Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] at [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill reported at the first general meeting that Lord Hamilton and Sir William Birt of the GER Co. had promised to help the Alliance in ‘ every way they could ’ ( SE 14 October 1899 ) . |
| 2 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 3 | Other than the dark-coloured car seen at the scene of the second murder , and a dark green car seen at the first , we have nothing whatsoever to go on . ’ |
| 4 | The whole procedure is initiated by a demand for data arising at the first site . |
| 5 | The world No 1 's five-shot overnight lead was ripped apart by Australia 's Great White Shark , who fumbled a 3ft putt on the last green before Faldo won at the first extra hole . |
| 6 | One of the finest of the towers commemorates Gregorio di Gregorio , a third generation patrician of the early thirteenth century — heir to a succession established at the first high point of San Gimignano 's revived prosperity , in the middle of the twelfth century . |
| 7 | On Oct. 8 the German Bundestag approved at a first reading the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on condition that it be given the final say over the introduction of a single European currency in the final stage of European monetary union ( EMU ) . |
| 8 | Reynolds looked at the first page of the notes . |
| 9 | Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis . |
| 10 | But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science . |
| 11 | This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding , and giving candidates a range of choice , not only of questions that will do them most credit , but of answers that will best suit the circumstances described . |
| 12 | This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding . |
| 13 | Nearly a third of the principal carers complained at the first interview about the adverse effects of looking after the dementia sufferer upon their own physical or mental health . |
| 14 | When you press the Enter key , DOS looks at the first word in the string of characters you 've typed in and compares it to a list of command names stored in the file called COMMAND.COM . |
| 15 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 22 , evidence produced at the first day of the trial " implicated Tanay and other top brass " . |
| 16 | There was a much smaller association between adversity measured at the first interview and symptoms at the second . |
| 17 | He estimated that 25% of subject searches and 18% of author/title searches failed at the first attempt . |
| 18 | It starts pattern knitting at the first point cam . |
| 19 | Do not necessarily try to get DCs agreed at the first attempt . |
| 20 | It sounded as though the lift stopped at the first floor but immediately the sounds resumed and it was rising , she thought , to the second floor . |
| 21 | The lift stopped at the first floor where they glimpsed Jeffrey Archer saying goodbye to a departing guest . |
| 22 | Maxim stopped at the first phone box ; Tanner was out of the car well before him . |
| 23 | She also knew that some of her preferences were base in the extreme , and that her affection for Peter de Salis sprang at the first most ignobly from his delightful name . |
| 24 | Sighing , Jack glanced at the first sheet . |
| 25 | Its important to realise that the carriage begins to pattern knit at the first point cam , not at the edge of the knitting . |
| 26 | But the 11-year-old pointer was lucky that odds-on favourite Ocean Link fell at the first , bringing down another fancied runner Material Girl . |
| 27 | Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin . |
| 28 | Secondly and/or alternatively , it is argued that even if this is a case where the conventional Cyanamid principles fall to be applied , the mother 's claim to interlocutory relief falls at the first hurdle , namely the establishment of an arguable prima facie case . |
| 29 | Karl paused at the first block and then started back , looking truly astonished . |
| 30 | The 28-year-old graphic artist , who won the event three years ago , eased into a five metres lead at the first kilometre mark and only Heaton veteran Geraldine Beedle managed to stay close . |