Example sentences of "first [noun] in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the first rise in expectations of the lower orders would be for more and better food before manufactured goods . |
| 2 | Many fear that this first reduction in hours will mean an increase in the intensity of their work and a fall in their remuneration for it . |
| 3 | The need to deal effectively in the first instance in communications with Council Tax payers , both face to face and in writing , and hence the seniority of staff required for this purpose . |
| 4 | A decade later a greater radical , Jeremy Bentham , suggested that the armed forces of all the European States should be reduced to low fixed levels , that all colonies should be freed ( one of the first recognitions in schemes of this kind of the importance which overseas possessions were now assuming in European politics ) and that a ‘ common court of judicature ’ should be set up to settle international disputes . |
| 5 | First break in pieces . |
| 6 | Can you erm , quantify what costs were taken above the line in the first half in terms of redundancy costs , restructuring costs , in the presentation to some restructuring again in the fine china division and how that compared to last year ? |
| 7 | In Stockport Labour jumped from third to first place in terms of votes cast , and in Leeds it added almost 10% to take its share to over 55% . |
| 8 | A Babycham survey revealed that 83% of men favour women making the first move in relationships . |
| 9 | You must be the first tourist in years . |
| 10 | ‘ Grossbergers Hagglers , the First Name in Jeans , ’ ’ he read . |
| 11 | Then to that further past , still up the stream Ascend and think of some divine first day In holidays from school . |
| 12 | The use of monophony in octaves is much more frequent , and is in fact an excellent contrast to homophony ( Example 66 ) : Here , the first phrase in octaves is highly dynamic , but the sudden burst of harmony in the second bar has a strength and vitality which goes beyond what could have been achieved in octaves ; the effect is striking . |
| 13 | Republican Local soviets Supreme Soviet Armenia ( to be decided ) due on May 20 Azerbaijan ( to be decided ) ( to be decided ) Byelorussia March 4 March 4 Estonia Dec. 10 , 1989 March 18 Georgia due on June 17 ( to be decided ) Kazakhstan Dec. 24 , 1989 March 25 Kirghizia Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Latvia Dec. 10 , 1989 March 18 Lithuania ( to be decided ) Feb. 24 Moldavia Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Russian Federation March 4 March 4 Tadjikistan Dec. 24 , 1989 Feb. 25 Turkmenia Jan. 7 Jan. 7 Ukraine March 4 March 4 Uzbekistan Feb. 18 Feb. 18 *Second round run-off elections were held generally two weeks after the first round in constituencies where contests between more than two candidates had failed to produce a winner with over 50 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | The first pollution futures market , trading in " permits to pollute " , has opened for business in Chicago , where the first trade in permits took place last year [ see EDs 59/60 ; 63 ] . |
| 15 | Workers deserted the first union in droves . |
| 16 | An example might be the provisions which state that the child 's welfare is to be the first consideration in decisions relating to adoption and children in care ( Sections 3 and 59 ) . |
| 17 | Now what was the first property metals that you have listed What 's the first property in metals that you came to ? |
| 18 | Such an episode would affect any sensitive child , all the more one who had mixed happily with black people and , as already mentioned , received his first lessons in handicrafts from them . |
| 19 | ‘ We are already considering our next product , which will be a development in rope technology even more dramatic than the Smart Rope — which was the first innovation in ropes in 30 years . ’ |
| 20 | So that 's an important first feature in terms of writing . |
| 21 | SUN , MICROSOFT FIRE FIRST SALVO IN WINDOWS WARS |
| 22 | SUN , MICROSOFT FIRE FIRST SALVO IN WINDOWS WARS … |
| 23 | After winning scholarships at Winchester and at Balliol College , Oxford , he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1924 and was elected to a fellowship of All Souls which he held till 1945 . |
| 24 | The median hospital stay from the first stage in patients with acute complications was 12 days ( range three to 33 ) . |
| 25 | In high fertility societies such as are found in the Africa region , the modification of these goals would be a first step in efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality . |
| 26 | She smiled for the first time in hours . |
| 27 | When everything had seemed to be sorting itself out , when the way ahead seemed , for the first time in ages , to be solid under her feet , Marie felt the path crumbling away in front of her . |
| 28 | Bronwen reported the next day that Owen had slept deeply for about six hours , and for the first time in ages had not woken up several times during the night to go to the toilet . |
| 29 | ‘ For the first time in ages they are tackling their problems in a sensible , mature manner without hysteria on one side and bloody-mindedness on the other . |
| 30 | She listened for the first time in ages , pouring herself another glass of wine , knowing she was drinking a little too much , but doing it out of a desire to annoy Luke . |