Example sentences of "[noun] ' first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we truly prepared to offer no model of co-operating nations sinking their differences to achieve greater security , or are we prepared to live with a Europe that is increasingly fragmented , where nations ' first demand on sovereignty is to equip themselves with weapons to tackle or to defend themselves from new nations on their own borders that have the same heightened state of frenzy and determination to do the same ? |
| 2 | A trade union was now to become , in the Webbs ' first definition ‘ a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment ’ , a definition later altered so as to refer to ‘ working lives ’ rather than ‘ employment ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Wakerley said Sams ' first ransom plot involving Julie Dart went wrong and he killed her . |
| 4 | We shall also be asking centre co-ordinators to help us in collecting important information about candidates ' first destinations after taking general SVQs . |
| 5 | Two canvas chairs were placed side by side in a machine that begged comparison with the Wright brothers ' first efforts . |
| 6 | Even so , the beginning of an English influence is suggested by the brothers ' first names and by the fact that William 's second name , Justavus , is spelled that way , indicating an English pronunciation , instead of the more usual Gustavus . |
| 7 | In the Kiwis ' first innings , Jayananda Warnaweera took 4-25 and Muthiah Muralidaran 3-22 , their best Test figures . |
| 8 | Since most readers ' first reaction to such poetry is unfavourable , one has to look hard tor critics who have something positive to say . |
| 9 | Talking Heads ' first foray into African rhythms was a setting of the Dadaist poet Kurt Schwitters 's I Zimbra ; Syd Barrett 's Golden Hair was a James Joyce poem ; and how could we forget An American Prayer , wherein Jim Morrison 's poems were backed by posthumously written Doors music ? |
| 10 | About six months after Mr Reynolds ' first premonition , he experienced unexplained noises , mainly thumping and banging . |
| 11 | In October Hull knocked Leeds out of the West Riding Cup and — with an under-strength side — inflicted the Peacocks ' first home defeat of the season . |
| 12 | It was they who oversaw the Ashleys ' first venture into environmental selling , whereby the country charm and old-world air of the house perfectly complemented the products on sale within . |
| 13 | THE DIRECTORS ' COLLECTION ( Tartan £15.99 each ) A formidable collection of directors ' first titles will be released over the next 12 months — the first set of five covers work by the likes of Scorsese , Coppola and Robert Altman . |
| 14 | Harrison took the stage just hours after snubbing — along with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — a party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the Beatles ' first hit Love Me Do . |
| 15 | His ‘ ardour … for his books of chivalry ’ ( OMF iii 5 ) is described in Cervantes ' first chapter : ‘ so great was his curiosity and infatuation in this regard that he even sold many acres of tillable land in order to be able to buy and read the books that he loved , and he would carry home with him as many of them as he could obtain . ’ |
| 16 | MALCOLM ALLISON is to help Bristol Rovers ' First Division survival fight . |
| 17 | The fun penalty competition will be on the pitch at half time during Tranmere Rovers ' first division match against Brentford on November 14 . |
| 18 | Rovers ' first goal started in their own area . |
| 19 | She was fired with enthusiasm now to visit the border counties and soak up their atmosphere — the twisting Wye Valley , the Malvern Hills ' first harbingers of the rugged Welsh mountains beyond , unspoilt Shropshire 's towering Ludlow fortress . |
| 20 | laker had his first 10-wicket haul in the visitors ' first innings , and Lock took 7 for 49 in the second . |
| 21 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
| 22 | The very day after the judges ' first meeting , the slenderness of the chances of anything being built , as a result of the competition , was publicly revealed . |
| 23 | To describe a process ' first step behaviour we will thus use three levels of syntax : essentially one for each variety of choice . |
| 24 | The " shape " of a process ' first step will be a mixture of possibilities from the above . |
| 25 | It is possible to recover the abstract shape of process ' first step behaviour from its semantics . |
| 26 | The new catchment boards ' first decade of river clearance was followed by the outbreak of war , during which Parliament empowered the boards to carry out even more extensive work at the request of county war agricultural executive committees . |
| 27 | Before Mick though let's just remind you of what happened in Notts ' first match in group A when they took on at Lane . |
| 28 | She has always been interested , and taken part , in physical exercise , and was introduced to Medau through Joan Daniels ' first class in 1966 ; June enjoyed it so much she went on to train and qualified as a Medau teacher in 1974 . |
| 29 | ‘ We won that series 2–1 and it was the Lions ' first tour triumph in Australia . ’ |
| 30 | Peres ' first act was to telephone Shamir and invite Likud to co-operate in a new broad-based coalition . |