Example sentences of "the first [noun] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a striking reminder of the pastoral rural life of long ago and the first pointer to the fact that one is entering ancient quarters . |
| 2 | ‘ It is only simple , ’ she apologised as she brought the first course to the table . |
| 3 | John J. Muccio , the first ambassador to the ROK , knew Rhee well and appreciated the President 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 4 | During the last years of the war it was noticed that rather a high proportion of soldiers were failing to be cured by the standard doses of M & B 693 , as the sulphonamide was called , and this was the first clue to the potential in the gonococcus for developing resistance to antibiotics . |
| 5 | to join the triangles to the shelf cover , place the right sides together and pine the first triangle to the centre of the shelf cover . |
| 6 | To join the triangles to the shelf cover , place the right sides together and pin the first triangle to the centre of the shelf cover . |
| 7 | Councillor Grubb today made the first call to the helpline . |
| 8 | Against the evidence of the German authorities and the German police , and given that even the Israeli secret service thinks that others may have been involved , would it not at least be a sensible plan to talk to the Arab League about the very serious problem of Lockerbie and at least consider accepting the request to send British and American judges in the first instance to a trial under Libyan law ? |
| 9 | Enquiries about the availability of these awards should be addressed in the first instance to the Secretary of the Bursaries Committee , Old College , South Bridge , EH8 9YL . |
| 10 | Rule 1(a) stipulates that the offer must be put forward in the first instance to the board of the target company or its advisers . |
| 11 | If you would like to know more about these or other courses run by the University , please write in the first instance to the Editor at the address on page 3 . |
| 12 | If you would like to know more , please write in the first instance to the Editor at the address on page 3 . |
| 13 | All enquiries regarding appeals awards should be directed in the first instance to the Head of the appropriate Department . |
| 14 | Problems should be referred in the first instance to the Supervisor . |
| 15 | The medieval fabliaux in English belong in the first instance to the context of medieval England , and are not to be seen as foreign intruders disguised in the clothing of the Middle English language . |
| 16 | Applications for relaxation of those parts of the Building Regulations dealing with fire precautions are made in England and Wales in the first instance to the Local Authority . |
| 17 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we set up the National Rivers Authority specifically to respond in the first instance to the sort of pollution incidents to which he refers — this one is a very serious incident . |
| 18 | When property passes on death , it will go in the first instance to the executor appointed by will , or the administrator appointed by the court , who are charged with the duty of dealing with it and transferring it to the persons entitled ( see p. 114 ) . |
| 19 | If you have any complaints , please address them in the first instance to the Warden/Manager who is authorised to deal with them . |
| 20 | In Wardington take the first turn to the left on entering the village , it is signposted to ‘ Edgcote ’ . |
| 21 | Characters have been copied from the first field to the second , until a word mark ( here in the source field ) is encountered . |
| 22 | For , once we have made the first approach to the Landshut Virgin and acquired a first set of impressions , the changeableness of the figure begins to work on us further , now less in the dimension of greater or lesser distance and more in the angle of view . |
| 23 | The first approach to the object per se will follow the structure of previous chapters by investigating the process of ontogenesis ( individual development ) through the examination of two particular texts . |
| 24 | The year 1914 started off well enough , with golfing reports from the Ladies predominating , including the first reference to a course record . |
| 25 | Much of the evidence for settlement colonisation is based on the first reference to a place in documents , but this can not now be accepted as a date for origin . |
| 26 | The first reference to the church of All Saints was in the early 12th century , and it seems to be the date when it was built . |
| 27 | In 1694 he paid to Rith Young £34 : 0s. : 4d. , and to John Allam 11 and to Mr. Whinforth for " powder " £2 : 5s. : 9d. — this " powder " must surely be gunpowder , and if so , is the first reference to the use of explosives at the Coniston mines , heralding the first departure from the age-old , and honourable , methods of winning ore and breaking rock . |
| 28 | The first guide-book to the city was published in 1781 , and it has long been established as a compulsory item on the tourist itinerary for both foreigners ( especially North Americans ) and Britons . |
| 29 | When the selected pile alone remained , he switched on a powerful reading spotlamp above the table , took a jeweller 's loupe from his pocket , a pair of tweezers in his right hand , and held up the first stone to the light . |
| 30 | The Melrose guests on April 11 will include Amatori Milan ( David Campese 's club ) , the Irish Wolfhounds ( last year 's winners ) , Bay of Plenty , the first visitors to the tournament from New Zealand , and the US Cougars . |