Example sentences of "first [noun sg] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was Francis who handed Eric Cantona his first opportunity in English football in February . |
| 2 | They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights . |
| 3 | Whatever the government allows in due course by way of contingency arrangements which it intends to permit in the first instance in personal injury cases , it is unlikely to sweep away the need for Legal Aid . |
| 4 | The School is in the process of widening its range of options with an MSc/Diploma in Marketing ; it is also pursuing a proposal to introduce a modular MBA , in the first instance in Public Sector Management , but others are expected to follow . |
| 5 | CHATEAU DE REMAISNIL , DOULLENS , FRANCE , THE ASHLEY 'S FIRST EXPERIMENT IN GRAND LIVING . |
| 6 | Three days later he became the first President in American history to resign his office . |
| 7 | The reconstruction of all the objects could not be completed ( this was later achieved by Bernard Rice and Ahmed Youssef Moustafa ) because of Stewart 's appointment as supervisor of technical education in Palestine in 1930 , but his name remains connected with the first attempt in Egyptian archaeology to restore objects which the loss of wood reduced to a mass of precious metal and faience components . |
| 8 | Arsenal hold the Maceeter trophy but were watched at Wolves last week by Vengloss , keen to impress on his first test in English football . |
| 9 | They mark also the final phase of the first period in Cubist painting . |
| 10 | Their top class operation was recognised recently with first place in northern region 's quarterly audit checks . |
| 11 | We opted for a mixture , on that first night in pouring rain , of camping in the bush and building an enormous log fire in the Kerr Bay hut . |
| 12 | The libraries that Hoggart remembers as giving him his first education in English literature acquired serious books of every kind . |
| 13 | Presumably , his testing years as the first black in major league baseball affected his perceptions ; he was abused verbally and physically , was sent threatening notes , was boycotted by many teams and at one stage , came to the brink of a nervous breakdown ( Henderson , 1970 , p.71 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 15 | Donegall 's Tom Irvine takes on his first role in international management with the coaching duties being undertaken by Conor Sheridan from Marian . |
| 16 | She attended Bedford College for Women and entered University College London in 1871 , where she studied law and political economy , winning in 1876 first prize in Roman law and the Hume scholarship in jurisprudence . |
| 17 | Immerse articles in the first sink in hot detergent solution ( 50–6O°C ) . |
| 18 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 19 | That 's a tremendous compliment to the boy 's achievements in his first season in English football and I 'm convinced he can become even better . ’ |
| 20 | Ian Snodin , playing his first game in central midfield after four injury-troubled years , was an outstanding figure for Everton , Kendall saying : ‘ Ian did very well for us . ’ |
| 21 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , in view of the 30% incidence of restenosis with this technique , it should not be regarded as the revascularisation mode of first choice in cardiac arrest survivors . |
| 23 | Pick up first row in main colour . |
| 24 | In the case of poetry ( the first preoccupation in Formalist thinking ) it is ordinary , or what the Formalists call practical language that constitutes the main automatized element made strange by art . |
| 25 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 26 | While the administration of the Marshall Plan through OEEC was giving Western Europe a first lesson in economic cooperation , it was clear to the dedicated disciples of a united Europe that neither OEEC nor the Council of Europe could have anything more than a limited application . |
| 27 | They were the first couple in parliamentary history to sit on a front bench together in either House . |
| 28 | He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Balliol College , Oxford , obtaining a first class in modern history in 1887 . |
| 29 | Educated at the City of London School , he saw active service in France in 1918 and then read history at Merton College , Oxford , obtaining a first class in modern history in 1922 , and a D.Phil. in 1924 with a thesis on The Last Florentine Republic ( published in 1925 ) . |
| 30 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |