Example sentences of "first [noun sg] in [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More evidence that the recession may have bottomed out came with news of the first rise in manufacturing output in 26 months . |
| 2 | HTV strikes first blow in ownership battle |
| 3 | He was just wrapping himself in a garish Hong Kong dressing-gown when the door burst open and a hulking first lieutenant in combat dress , his helmet stuffed with leaves and his face already smeared with camouflage cream , stood staring at him . |
| 4 | During the previous three years , Crawford had written hundreds of letters to producers and directors in his search for work , but it was his love of cycling — he sometimes rode from South London to Brighton and back in a day that landed him his first work in repertory theatre . |
| 5 | ‘ It was our horse 's first run in handicap company , and the race will have put him spot on because he was still a bit rusty . |
| 6 | The description ‘ first edition in book form ’ normally means that the work was first published in parts or serialised in a magazine or newspaper . |
| 7 | Thackeray 's Vanity Fair ( first edition , first issue , 20 parts in 19 , 1847–48 ) sometimes reaches £1,200-£1,500 , whereas the first edition in book form can go on your shelves for perhaps £50-£80 . |
| 8 | Last Tuesday , at the first Diesel in Action day at Millbrook Proving Ground , near Bedford , fleet buyers were able to test the cars , ranging from the 205 super-mini to executive 605 , on a hills-and-bends circuit and the renowned high-speed bowl . |
| 9 | Little , 38 , an Aston Villa and England player , was sacked by Wolves in his first spell in football management , as caretaker manager at Molineux in 1986 . |
| 10 | August 29 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nottinghamshire bowler Alfred Shaw , who took over 2000 first-class wickets at 12 apiece , and delivered the first ball in Test cricket , at Melbourne in 1877 . |
| 11 | This Autumn two victories in smaller races at Auteuil — one over timber , the other over the larger obstacles — readied him for a trip to Newbury for the Hennessy , his first outing in handicap company in Britain . |
| 12 | It was also the season in which he captained England at Lord 's , in the absence of W.G. Grace , and became the first captain in Test history to declare an innings closed . |
| 13 | As season 72/73 arrived , a passing shopper , Mrs Hilda Sheppey ( 58 ) , suddenly found herself the first manageress in football history . |
| 14 | The issue of internationalization remained the government 's first priority in aviation policy , because only this would allow Britain to compete on equal terms with the USA . |
| 15 | Innocence may be the first casualty of war , as the posters for the film boldly quoted , but it seems good taste is the first casualty in computer-game marketing . |
| 16 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
| 17 | The first lesson in microprocessor technology is available on shareware , another 17 appear in the registered version . |
| 18 | She hopped all the way home , arms wide and waving as if she was taking her first lesson in tightrope walking . |
| 19 | Driving up to the gates of the camp , I saw my first legionnaire in parade uniform ; he was wearing a white képi , a green tie and blue cummerbund . |
| 20 | The first stage in module design , then , is the identification of problems from the teacher 's point of view . |
| 21 | The DipHE , recommended by the James Committee as a first stage in teacher education , was interpreted more broadly by the 1972 White Paper . |
| 22 | The first step in genome expression , i.e. transcription , was studied in order to test these hypotheses . |
| 23 | The first step in crystallite formation is the creation of a stable nucleus brought about by the ordering of chains in a parallel array , stimulated by intramolecular forces , followed by the stabilization of long range order by the secondary valence forces which aid the packing of molecules into a three-dimensional ordered structure . |
| 24 | For the first time in computer history , the US is to drop one of its standards , in favour of the International Standards Organisation 's ( ISO ) Graphic Kernel System ( GKS ) . |
| 25 | With the elements as slaves , then for the first time in history slavery will be abolished . |
| 26 | He added : ‘ For the first time in energy policy history , the environment will govern our energy policy . |
| 27 | Listening and speaking ; Lado ( 1964 ) explains that this approach to language teaching considers listening and speaking the first task in language learning , followed by the mastering of the reading and writing skills . |
| 28 | But Bell and Tainter 's basic principle , of cutting ( as opposed to indenting ) to get a lower background noise , was the first milestone in recording technology . |
| 29 | In these circumstances it seemed to Napoleon III that the Entente needed a boost and so came the first essay in Court diplomacy , the state visit to England in 1855 at the request of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |