Example sentences of "[adv] the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would do well to look at the life of the one who is arguably the first church planter ; the apostle Peter . |
| 2 | No , you were right the first time boy ! |
| 3 | As they turned into the straight on the first circuit Mill House , jumping like a buck , had the lead , with Arkle pulling hard in his wake and taking his fences superbly . |
| 4 | practice of using a white number on a small blue plate hung on the first window pillar . |
| 5 | The Burnham Committee , which had since the First World War been responsible for determining the salaries of teachers , now produced a unified scheme , making no formal distinction between the remuneration of teachers in Primary , secondary modern , or grammar schools . |
| 6 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 7 | When a popular war hero emerged , like Lt William Leefe Robinson , awarded the VC in 1916 for shooting down the first enemy airship over British soil , the jobbing printers , metal benders and celluloid crimpers worked overtime . |
| 8 | But what was the nature of the opposition , in particular from the Municipal Alliance , which had in 1900 brought down the first labour council in West Ham ? |
| 9 | In March this year , on stage in London , Barry White lifted a tiny conductor 's baton in his huge hand to launch his Love Unlimited Orchestra into ‘ Love 's Theme ’ , perhaps the first disco pop hit back in 1974 . |
| 10 | As previously stated , rural land cover was not an important consideration , and so the first component image was discarded , together with the last three , leaving components 2 , 3 and 4 . |
| 11 | Yellow phosphine ( 7 ) was not only the first acridinium compound to be discovered , but was also the first basic orange dyestuff . |
| 12 | Thus the First World War was clearly of particular importance to the origins of British fascism for both its political and cultural roots . |
| 13 | Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year . |
| 14 | DARLINGTON were not the first NorthEast team to find that Tranmere always pack their reserve side with first-team players . |
| 15 | This is not the first time golf has stumbled on its projected step into the 21st century . |
| 16 | It 's not the first time Barphone has been a takeover target . |
| 17 | He is not the first Cabinet minister from Shotts . |
| 18 | The portico formed part of a complex of buildings linking the temple of Juno Regina , restored by Metellus , and the temple of Jupiter Stator , possibly the first marble temple in Rome , designed by the Greek architect Hermodorus of Salamis in Cyprus at the invitation of Metellus . |
| 19 | ‘ But yer always the first man aht , ’ pointed out the Old Stager agreeably . |
| 20 | Here he pursued his special interest in the surgery of inflammatory bowel disease , setting up the first stoma care clinic for patients who had had ileostomies , a form of colostomy . |
| 21 | The other four winning projects are : Community Education , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London , an educational programme under the direction of Lucy Dawe Lane involving over 200 artists living in the East End of London , ( the award will be used to set up after-school activities for local Bengali children and their families ) ; Art in Albany Prison , Isle of Wight , where Colin Riches has set up the first art centre in a maximum security jail , providing full-time employment and art education for eighteen long-term prisoners , ( Colin Riches will use his award to carry out further researches into the benefits of art in prisons ) ; Art Trust , Homerton Hospital , London , where the inspiration of surgeon William Shand has covered the bare walls and public spaces of the new building with specially-commissioned pictures and sculpture , ( the award will be used to commission a major sculpture for the principal courtyard ; and The Fan Museum , Greenwich , London , the first museum of fans , set up by Dicky and Helen Alexander who have donated their collection of 2,000 fans to the museum , ( the award will be used to provide proper storage facilities for the collection ) . |
| 22 | This was a short-lived club , but important if only for the fact that it drew up the first Breed Standard in 1901 . |
| 23 | On Feb. 7 riot police in Cairo outnumbered and forcibly broke up the first protest march against the war by opposition leaders and 50 supporters . |
| 24 | Denis , he supposed , keeping up the first son tradition . |
| 25 | One eighteenth-century author , E. Smith , whose Complete Housewife , published in 1727 , was also the first cookery book to be printed in America , claimed that her Everlasting Syllabubs would remain in perfect condition for nine or ten days , although at their best after three or four . |
| 26 | The Scots were also the first home union to introduce a fully competitive league programme , which they did in season 1973/74 . |
| 27 | In that year also the first Boulestin restaurant was opened in Leicester Square . |
| 28 | The reprieve of the S&C , besides marking the rightful conclusion to a tale of deceit and neglect , was also the first closure proposal vetoed by the Conservative Government under Mrs Thatcher . |
| 29 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 30 | During this period Meldola discovered the first oxazine dyestuff ( Meldola 's blue ) , and also the first alkali green ( viridine ) . |