Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chance of the monkey happening to get the first letter — M — right is therefore 1 in 27 . |
| 2 | The seminars , which will be held in Dundee and Glasgow , will focus on the second phase of general SVQs , though they may also include workshops for centres wanting to pilot the first batch of awards for the first time . |
| 3 | Miss Boothroyd is seeking to become the first woman speaker . |
| 4 | Managers were always going to hit the first target once they realised that a one in three rota without prospective cover fitted the limit of 83 hours a week exactly . |
| 5 | I SUPPOSE a lot of people are waiting to greet the first cuckoo of spring , but I was looking forward to the first hedgehog of spring . |
| 6 | We , at any rate , are not going to fire the first shot . |
| 7 | I think that one 's saying that in order to resolve one problem , their may be unforeseen and , one hopes temporary , minor problems which emerge in consequence of attempting to resolve the first problem . |
| 8 | She was damned if she was going to make the first move . |
| 9 | Then , both of them a little awkward , a little shy , not liking to make the first move , the Shotterys had walked together down the path , away from the little group at the church porch . |
| 10 | Bernard had needed little persuading to buy the first company aeroplane , a twin-engined Piper Navajo for £95,000 , which carried six passengers and two pilots . |
| 11 | NORWEGIAN explorer Erling Kagge , 29 , aiming to become the first person to walk alone to the South Pole , left Oslo yesterday after piling on 18lbs of fat with huge meals to give him energy resources for his two months on the ice trekking 814 miles across the Antarctica . |
| 12 | Former Olympic 10,000 metres silver medallist Mike McLeod will be aiming to become the first veteran to win tonight 's Golden Wonder Blaydon Race . |
| 13 | Late roses tumbled over stone walls , Michaelmas daisies and chrysanthemums provided bright patches of colour , and the trees that surrounded the village were beginning to show the first hint of the glowing autumn colours still to come . |
| 14 | On the entertainments side er , last year of course we had that one-off benefit with not having to absorb the first quarter 's loss and this year the er first quarter was pretty disastrous because we had an er er an er amalgamation of , of A the Gulf War B the recession and in London I R A bombing and that really stopped tourists coming to London from overseas and from the rest of the U K. But I 'm pleased to say that er we , we 're coming back very strongly and for instance in July at virtually all of our centres attendances were either up to last year very nearl very nearly up to last year or ahead of last year and er at Chessington our revenue was thirteen and a half percent up on last year which I think justifies our investment there . |
| 15 | Summer in the country , was the toast echoing in Diane 's ears as she went back inside ; and she shuddered , and wondered if she could think up something really cutting to say the first time one of them tried to treat her like a servant . |
| 16 | If you were skilled the card flew to the back of the pavement and the next player threw , trying to cover the first card with his . |
| 17 | The term he had spent at school trying to understand the first thing about physics had been wasted . |
| 18 | Courtaulds Aerospace at Littleborough in the UK is hoping to become the first business in its industry to gain an award under the new Investors in People scheme which recognises training to national standards . |
| 19 | Joanne Conway , who is hoping to become the first woman for more than 20 years to win five successive titles , made a strong start at the Skate Electic British championships in Basingstoke . |
| 20 | In a package to be put before the clubs , the League 's governing body are proposing to increase the First Division from 14 to 16 teams . |
| 21 | His father , who works in Oman , was planning to catch the first flight home . |