Example sentences of "[vb pp] on first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The inspection light must be turned on first and then off , to make the card reader scan . ) |
| 2 | 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 ) ) . |
| 3 | When he recalled how he had felt on first seeing her he had to push the sinful thoughts out of his mind . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought that they were extinct , ’ Zach had said on first seeing her riding it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This was immediately confirmed by a sound similar to that which my own shoulders had made on first entering the narrow space . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Transfer 's fifth show is based on first hand accounts of women working in the health services . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The old lady was not mentally impaired on first impression . |
| 12 | It was written in a frantic one month burst and sounded hurried on first hearing . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She seemed calm enough but the fit she had thrown on first wakening was fresh in his mind . |
| 15 | Firstly I wanted the intensity of the background to be worked in before the face , and secondly because the face is so delicate , to have it put on first would have risked smudging . |
| 16 | Get dressed on first request |
| 17 | Born near Doncaster , Edward Kirk lost his hearing through a severe illness when aged 2 , and was sent to be educated at the Yorkshire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where his abilities so impressed the headmaster , the great Charles Baker , that he was kept on first as a classroom assistant , thence from 1871 as a teacher . |
| 18 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 19 | Although his manner appeared reserved on first meeting , he could be a genial , friendly , and charming companion . |
| 20 | Out of his advanced lectures emerged a powerful refutation of the entire Gnostic world-view and principles of biblical interpretation , a work entitled On First Principles . |
| 21 | Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urged on first acquaintance . |