Example sentences of "the first [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first session all those gathered were asked to identify a ‘ John the Baptist ’ in their own life ( i.e. someone who had helped Prepare the Way of the Lord for them ) and also to describe the characteristics of such a person . |
| 2 | On the first day most of us managed to get sunburnt . |
| 3 | On the first day some members cry ‘ sit still ’ when summoned to the Painted Chamber to hear the Protector . |
| 4 | In his Handsworth Comprehensive School , he was fairly consistent : ‘ I was in the A-stream from the first year all the way through . ’ |
| 5 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 6 | This was the first year that Environment Achievement Awards have been made , so Johnson Matthey was particularly proud to have been included among the 12 initial companies to be granted the new honour . |
| 7 | The local hospital was offering nursing training courses ; however , the first year these were available Val applied too late , so she became a nursing auxiliary instead . |
| 8 | This is the first year either side has played in the London League . |
| 9 | And I think originally it may have run in the first year both at easter and at August . |
| 10 | He was standing now on the steel floor , the corner of the first container some twenty feet away . |
| 11 | They beat Middlesbrough three two er three one rather , three one on their own ground in the first round er of the first leg that is to say of the er four matches in this particular round of the competition . |
| 12 | We 'll have it as the first course this evening . ’ |
| 13 | The first category all relates to er related pay awards . |
| 14 | Those are the steeples of Saigon Cathedral — the first sight any traveller ever sees of " the Pearl of the Orient . " |
| 15 | By the end of the first century all the tribal capitals had their gridded street plan laid out and work had started on the public buildings . |
| 16 | Moreover , the contract compared with the first operation some three years ago was most significant . |
| 17 | In the First Dynasty these two deities assumed human form , Min , as an ithyphallic figure and Neith as a woman with her weapons . |
| 18 | From the First Dynasty this was a term applied to the dead . |
| 19 | In view of the answer that I have given to the first question this second question does not arise and it would be unwise for me to attempt to answer it on a hypothetical basis . |
| 20 | So just watch it after the first dose that evening , if you g Especially if you get out of bed to have a wee . |
| 21 | Before the first insemination all women were examined by one doctor . |
| 22 | Despite the stigma and stress associated with a court case that threatened him with jail , he has so far managed to score 17 goals for Brentford in the First Division this season . |
| 23 | I refer to the decision of the Labour Group that in the first instance all Conference items should be submitted to the Labour Group Executive for approval before being placed on a committee agenda . |
| 24 | In the first instance this includes a literature review . |
| 25 | In the first instance this is achieved by projecting the image of a cynical Nizan attempting , though usually not succeeding , to manipulate the institutional party apparatus to his own personal ends . |
| 26 | Thames Polytechnic is envisaging a course which will qualify teachers for the secondary phase ; in the first instance this course will be open to teachers from the Inner London Education Authority only . |
| 27 | In the first instance this would threaten the eurodollar and US T-bond contracts . |
| 28 | When you cast on using the ribber , on the first row BOTH carriages knit ; however , on the second , third and fourth rows both carriages are set for circular knitting , so you knit one-and-a-half circles . |
| 29 | The first Macedonia most people know about was the Macedon of King Philip , denounced as an alien tyrant by Demosthenes of Athens in some of the greatest speeches ever written , the Philippics . |
| 30 | Emergency services could face additional problems over the next few days - the first weekend that ambulance officers have been involved in the action . |