cadets . |
| 16 | He was succeeded by Ertha Pascal-Trouillot , a member of the country 's Supreme Court and the first female President in Haiti 's 186-year history . |
| 17 | There was also the publication of various other sources relating to Mary , such as the Collections relating to Mary Queen of Scots by James Anderson ( 1727–8 ) ; and the first critical edition of John Knox 's History of the Reformation in Scotland ( 1732 ) . |
| 18 | The Oral School for the Deaf 's fine academic record is not disputed — the school produced the first deaf Fellow of the Geological Society , and the first deaf Ph.D . |
| 19 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 20 | And the first small tongues of flame ignited somewhere inside her . |
| 21 | It was another good example of why the sooner it is possible to delay the first round of the World Group matches so that there is more than a full week between them and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year , the better . |
| 22 | A Reconstruction Committee was formed in March 1916 which was turned in July 1917 , under the impact of growing labour unrest and the first Russian revolution , into the Ministry of Reconstruction . |
| 23 | There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations . |
| 24 | Also Bangor-bound is Tim Hutchings of Crawley in England who was twice runner-up in the World cross country championships , and the first international lady to be snapped up is Plymouth 's Marion Sutton , who ran for Britain in the recent World track and field championships in Stuttgart . |
| 25 | Every country is doing its best to ensure that promising players are not missed ; and the first 15-a-side Exiles tournament between the Scots , Welsh and Irish takes place at Old Deer Park on November 7th and 8th with IRB referees Derek Bevan , Jim Fleming and Stephen Hilditch officiating . |
| 26 | When the great moment arrives and the first prospective buyer appears , be as cool , calm and collected as possible . |
| 27 | His locomotive designs included the first British heavy freight 2–8–0 types in 1903 , the Pacific 4–6–2 express type in 1908 , and the first general purpose 2–6–0 type in 1911 . |
| 28 | The smells began to change : the woodsmoke and the sweet smell of the dung fires gave way to the heady scent of Indian champa and the first bittersweet whiffs of China orange blossom . |
| 29 | Its first new-car launch for 10 years , and the first new shape to be badged solely as a Bentley since the Continental R-type of 1952 , was launched with a fanfare that almost out-Victored Victor Gauntlett . |
| 30 | Several titles are already available with the joint logo , and the first new titles under the arrangement come in the first half of this year . |