Example sentences of "the first [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that among the more prosperous merchants in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries there was the first beginning of a tendency towards specialization , in types of goods carried and markets exploited ; but growing trade , freer movements of peoples , no doubt enhanced the number of folk who could earn a few pennies peddling or carting . |
| 2 | The presentation of the first patient with a subacute sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy is typical of intoxication with inorganic arsenic . |
| 3 | From the first day as a cub reporter , journalists are repeatedly told to ‘ get both sides of the story ’ . |
| 4 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 5 | Who scored 300 runs before tea , on the first day of a match ? |
| 6 | The accusations came during the first day of a tribunal in which Ron Thomson claims he was forced to quit his post as general manager at the trust . |
| 7 | UK Prime Minister John Major announced on May 26 , the first day of a visit to Poland , Czechoslovakia and Hungary , that the UK would lift visa requirements for Polish visitors ( lifted for Czechs , Slovaks and Hungarians in 1991 ) . |
| 8 | She ended the first day with a headache so severe she could hardly see . |
| 9 | Hinde House was one of ten comprehensive schools approached in the first year with a view to the launching of a school/industry partnership . |
| 10 | Charles , who has just failed the first year of a law degree and is hard up , put up a notice on the fence : " Danger — Keep Out — No Liability Accepted . " |
| 11 | On the basis of the limited knowledge acquired from examining the 3 Institutions of higher education it would appear that there is a higher dropout in the first year of a course among non-traditional students than among the general student body . |
| 12 | The oral phase occurs in about the first year of a child 's life . |
| 13 | Japan successful completion of the first year of a degree course from a recognised university . |
| 14 | The first year of a king ran from the day of his accession in one calendar year to the eve of the anniversary of that accession in the following , his second from the first anniversary of his accession to the eve of his second , and so on . |
| 15 | I was the first person in a nun 's care to get pregnant I 'm famous ! |
| 16 | A few days before he resigned from West Ham , the club had been beaten 6–0 in the first leg of a crunch match against Oldham . |
| 17 | A dawn convoy of four trucks lugged the furnace from Brymbo , Wrexham , on the first leg of a journey which will end in Shanghai . |
| 18 | A dawn convoy of four trucks lugged the furnace from Brymbo , Wrexham , on the first leg of a journey which will end in Shanghai . |
| 19 | A dawn convoy of four trucks lugged the dismantled furnace from Brymbo , on the first leg of a journey which will take it to Shanghai . |
| 20 | This was the first leg of a double for trainer Nicky Henderson whose Wont Be Gone Long won another nip and tuck affair to take the BMW Chase Final . |
| 21 | A DISPUTE over a share transfer deal between the owner of Rangers Football Club , David Murray , and the club 's former vice-chairman , Jack Gillespie , remained unresolved yesterday after the first leg of a courtroom clash . |
| 22 | He toured Namibia with Ireland two seasons ago , coming on in the First Test as a replacement for Simon Geoghegan . |
| 23 | Cats ' alert : Fire caused at least £10,000 of damage to the first floor of a house in Pannal Avenue , Whinney Banks , Middlesbrough last night . |
| 24 | It carries one of the largest selections of English language titles in France , and last year extended the first floor with a showroom for ELT materials . |
| 25 | The first courtesy of a prospector is to have the land-owner 's permission to be there . |
| 26 | Because experience of a child death is casually associated with non-use of contraceptives , where infant mortality is high among first births , as in all but the Western Hemisphere region and in developed countries , the first experience of a child death tends to occur when the woman is young , and she is then less likely ever to use contraceptives . |
| 27 | ‘ Honour your father and-mother ’ — which is the first commandment with a promise — ‘ that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth . ’ |
| 28 | Wiccans therefore break the first commandment of a group with which they wish to work ( Exodus 20:3 ) . |
| 29 | Shehabuddin Ahmed on Dec. 9 appointed the first members of a Council of Advisers , announcing the appointment of the remainder on Dec. 16 . |
| 30 | Stress problems in the family may be the first indicator of a sufferer 's disease . |