Example sentences of "[art] first [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The first arose out of the practice announced in Mr. Brittan 's statement of 30 November 1983 of seeking the views of the judiciary on the tariff for a prisoner when he had been detained in custody for about three years .
2 The former British champion from Sunderland took the first step back on the road to championship level by stopping Clarkson with 65 seconds gone of the fifth round .
3 The creation of the system was interpreted by Bilson [ 1979 ] as : " … the first step back from the rugged individualism and national self-interest that lay behind the formal acceptance of flexible exchange rates at the Jamaica meetings of the International Monetary Fund in January 1976 . "
4 The first ATG in from the 5' end is located at nucleotide 234 in a sequence context favourable to translation initiation .
5 The remainder were taken up in the amalgamations of 1974 , which coincided with the creation of the Metropolitan Councils , and today 's amalgamated forces often seem to owe as much to local and national political opportunity than to any operational logic ; and even two decades after the first melding together of the small forces , attempts to standardize uniform and systems of operation has consistently failed to dislodge many localized , small-scale beliefs and practices .
6 They were in control from start to finish , with Don Caskie scoring the first try midway through the first half .
7 It is her first one not published in January , and the first to deal specifically with the bikini in mind .
8 ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it .
9 ‘ That was the first stripping off of the so-called glamour that women of my age tend to cling to , not just actresses ’ .
10 for example : by making his six dancers appear equally important in Symphonic Variations Ashton was the first to break away from the convention of making a ballerina the focus of attention .
11 Bowyer and Southgate were the first to break away from the rest , their horses fiery , eager for the exercise after close confinement .
12 It was from the first bound up with the establishment of a foreign ministry archive .
13 The 1991 budget was adopted by the National Assembly on Dec , 22 , 1990 ; amounting to 106,000 million francs CFA and substantially lower than the previous one , it was the first to correspond strictly to the 12-month calendar year , previous ones being based on a 15-month period .
14 The two clubs are the first set up by the recreation support unit of Darlington Borough Council .
15 After being told that they could n't have children , the Smiths became the first to sign up for the ARC 1990 , which would form part of some long-term cruising .
16 ( F ) Two vice presidents of the Republic shall be nominated , the first put forward by the S.D.M. and the second by the S.S.D.F. and S.P.F. ’ — The S.D.M. , S.S.D.F. and S.P.F. were three of the groupings — ‘ ( G ) The prime minister shall be a native of the north west of the country .
17 These approvals are the first to come forward under the transitional arrangements the Government set up to cover RECHAR in the 1992–93 financial year .
18 His returned warranty card was the first drawn out for the month of April under a new scheme to encourage registration of pumps and a faster system of repair as featured in February 's Newsround .
19 The prizes as stated will be awarded to those readers whose correct entries are the first drawn out of the bag after the competition 's closing date .
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