Example sentences of "[vb mod] the first " in BNC.
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1 | The bright , but differing colours of the moths and caterpillars are warning signs , too , easily recognized by any insectivorous creature in search of a meal , and readily learnt should the first warning not be enough . |
2 | Why should the first use of ‘ Here ’ bask in the reflected glory of the second , granted that the first serves to inform others of my whereabouts only in virtue of their being able to locate sounds ? |
3 | Ohka 33 would have had the endurance to permit a second or third attempt should the first death-dive have been miscalculated . |
4 | Thus , we are prompted to suppose that an unspecified industrial strategy on the one hand is so like matters of health and safety for the purposes of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 , or like employment protection for the purposes of the Employment Protection Act 1975 on the other , as to amount to much the same kind of thing as they are ; and so to accept the view that , just as the second is a subject for joint regulation by management and unions or of prior discussion between management and unions , so too should the first . |
5 | Should the first theory be correct , the similarities that exist between the motility of the colon in the normal location and in the transposed location would not exist , as the nerves would have been interrupted during transection and mobilisation of the segment of colon . |
6 | It is n't being critical at all but on this position situation that might the first thing that we |
7 | Well he 'll the first place . |
8 | ( a ) How meaningful would the first statement have been to you without this additional information ? |
9 | so when would the first figures be given by you for the purpose of printing , approximately |
10 | Until it is universally accepted that nobody whatsoever has title to property other than that held under rules to be agreed and laid down by all humankind , as distinct from those alleged to have been the product of some ‘ god ’ or other , will the first step towards formulating those rules have been taken . |