Example sentences of "first [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Good evening , first tonight demolition work on a Cotswold hotel has been halted after fighting broke out between building workers and demonstrators . |
2 | Their postcards and T-shirts sell by the crateload , they 've done cover art for Marc Almond , Erasure and Boy George — and yet this month sees the first ever UK exhibition of their work ( including ‘ The Gipsy ’ , right ) . |
3 | Data General Ltd in the UK has signed up ICL-owned distributor Technology plc of Warrington , Cheshire as its first ever UK distributor for the AViiON and CLARiiON product lines . |
4 | First to go in the two-horse jump-off , he was able to claim his first ever Wembley victory after Michael Whitaker had 12 faults on another stallion , Next Didi . |
5 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
6 | Paraskevi Patoulidou came through to grab a first ever athletics medal for a Greek girl . |
7 | June 1993 saw a new Wimpey landmark with the announcement of the first ever rights issue in the Group 's history . |
8 | It believes the worst is over and has launched its first ever rights issue a call for £104m . |
9 | STUDENTS who gained National Awards will be honoured when Darlington College of Technology holds its first ever Graduation Ceremony . |
10 | He 's in the top 30 and should win his class in his first ever RAC Rally . |
11 | Tony Cozier reports from Barbados on the first ever Test match between West Indies and South Africa . |
12 | This dramatic turnaround was subsequently converted into victory as Adebisi held his service game to take the set , the match and first ever championship title . |
13 | and you can see the highlights of the Blenheim Horse Trials on Channel Four on Saturday September the twenty sixth … the next big sunday event for horse fans around here will be in November when Cheltenham races stage the first ever sunday jump meeting … they 've been unveiling their plans today … here 's Mark Kiff |
14 | Julie Peeke , 33 , of Minors Crescent , Darlington , looped the loop on her first ever aeroplane flight . |
15 | P&O Exhibition Services held their first ever golf day at Pine Ridge Golf Club in Surrey last month , with the aim of raising money for the charity , Motability . |
16 | Scotland also produced the first ever court case in which a sign language interpreter was used , as well as a remarkable heroine in Charlotte Bain . |
17 | The Isle of Man 's Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr David Cannan , was dismissed yesterday in the Manx government 's first ever Cabinet reshuffle . |
18 | James Rainbow fished his first ever pike session last week and caught the fish of a lifetime — a beauty of 24 lb 8 oz . |
19 | On Sunday 18 April , Dave was preparing himself for his first ever parachute jump to raise money for charity [ and to overcome his own fear of heights and aeroplanes ] when he heard that the jump had been cancelled due to bad weather . |
20 | In 1889 , the first ever football competition was organised in Scotland by the newly-formed Scottish Deaf Football Association , and the final was played between Edinburgh and Glasgow in front of about 2000 spectators at Falkirk . |
21 | In the build up to her first ever world tour , the now seasoned campaigner decided it was time to kill the cutesy girl-next-door and reflect the reality of what had happened to her over the previous two years . |
22 | The father and daughter team are working flat out , to ensure it 's in good trim for the city 's first ever World Cup encounter . |
23 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
24 | By 1974 — year of the first ever World Population Conference in Bucharest — there were roughly three population camps . |
25 | Joey managed to fill third place behind Scots rider Jim Moodie , who joined Carl Fogarty in scoring his first ever North-West win . |
26 | Young Richard Kirk was n't content with a fine 7 lb 2 oz bream when he ventured out with his dad on his first ever fishing trip — he went on to bank ten others to 6 lb ! |
27 | WILKINSON INSPIRES FIRST EVER COUNTY TITLE FOR HAMPSHIRE |
28 | Hampshire captured its first ever county title when its men 's team triumphed at the recent LTA Winter Indoor County Closed Championships at Telford . |
29 | But Mark 's first ever oil painting — this copy of David 's Napoleon — was enough to convince professors at Oxford that Mark has real talent . |
30 | hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade … |