Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Losses on domestic mortgage indemnity policies alone , where insurers stand the first slice of losses on the sale of repossessed houses , were cut from £257 million in 1991 to £160 million . |
| 2 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
| 3 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 4 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 5 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 6 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 7 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 8 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 9 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 10 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 11 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 12 | You should specify either a module version which does exist in the format 99.99A or F to signify the first version of the module . |
| 13 | In 1798 Breitkopf & Härtel launched the first ‘ collected edition ’ of Mozart 's works , and the first biography ( Niemetschek 's Life of Kapellmeister Wolfgang Gottlieb Mo–art written from Original Sources ) appeared in Prague . |
| 14 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 15 | Smith became a Carnegie trustee , and it was thanks to the association between the two men that Keighley became the first town in England to acquire a new Carnegie free library . |
| 16 | This potentially , means that there can now be up to 32,767 unique fonts — each with their four basic stylistic variations , although Apple reserve the first 1,024 . |
| 17 | The crucial difference is that Marx emphasised the first element , while Weber emphasised the second . |
| 18 | It was twenty-five minutes after Morse had left the scene that Lewis discovered the first , fat clue : a sheet of yellow A4 paper on which the details of the Historic Cities of England Tour had been originally itemised ; and on which the time of the final item that day had been crossed through boldly in blue Biro , with the entry now reading : |
| 19 | It was not until the California law of 1947 that a state law tackled air pollution other than dense smoke , and not until 1952 that Oregon introduced the first comprehensive state air pollution control legislation . |
| 20 | It is a matter of history that Austin became the first Englishman to regularly employ the new-fangled back crawl , which all swimmers use today but was then regarded as something of an eccentricity . |
| 21 | In England too , industrialization meant that peasants became the first working class and were alienated from the earth and its fruits . |
| 22 | Although Laurie led the first day of the 1957 Open jointly with Eric Brown and Flory Van Donck , he was to finish out of the top twenty , Bobby Locke taking the last of his four Championship titles . |
| 23 | So it was that Huddersfield became the first club to win the Cup with a penalty . |
| 24 | The laws committee required four additional sittings in London and Wellington to complete the first in-depth overhaul of rugby union 's laws for four years . |
| 25 | Amy nodded , her eyes like saucers , and Kathleen remembered the first time she had worked in A and E. |
| 26 | In November 1990 , a man convicted of multiple rape and murder became the first person in Tunisia to be executed since the President came to power in 1987 . |
| 27 | Liverpool SC and Renegades shared the first leg spoils at 6–6 , and it was all square again in the second leg , which means it now goes to a three frame play-off at a date to be decided by the committee . |
| 28 | In 1964 Norah and Jean started the first Surrey regional training course . |
| 29 | Tanturi and Ivy provided the first convincing evidence for the choleretic action of the vagus by showing that stimulation of the distal end of the divided vagus caused increased secretion of bile . |
| 30 | It was a tense match with not much to choose between the two sides until Scotland scored the first try near the end of the first half . |