Example sentences of "first [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world 's first off shore wind farm will be in operation within six months . |
| 2 | We should only buy woods that have sustainable sources , look first for furniture in second-hand shops , and give away old household items to be sold by charities . |
| 3 | But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy . |
| 4 | A French first for capital 's hi-tech learners |
| 5 | It will be a most welcome first for Derry should they win the Sam Maguire Cup and they have been preparing for their big day with rigorous training sessions under the watchful eye of manager Eamon Coleman who this weekend will outline his strategy in secret conclave with his players . |
| 6 | Test the paper first for colour fastness . |
| 7 | The ban , which runs from August 8-17 inclusive is Cauthen 's fifth , but the first for whip abuse . |
| 8 | In the free vote 's individual categories , Hanson was rated first for management , financial soundness and long-term investment value . |
| 9 | And then I go , B B C radio York , the station that 's first for travel . |
| 10 | I have to say something like hang on just one minute erm I have to pull this faded down do n't I go B B C Radio York the station that 's always first for travel . |
| 11 | It 's twenty seven minutes past twelve , B B C Radio York the station that 's always first for travel . |
| 12 | Okay er right it 's one twenty seven B B C Radio York the station that 's first for travel . |
| 13 | I 'll just I was n't first for travel . |
| 14 | Alloys of gold and silver with baser metals have long been controlled by established standards , first for coinage and then for plate , such as the English sterling standard guaranteed by a hallmark . |
| 15 | Verse comes first for laughtermaker Les |
| 16 | I think I 'm gon na prawn cocktails first for Christmas day . |
| 17 | It is therefore possible that in some circumstances a stimulus at fixation serves as an anchor such that processing occurs first for material appearing to the right of fixation . |
| 18 | Social Work Today ( 3 March 1988 , p. 3 ) welcomed as a ‘ legal first for adoption ’ a Law Lord 's ruling on an adoption order allowing an adopted girl aged thirteen access to her natural brother . |
| 19 | North-east puts quality first for beef and lamb |
| 20 | IDEAL HOME FIRST FOR CONSUMER ADVICE AUTHORITY QUALITY TRUSTED |
| 21 | As the incomes of an increasingly productive workforce rise and people 's basic material needs are progressively met , their needs expand first for consumer durables and then for luxury items — immaterial services , such as education , heaIth , leisure and the arts . |
| 22 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 23 | To ensure that participation was not , in practice , confined to those with the leisure to devote to politics , pay was introduced , first for membership of the council and for jury service , and later for attendance at the assembly . |
| 24 | First for Quality |
| 25 | But prisoners still came here first for interrogation and waited here until the camp was full , when they were ‘ purged ’ to other camps . |
| 26 | First for Fishing and Family Fun … |
| 27 | So , submits Mr. Browne , inviting analogy first between discovery in civil and in criminal proceedings , and then between the implied undertaking on the one hand and public interest immunity on the other , this court should now conclude that the immunity too has lapsed : in other words that there no longer remains any public interest in withholding these documents from further dissemination . |
| 28 | Yes , we believe in local accountability : we have tried to strengthen it , first through funding mechanisms and now through contemplating single-tier authorities . |
| 29 | Culture in Berlin came first through state institutions , and developed very late and all at once . |
| 30 | In other words , was there not a feeling that , first through illness and then through his premature demise , he had been supplanted in his rights ( through ‘ natural ’ causation , we emphasise ) , much as Jacob supplanted Esau 's rights so many centuries ago ( through devious schemes ) . |