Example sentences of "[adj] to the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next row : Similar to the first decrease row ( see point 13 ) . |
| 2 | Now the Big Daddy of them all … the astonishing revelation that the Georgians had attempted to bribe Turkish match officials prior to the first leg game . |
| 3 | Georgian federation president Nukri Kakilashvili said on Saturday the club would be contesting the allegations that officials bribed the referee and linesmen prior to the first leg game between Tbilisi and Linfield in Georgia nearly three weeks ago . |
| 4 | They rejected the Georgians ' argument that the 5,000 dollars given to match officials prior to the first leg game was legitimate expenses and reinforced the judgement that Tbilisi be expelled from this season 's competition and the next one they qualify for . |
| 5 | 8.2 In the event of the Publisher making any payment to the Authors or the Company prior to the first accounting date such payments shall be treated as an advance on royalties unless otherwise agreed in writing . |
| 6 | That struggle shaped Germany for the subsequent two centuries and it also determined much of the shape of Europe prior to the First World War . |
| 7 | In the twenty years prior to the First World War there were numerous incidents of football hooliganism . |
| 8 | Prior to the First World War unrelieved hostility towards the Jews , which expressed both obsession with their alleged power and ascribed to them filthy moral and personal habits , was rare . |
| 9 | During the decade prior to the First World War there was some discussion of proposals for the state maintenance of children . |
| 10 | The German scheme of cheap overnight accommodation dated from the years prior to the First World War and had its origin in the central European tradition of ‘ wanderlust ’ . |
| 11 | In Britain , conflict was most severe prior to the First World War , when the power to call out the police and troops lay in the hands of local employer/magistrate , and occasions like the General Strike of 1926 when fears of a worker revolution were aroused . |
| 12 | Okay , erm , before the First World War , agriculture 's share of world trade was over fifty percent , a half of our , of all world trade prior to the First World War was agricultural products , alright . |
| 13 | Most educational institutions fulfil this need , and many view intensive language programs [ extra curricular to the first year degree courses ] as the most appropriate medium to do this . |