Example sentences of "the first [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider two similarities , the first between two post-structuralists whose work is in most other respects incompatible , the second between post-structuralism and the post/modern . |
| 2 | His premature death opened the way for John Fothergill , an engineer and the first of five generations of Fothergills to head up the Tilery Bank business , to take over . |
| 3 | Lord Winterstoke became the first of five Pro-Chancellors who have been elected from Wills families . |
| 4 | The first of five satellites , relaying both telecommunications traffic and TV relay signals , it became operational in October 1984 and gave Europe ( said the 1983 CNES annual report ) its independence in the field of telecommunications . |
| 5 | 26th minute : Steve Bould became the first of five bookings for his second tackle from behind on Teddy Sheringham . |
| 6 | , Mary Mitchell ( 1848–1915 ) , missionary , was born 2 December 1848 in Gilcomston , a suburb of Aberdeen , the first of five daughters and the second of seven children ( four of whom reached adulthood ) of Robert Slessor , shoemaker , of Buchan , and his wife Mary Mitchell , weaver , of Old Meldrum . |
| 7 | Smoking the first of five cigarettes from his case which had been undamaged in his rear pocket ( matches from escape kit ) Harry made up his mind to head for a port , walking north-westerly to avoid Potsdam . |
| 8 | They are the authors of the first of five volumes which are expected to appear in quick succession in the next eighteen months and catalogue the complete work of Magritte , his paintings , collages , gouaches , drawings , objects and sculpture , but exclude his designs for advertising posters and other commercial activities . |
| 9 | They also renamed it The Enterprise , and it was the first of 27 engines built by the foundry in 25 years . |
| 10 | This is the first of 4 performances so hopefuly they 'll settle down and get used to it . ’ |
| 11 | The first of fifteen novels appeared in 1894 ( her early fiction sported the pseudonym of C. E. Raimond ) and she retired from the stage in 1897 and devoted herself to writing . |
| 12 | The first of two holidays they spent together was on a cruise ship , the SS Romantica which took them to the Greek Islands . |
| 13 | TOTTENHAM keep faith with England youth international goalkeeper Ian Walker when they travel to Notts County tonight in search of the first of two wins which Peter Shreeves , their manager , believes will confirm their First Division status . |
| 14 | The allegations broke on Tuesday as Jackson was preparing for the first of two concerts in Bangkok , the first stop in the Asian swing of his Dangerous world tour . |
| 15 | They discussed and they reached a conclusion ; as a result a new church school — Curry Rivel Parochial School — was built in Church Street in 1876 , the year in which the first of two Acts was passed making school attendance compulsory . |
| 16 | De Gaulle did not address the electorate in the first of two rounds : Opposition politicians hardly ever ( or never ) seen on TV- did , and had a considerable impact . |
| 17 | They investigated the rate of autoshaped pecking controlled by the first of two keylights presented serially and were able to show that the rate was elevated when the first element was an inaccurate predictor of its consequences . |
| 18 | Fig 103 By making the first of two tacks into tide it is easier to judge when to tack for the mark since you are much closer to it than if you take the other course . |
| 19 | The game is a dual purpose testimonial for the 50-year-old Eusebio and the first of two games to mark the 25th anniversary of United 's European Cup victory over the Portuguese club . |
| 20 | The monster of Greater Lebanon : In the first of two articles on the origins and architects of the situation in Lebanon , Robert Fisk describes the events which Muslim historians would later refer to as ‘ the betrayal ’ |
| 21 | JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER and PHILIP ROBINSON continue their series in the first of two articles on breeding Central American Cichlids . |
| 22 | This month 's Magazine contains the first of two articles by Bill Howieson which it is hoped will help all of us when we pray for our missionary brothers and sisters . |
| 23 | In the first of two articles , we look at the development of the UK 's longest-established provider of credit information . |
| 24 | This is the first of two articles written to discuss some aspects of the mathematical education of young children from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 25 | In the first of two reports , Mike Rowbottom looks at how the situation has changed |
| 26 | Tonight in the first of two reports , Richard Barnett looks at the traditional family links that have sustained the regiment down the centuries , in The Glosters … |
| 27 | In the first of two reports , we look at the difficulties facing people with head injuries , as they learn to take one day at a time . |
| 28 | Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow , which was rescued from closure three years ago , has launched the first of two ferries for the Red Funnel line . |
| 29 | The first of two raids on that day was led my Gordon Hampton , now one of the senior and most experienced pilots on the Squadron . |
| 30 | His tireless work for the cause of Albanian nationalism was rewarded in 1913 with the first of two enquiries on the point of whether he would be prepared to accept the throne of Albania , if it was formally offered to him . |