Example sentences of "first [adj] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He collected the scurrilous gossip and the half-truths about Modi , much of it from Beatrice , and sent it to be collated by Douglas Goldring ( Charles Douglas was his pseudonym ) , who produced the book Artist Quarter , the first extensive biography in English of Modigliani . |
| 2 | What is seldom revealed in the history books , though perfectly easy to verify , is that Darwin 's contribution was less a paper than a rambling series of notes which contained nothing novel , whereas Wallace 's " Ternate " paper was the first complete exposition in writing of " Descent and Divergence with modification through variation and Natural Selection " — which is the very kernel of what has become known as the " Darwinian " theory of evolution . |
| 3 | He rang off and I felt a warm glow of appreciation for Fred Workman who had just offered me my first full-time job in journalism . |
| 4 | The post was offered as somewhat grudging recognition that he had been a signal success as leader of the first European colony in South America , a village called Santa Maria de la Antigua , on the Atlantic coast of the Isthmus . |
| 5 | This means that an applicant seeking a first interim order in care proceedings , whether or not it follows upon an emergency protection order , should file and serve on all respondents before the hearing statements of the evidence to be relied upon . |
| 6 | Coun Robinson could be the first civic leader in history to sack the chauffeur and arrive by No 11 bus . |
| 7 | The first half hour in fact with Wrexham banging in 2 quick goals . |
| 8 | The Altarpiece in Renaissance Venice by Peter Humpfrey is the first detailed study in English of the Renaissance altarpiece and focuses on Venice from 1450–1530 . |
| 9 | Yeah but I , part of this comes from my first real , my only training at all and my first real experience in printing was working for this guy called Robert Dothard . |
| 10 | The drug now faces its first serious contender in omeprazole , made by Astra , a Swedish firm . |
| 11 | ‘ A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life ’ — Oscar Wilde . |
| 12 | Delegates also approved observer status for the Hungarian Socialist Party ( MSzP ) , the first such decision in favour of a former communist party from eastern Europe . |
| 13 | The impact of the oil crisis and its associated inflation led to the first actual decline in income for OECD countries for over a quarter of a century . |
| 14 | The first official communique in answer to this stirring cry from the battlements was the predictable triple jump of bureaucrats : it is illegal ; it is impractical ; it is expensive . |
| 15 | Summer savory is grown as a half-hardy annual , sowing outdoors in April-May , to thin to 20cm ( 8in ) apart , when the plants will grow into little bushes , but be killed by the first hard frost in autumn . |
| 16 | Unlike baby goslings which lock on to the first moving object in sight , the newborn baby will be relatively undiscriminating about who tends his needs for the first three or four months of life . |
| 17 | Your first your first little group in bar fifteen which is the same as the first little group in bar fourteen , you would repeat . |
| 18 | Your first your first little group in bar fifteen which is the same as the first little group in bar fourteen , you would repeat . |
| 19 | Sinclair 's first major involvement in intelligence came as director of naval intelligence from 1919 to 1921 . |
| 20 | Its crew of seven included Mae Jemison , the first black woman in space ; the first married couple in space ; and Mamoru Mohri , the first Japanese astronaut to fly on a US space craft . |
| 21 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that he is the first Prime Minister in history to attend the annual general meeting of the National Farmers Union ? |
| 22 | Its crew of seven included Mae Jemison , the first black woman in space ; the first married couple in space ; and Mamoru Mohri , the first Japanese astronaut to fly on a US space craft . |
| 23 | Figure 6.3 shows the first experimental infrastructure in place during the test phase , but the previous character of the road can still clearly be seen . |
| 24 | The first husband-and-wife team in space have been told : No out-of-this-world sex for you . |
| 25 | Utility player Gary Hinchley , who was signed on Hankin 's first full day in charge last week , was told to quit playing football at Christmas , because of a knee injury . |
| 26 | NOW IT 'S THE JAMES GANG DAVID JAMES made his first full appearance in goal for Liverpool last night , in place of Bruce Grobbelaar . |
| 27 | The first living creature in space was a Soviet dog name Laika who spent ten days in orbit in 1957 . |
| 28 | Now , after six games without defeat and the first away win in place , striker Gordon Durie is even talking about joining the title race . |
| 29 | If no start name is specified , the listing will start with the first alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN ; if no end module name is specified , the listing will end at the last alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN . |
| 30 | Registered health visitors must have a first level qualification in order to undertake postbasic health visitor training . |