Example sentences of "first or [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got a good football team in the first or premier division next season . |
| 2 | You should have a first or higher degree , be able to demonstrate significant achievement in research and the potential to contribute further in this area . |
| 3 | If you 're planning to take off to the Far East or Australia , travel First or Golden Club Class with us and we will give you the chance to land yourself a fabulous Jaguar XJ6 in our exclusive passenger competition . |
| 4 | Additionally , widowed mothers receive an extra payment of£9.75 a week for the first or only child ; and £10.85 a week for each other dependent child . |
| 5 | Another possible official building , constructed of wood and dating to the late first or early second century , was discovered lying within its own ditched enclosure near Keays Lane . |
| 6 | This new layout could not be dated precisely within the later first or early second century , though it may well have followed directly upon the final levelling of the military ditches , dated on pottery evidence to the late Flavian period . |
| 7 | After an initial post-military phase of contraction , development was apparently confined to the central area in the later first or early second century , followed by settlement in the roadside suburbs during the second and third ; not until the third to fourth century did occupation reach its maximum extent of c. 20 ha ( 50 acres ) , extending north at least to St Andrew 's Church and west along the river , south-east to the Bearley Brook and south-west for up to 600 m ( 2000 ft ) . |
| 8 | Property centre chairman George Clark said : ‘ The majority of the properties being sold are priced at £80,000 or less , in other words , appealing most to the first or second-time buyer . |
| 9 | In the early 1980s the percentage of graduate intake with first or upper second degrees was around 45% . |
| 10 | QUALIFICATIONS : First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in Chemistry , Soil or Plant Science for ref : 874 and in Environmental Biology/Soil Science or relevant discipline for ref : 874 . |
| 11 | The usual qualification required for admission to study for a research degree and for some taught postgraduate courses is a first degree with an excellent or very good classification ( first or upper second class honours in the UK ) . |
| 12 | All students , home , EC and overseas , may apply for the small number of Edinburgh University Postgraduate studentships awarded each year , if they are graduates with First or Upper Second Class honours degrees ( or equivalent ) from recognised universities who propose to undertake postgraduate research under supervision ( PhD , MLitt or MPhil ) . |
| 13 | A small number of Edinburgh University Postgraduate studentships are awarded each year to graduates with First or Upper Second Class Honours degrees ( or equivalent ) from recognised universities who propose to undertake postgraduate research under supervision ( PhD , MLitt , MPhil ) . |
| 14 | Applicants for these studentships should generally hold or expect to obtain a First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree or its equivalent in Chemistry or a related subject . |
| 15 | Competition is keen and a first or upper second class honours degree is required together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements . |
| 16 | It is usually based on the percentage of those graduating with ‘ good ’ degrees , ie those who obtain first or upper second class degrees . |
| 17 | The proportion obtaining good degrees ( i.e. first or upper second ) was 26% . |
| 18 | Approximately one third of each group achieved a good degree ie a first or upper second . |
| 19 | An increasing number of directors of sponsoring companies are beginning to ask ‘ What did we get for our money ? ’ when they so often see players to whom considerable appearance fees have been paid , losing limply in their first or second round matches and , even worse , then turning round and implying that the only tournaments they really take seriously are the Grand Slams . |
| 20 | It is difficult enough now to find any first or second round matches of any consequence in the women 's singles at almost any tournament , especially the Grand Slams . |
| 21 | He is the first or second greatest miler in the last 10 years . ’ |
| 22 | When we are developing an artist on an international basis , success does n't necessarily happen in the first or second album . |
| 23 | Ranu , a Sylheti woman in her late twenties , told me of the enveloping love and care a woman with her first or second child can receive in Bangladesh . |
| 24 | If a number is not right on first or second playing , it is dropped , and the star moves on to something else . |
| 25 | America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 26 | For most of the time the ‘ Big Bird ’ preferred to sacrifice the flat-out pace of his team-mates for accuracy and control , taking wickets by making the ball swing and cut , and so in Tests was for some years used as first or second change bowler . |
| 27 | ‘ I believed in what I was doing , ’ he told the lawyers , smarting at the implication that maybe he did n't ; ‘ Once I talked to Ollie the first or second time , man I believed . ’ |
| 28 | Of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence , nine were first or second generation Scots ; nine of General Washington 's 22 brigadier generals were Scots ; nine of the 13 governors of the newly created United States were Scots or of Scots descent , and the Reverend John Witherspoon , formerly Minister of the Laigh Kirk in Paisley , was the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence . |
| 29 | Lady Skipwith of Prestwould , another Miller devotée , often quoted the Dictionary in her garden records , sometimes making a detailed note of species ( ‘ Miller 's first or second sort ’ ) or applying ‘ not in Miller ’ to wildflowers in her garden collection . |
| 30 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |