21.   Verdun was to be its first big test.

22.   Arsenal hold the Maceeter trophy but were watched at Wolves last week by Vengloss, keen to impress on his first test in English football.

23.   Although the exams were not strictly comparable, civic awareness of high school seniors seemed mostly unchanged from the first test to the second.

24.   Analysts said the first test is likely to come Friday when the government issues its employment report for November.

25.   An important first test of the American policy could come soon in Turkey, which has close economic links with both Iran and Europe.

26.   And I got through it, and that was the first big test.

27.   And if the first taste test is any indication, kids are psyched about the suds.

28.   And suddenly, the Open became the first public test of this new multinational corporate pairing.

29.   And now, with their first big test just three days away, everyone in the studio at the state radio station was naturally nervous.

30.   And the Korean Peninsula may be the first test of how money and political influence intersect.