Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] its first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | b ) The foal is very weak at birth and slow to get to its feet to get its first suck of colostrum . |
| 2 | We also bought Marioff Nortest at the beginning of this year , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 3 | In early 1993 , the acquisition of Marioff Nortest was also concluded , allowing the Group to establish its first operating base in Norway . |
| 4 | On 20 September , my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science asked the review body to submit its first report in January 1992 , making recommendations on teachers ' pay and conditions in the year commencing 1 April 1992 . |
| 5 | At birth the mother will help her calf to the surface to gain its first breath , taking about 10 seconds to do so . |
| 6 | Capitol Plastics of Bowling Green , Ohio , reckons that it took it three years , $200,000 of investment and meetings wit several hundred people to win its first order ( worth a little over $200 ) from Honda 's plant in Marysville , Ohio . |
| 7 | The Moroccan government finally permitted the OMDH to hold its first congress on Dec. 10 , 1988 , having initially banned the organization in May 1988 ( ibid. ) and having prohibited attempts to hold its congress on three subsequent occasions . |