1.   At that point, the plane should pick up a signal coming from the first of two ground-based beacons.

2.   Be sure to apply before the first of the calendar month when you want the rebate to start.

3.   But now we have completed the first of a series of ethical tests and a worrisome cycle downward toward retribution is evident.

4.   But the first of these has a much higher social value and power than the second.

5.   By this point, the council had initiated the first of several large redevelopment projects proposed by the business elite.

6.   Earl Varney parked his truck in front of the first of the sedans from Rehoboth.

7.   Ferguson salvaged at least a point from another tough assignment, the first of the season at the third attempt.

8.   He held meetings - the first of their kind - with government leaders in each of the four countries.

9.   I earn my first of these by commenting that there were a few raised eyebrows when his peerage was announced last June.

10.   I then had the first of the mad ideas that helped to save our lives.