Example sentences of "first this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At first this procedure evoked a strong reaction from faculty heads who perceived the dangers of over-personalised accounts .
2 Once he had got the idea of killing her ( and at first this fantasy did not seem very different from the reveries in which he wept by her open grave , comforted by young , fashionably dressed women ) it took some time to appreciate that this scenario was of quite a different type from the others .
3 We have won four elections in a row — a first this century , ’ Mr Patten said .
4 At first this support was for a cautious continuation of the patching of the existing system .
5 At first this way to immortality was essentially a royal prerogative , but eventually similar rites were thought to confer immortality on anyone who could afford to imitate them .
6 Alice held her flamingo 's body under her arm , but the flamingo turned its long neck first this way and then that way .
7 Unwins have an intriguing first this year with ‘ Creation ’ , the first F1 hybrid shallot to be grown from seed .
8 Another first this year was our extra sponsorship to Crufts and in return they asked Essex Dog Display to perform in the Main Ring — needless to say they brought the house down !
9 Two opportunist tries by Saint-Andre , his third in the current championship , and Sella , his first this year , sealed the fate of the hapless Irish still searching for an elusive win after 11 consecutive games .
10 It is killing on both sides , Mr Gibson 's death is the fifty first this year , lives taken , families destroyed .
11 Plus I wan na get my car first this year .
12 Er I wan na get my car first this year so that gives me time to save for next year .
13 But first this lunchtime , Lou Macari has been officially welcomed to Celtic Park .
14 But first this lunchtime , a woman who plotted the murder of her husband has walked free from the High Court in Edinburgh .
15 But first this lunchtime , a mother has told of her anguish as she struggled to deal with her daughter 's drug addiction .
16 But first this lunchtime , the trial has begun at the High court in Glasgow of two youths accused of murdering the Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon .
17 But first this lunchtime , the High Court in Glasgow has heard how the brother of murdered Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon had a flashback of the incident which helped him to identify one of the alleged attackers .
18 But first this lunchtime , an Ayrshire widow , who 's suing Imperial Tobacco after her husband contracted terminal lung cancer , has been refused legal aid to fund her historic damages action .
19 But first this lunchtime , the man who shot dead a German tourist in Stranraer in July has been jailed for life .
20 But first this lunchtime , Prince Charles has chosen Glasgow to launch an outspoken attack on the evils of urban deprivation and poverty .
21 But first this lunchtime , unions and management at the Jetstream factory in Prestwick are on a collision course over compulsory redundancies .
22 Our second patient first this pattern , with an onset of jaundice approximately six weeks after piroxicam was begun .
23 We 're going angling first this week to the Bushyleaze Lake in Lechlade … the country 's top fly fishers have been in action in the British final of the Airflow Classic …
24 It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month .
25 Suggest several reasons why first this town and then the whole conurbation have grown in size ?
26 Because of its advanced snow technology , it is America first this season .
27 Because of its advanced snow technology it is America first this season .
28 And at first this beast had made a low girning , growling sound , but now he hushed his threatening , and waved his tail slowly , and the little grey man said , ‘ Otto is of the opinion that you are honest .
29 But first this report from Debbie Kelly on the fight against joyriding .
30 At first this bus route ran a few yards further than the trolleybuses , which had run round the Fair Green , and terminated on a small patch of prepared ground alongside the pond at the beginning of Mitcham Common .
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