Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Injunctions were issued against The Observer and The Guardian newspapers to prevent them from publishing extracts from Peter Wright 's book and the Court of Appeal , overruling the judge at first instance , held that although publication by The Independent newspaper and others could not be a breach of those injunctions nevertheless , since they knew of their issue , they could be guilty of contempt of court if their publication interfered with the course of justice . |
2 | If a police officer has to request a driver to produce a current test certificate , the officer must bear in mind the problem of proving the date of first registration . |
3 | Using the assembler without first setting P% ( and O% ) is liable to corrupt the operating system . |
4 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
5 | Mr Mayhew was at the scene of the latest bombing outrage in Magherafelt earlier today to see the carnage at first hand . |
6 | As a young physician dedicated to an academic career , I think that several points may explain the paucity of first class researchers currently attaining senior posts . |
7 | DEC 'S FULLSAIL MAY WIN THE RACE FOR FIRST DME MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE |
8 | Flavia became aware of her voice and that it was loud , aware of herself on her feet rapidly walking the floor at first light . |
9 | ‘ You may stay and catch the ferry at first light when it crosses but that is your decision . ’ |
10 | LIN , which last month entered into a merger agreement with Bell South in an attempt to repel McCaw , has the right of first refusal on Metromedia 's stake , which would pre-empt the deal with McCaw . |
11 | If a person had been admitted to hospital for coronary heart disease we used the date of first admission as the incidence date . |
12 | The Appellate Court of Illinois , affirming the decision at first instance , rejected both arguments , holding that VWoA was agent by operation of law as an ‘ involuntary agent ’ under a well-established doctrine in the law of Illinois , and that the Convention was inapplicable to service effected within the borders of the United States . |
13 | It was a full passenger load ; the tourist class was full and Kevin Ryan had just managed to secure a seat in first class . |
14 | A target of 201 presented a definite challenge and when Ambrose immediately had Hudson deflecting a catch to first slip second ball and bowled Rushmere off the bottom of the bat in his fourth over , the balance was , if anything , slightly tilted towards the West Indies . |
15 | ( i ) Remove the oviduct by first cutting through the top of the uterus , leaving a small portion of it attached to the oviduct , and then dissecting the oviduct away from the ovary . |
16 | During the last few years , we have begun to learn something of these mothers ' true feelings from the women who suffered the regime at first hand : what stands out in such accounts is the emotion which is still generated in the mother by her own memories . |
17 | I believe they need a more direct winger , someone in the Gordon Strachan mould who will get into crossing positions and put the ball in first time . |
18 | And he said er , mm , would you er , would you just , erm , do n't raise the clutch just put the car into first gear a minute . |
19 | The IRA , will no doubt , argue that it is taking its fight to mainland Britain to let the English feel the war at first hand ; to sicken the English and to cause them to pressurise their government to withdraw from Ireland . |
20 | The usual precautions of observing the polarity of the diodes and the electrolytic capacitor will bring the reward of first time success . |
21 | I slammed the car into first gear to get off the poor thing . |
22 | ( p944 ) His Lordship specifically rejected the argument that drivability was the sole test of merchantability and overturned the decision at first instance ( [ 1987 ] 2 WLR 353 ) where it is held that the vehicle was merchantable as its defects did not destroy " the workable character " of the machine . |
23 | Bismarck was ‘ unwell ’ and the French emissary was reduced to seeking an interview with First Secretary Thile , who pretended to be totally ignorant of the whole business , which was a flagrant lie , and who said : ‘ In any case there are quite a few Princes … which one is it ? ’ |
24 | Bruno Walter was there and afterwards I was offered the post of first kapellmeister ; but I had to say , frankly I am better off in Aachen . |
25 | As they crossed in front of the Queensway Tunnel for the final sprint up William Brown Street , 23-year-old Nadobenko was going so fast he mounted the kerb and bounced back but still had the strength to cross the line in first place . |
26 | And last night his widow Millie , also 55 , said he had just celebrated the birth of first grandson Jonathon . |
27 | In the control sample the picture was slightly different ; of the 13 who stated a preference at first interview for home care and whom we were able to interview again one year later , six stated an unequivocal preference for home care , five a preference for home care but a recognition of the necessity for , or a competing preference for , institutional care , and two a clear preference for institutional care . |
28 | Diplomatic sources say that other South-east Asian countries which , like Hong Kong , have offered a port of first asylum to the fleeing Vietnamese , are closely watching the mandatory repatriation programme . |
29 | Applying these criteria , it seems to me that the type of deployment of nuclear weapons which can most clearly be argued to entail an illegal threat of force is one which involves a threat of first use of nuclear weapons . |
30 | In addition , their type foundries also took licenses and began the production of first Type 3 and then Type 1 fonts . |