Example sentences of "first [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hand 's team , however , replied impressively seven minutes later when Maskell , transfer-listed at his own request after scoring 33 goals last season , scored his first of this , Cecere laying the ball off to the ambitious young man whose crisp drive was a powerful argument for a rise in status . |
| 2 | It is the first of this kind of thing that I have organised and I would like it to be a success . |
| 3 | Some astronomers have convincingly argued that a BL Lac object ( a clumsy terminology referring to the first of this class to be discovered ) is simply a quasar with one of its beams pointing straight at us . |
| 4 | The revolutionary 20-minute movie ‘ I 'm Your Man ’ is the first of this new generation of ‘ interactive ’ films to be released . |
| 5 | The first of this new generation of ‘ warm hatches ’ is Citroen 's ZX Furio , which costs up to £900 less to insure than some rivals . |
| 6 | This was not the first purge it had masterminded ( though it would be the first of this scale ) ; the structure was in place for an invisible but comprehensive cleansing . |
| 7 | An offer to purchase , at a recommended price of £38,000 , must come from within the country by the first of this month . |
| 8 | This route is the first of this level which is higher than 10 metres and takes longer than one minute to climb . |
| 9 | III — the first of this artist 's works to bear a musical title — and fine works by Manet , Monet , Renoir , Gauguin and Van Gogh . |
| 10 | I might have a problem my daughter 's expecting on the twenty first of this month . |
| 11 | So , this is to be hoped for , and he , he 's guaranteed reconciliation by the thirty first of this month . |
| 12 | In fact as of the first of this month , the number of real vacancies was a hundred and four now today I 've received another list of er so called vacancies from the Leicestershire South area . |
| 13 | Number five ma'am er Madam Speaker examples include the introduction of it new integrated regional offices and the creation of a single regeneration budget from April the first of this year . |
| 14 | Senior international Vicki Horner ( Newburn ) and Esso England youth squad member Laura Jackson ( Derwentside ) defend two titles in one event at the first of this year 's six Northumberland and Durham championship galas at Bishop Auckland on Saturday ( 2 and 5.45pm ) when there are 20 titles up for grabs . |
| 15 | A hat-trick of titles fell to Ben Shaw ( Harrogate ) when the first of this year 's Yorkshire championships were staged at Leeds . |
| 16 | We toyed with the idea of having one on the twenty first of this month , but if we did , but now that we 've got someone interested in the house |
| 17 | At the time when the present case was first before this court sub nom . |
| 18 | The performance , to which Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra made a contribution as passionate as the soloist 's own , was preceded by an unscheduled opportunity ( the first in this country ) to hear a recent unaccompanied violin elegy , For Manfred , by Hans Werne Henze . |
| 19 | The performance , to which Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra made a contribution as passionate as the soloist 's own , was preceded by an unscheduled opportunity ( the first in this country ) to hear a recent unaccompanied violin elegy , For Manfred , by Hans Werne Henze . |
| 20 | In 1732 these trees produced cones , the first in this country . |
| 21 | This issue will be discussed first in this section because it is controversial and because it is also related to the issues of salinisation and soil erosion which will be examined below . |
| 22 | She was at least head first in this world when the auxiliary nurse rushed in and caught the rest of her . |
| 23 | In this book , spiritual , mental and emotional well-being come first in this section on health and beauty , because caring for the needs of the inner person is not only of primary importance in itself but is also a great step towards achieving physical well-being . |
| 24 | There will be a hurried return to Dublin two days later for the NatWest match against Durham , the latter 's first in this competition as a first-class county . |
| 25 | If your elderly parent has a family solicitor who knows her and her circumstances well , he will be the best person to give expert advice on the investment of her capital , but if she prefers to rely solely upon your advice you should encourage her to put safety first in this matter , for unless someone is very wealthy , and can afford to lose money occasionally , playing the stock market is a foolish and risky game in later life . |
| 26 | 2.05:TOP weight Bradbury Star , who fell at the first in this race last year , has an excellent chance to gain compensation . |
| 27 | Since behavioural methods are central to psychobiology they are tackled first in this chapter . |
| 28 | The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside , which houses Britain 's leading stone and sculpture conservation centre , is the first in this country to install the most recent development a laser scanner . |
| 29 | Lakatos 's account was presented first in this book because it is best seen as a culmination of the Popperian programme and as a direct response to and an attempt to improve on the limitations of Popperian falsificationism . |
| 30 | given the first in this . |