Example sentences of "on its first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The local radio had reported that someone had heard a skylark singing , and that in Lerwick a blackbird was already on its first clutch of catfood . |
| 2 | The autonomy bill , approved by the French National Assembly on its first reading on Nov. 23-24 and due to enter into force in March 1992 , would give the island administration greater autonomy in the education , training , transport and tourism sectors but would still leave its regional economic development programme subject to French government approval . |
| 3 | In June among the initial measures of Cresson 's government were bills providing for ( i ) hospital reform ( designed to tighten government regulations over private components of the national health system , approved by the National Assembly on its first reading on April 29 , by the Senate on June 7 and finally by the National Assembly on June 19 and prompting protests by 60,000-100,000 people on June 11 ) ; ( ii ) tougher penalties for desecrating graves ( approved on June 14 following the desecration of Jewish graves in Carpentras in May 1990 — see p. 37468 ; for earlier legislation against racism see p. 37683 ) ; and ( iii ) restrictions on telephone tapping ( the latter receiving the approval of the National Assembly on June 13 and of the Senate on June 25 ) . |
| 4 | In addition a " law for the orientation of cities " ( first tabled in March 1991 — see pp. 38113-14 ) was approved on June 1 on its first reading by the National Assembly , with opposition parties voting against , except for the PCF which abstained . |
| 5 | The Knesset in early November approved the 1993 state budget on its first reading by a margin of 55 to 43 votes , with one abstention . |
| 6 | Towards the end of 1989 film and TV scripts were flooding in at an unprecedented rate , spurred on by her successful debut live tour , the incredible success , even by her standards , of her second album ‘ Enjoy Yourself ’ which entered the British LP charts at number one on its first day of release in October that year and the much-anticipated release of The Delinquents . |
| 7 | DRACULA earned £7 million on its first day of release in the US . |
| 8 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 9 | On its first day of trading , the shop took 1.6 million roubles ( about US $2,600 ) . |
| 10 | The other thing I 'm wondering whether I should do the Petroline order which in fact flew on its first leg to Rome yesterday . |
| 11 | He first illustrated CD when he reprinted an extract from ‘ The Bloomsbury Christening ’ in Seymour 's Comic Album ( 1834 ) ; also furnished two designs for ‘ The Tuggs 's at Ramsgate ’ on its first appearance in the Library of Fiction for Apr. 1836 . |
| 12 | While the story experienced no hiccups in production , it did cause something of a furore on its first transmission in the UK . |
| 13 | More often , the examiner finds the day approaching when he must commit his paper on its first stage towards the printers and writes questions as they occur to him . |