Example sentences of "[verb] on first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which do you want to comment on first ? |
| 2 | Median CD4 counts on first assessment were 391/L , and 31% had counts of 300 or fewer . |
| 3 | Two or three specific problem areas can be identified with the parents that they would like to work on first . |
| 4 | Enough to make you gag on first crunch , surely . |
| 5 | ( The inspection light must be turned on first and then off , to make the card reader scan . ) |
| 6 | An arrestable offence is : ( 1 ) an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law ( murder , treason ) ; ( 2 ) an offence for which a person of 21 or over may be sentenced on first conviction to imprisonment for a term of five years ( This covers common law and statutory offences ) ; ( 3 ) those offences listed in section 24(2) , e.g. Theft Act 1968 ( ss. 12(I) and 25(1) ) ; Sexual Offences Act 1956 ( ss.14 , 22 and 23 ) ) . |
| 7 | When he recalled how he had felt on first seeing her he had to push the sinful thoughts out of his mind . |
| 8 | I am running a four speed Range Rover box which was perfectly good until I changed the oil , Now it baulks on first and second , especially from third to second . |
| 9 | ‘ Paysage d'Harfleur ’ , dated 1900 , reveals his debt to the Impressionists , and there are works he painted on first arriving in Paris , after ten years spent at Le Havre with Dufy and Friesz . |
| 10 | Focus on first causes … |
| 11 | Treatment centres focus on first things first : alcohol and drugs may cause immediate threat to life itself in some sufferers , as can anorexia or bulimia or other forms of addiction in others . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought that they were extinct , ’ Zach had said on first seeing her riding it . |
| 13 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 14 | The cause — they did n't like the Blue Actinic tubes that came on first before the main lighting . |
| 15 | This was immediately confirmed by a sound similar to that which my own shoulders had made on first entering the narrow space . |
| 16 | But the charity stresses that infection can occur on first contact with an infected partner or needle . |
| 17 | The basis of lateral thinking is to be provocative with your ideas and to put them forward however bizarre or ridiculous they sound on first hearing . |
| 18 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 19 | Accordingly , the rest of this section concentrates on first , studies of social change in rural communities , and then , the changing political structure of these communities , before considering one model for the future , California . |
| 20 | In his younger , more confident days he could quip that ‘ formalism is the name given to music not understood on first hearing ’ ; but by 1948 he was less resilient , and the situation more threatening . |
| 21 | Which saint did Mrs Thatcher quote on first entering Downing Street as Prime Minister ? |
| 22 | Transfer 's fifth show is based on first hand accounts of women working in the health services . |
| 23 | The quality and relevance of pupil work experience , curriculum development , careers education and guidance and other key partnership areas will be dependent on a teaching profession with a positive attitude to the role of business based on first hand experience . |
| 24 | The old lady was not mentally impaired on first impression . |
| 25 | Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc says it plans 1993 capital spending of $650m , a rise of $220m from a year ago , in anticipation of double-digit growth in the world semiconductor market this year , including 25 pct in the US market ; it expects the Japanese semiconductor market to grow at 5% this year , with the Japanese economy beginning ‘ slow recovery ’ in the second half ; it said it has shipped more than 100,000 of its new SuperSparcs in a year , and expects to release several client-server products this year ; commenting on first quarter figures ( page seven ) , it added that software revenues for the first quarter were lower than expected , leading to a small loss in its information technology business ; it continues to see strong demand for notebook computers and printers . |
| 26 | It was written in a frantic one month burst and sounded hurried on first hearing . |
| 27 | At the end of a quarter of a mile of rough track it seems on first sight to be a typically humble and remote farmhouse , with its low and unobtrusive policies almost growing around it . |
| 28 | The aim of this book is to create a broad , multidisciplinary framework for thinking about what students are taught and ought to be taught on first degree courses . |
| 29 | Although signatures can be added after the initial printing of the Motion ( and usually are ) , its impact is judged very much on the amount of support it receives on first printing . |
| 30 | Susan Einzig can also recall the shock and anger she experienced on first seeing this picture . |