Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from this brief appraisal that prevention through genetic counselling has limited value for the first born , but is an important consideration for parents who have had a mentally affected child or at least conceived one . |
| 2 | Bill Filip , president of the Advanced Workstation Division says RS/6000 business has grown 50% in the first half of this year over the corresponding period last year , putting it right on course to achieve its target , he believes . |
| 3 | A small amount of Italian may be included to give bulk in the first year . |
| 4 | The European Council has taken note of the first report from the relevant committee on the implementation of the European plan to combat drugs . |
| 5 | You will need to pay attention to the first impression you make . |
| 6 | Good as its word , Advanced Micro Devices Inc yesterday announced that it has begun shipments of the first members of its Am486 microprocessor family with 33MHz , 40MHz and clock-doubled 50MHz versions , all of them full clones of the Intel Corp 80486 with maths co-processor on board . |
| 7 | After the war , reactors like the Windscale ‘ piles ’ — scene of the 1957 accident described in Chapter One — were designed to produce material for the first British nuclear bombs , and no expense was spared in developing the necessary technology . |
| 8 | Endill was led to the start of the line and told to shake hands with the first teacher , then the second , then the third and all the way along the line until the last . |
| 9 | But the Banking , Insurance and Finance Union claimed yesterday that polling day had been selected to announce details of the first cuts to minimise public attention . |
| 10 | Suddenly they seemed to notice Brenda for the first time . |
| 11 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |
| 12 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 13 | But his first job is to assemble a side before attempting to win promotion at the first attempt . |
| 14 | Others had n't bothered to buy tickets in the first place . |
| 15 | Provided that appropriate proportions of unc are subtracted from unc as they stand to give zeros in the first column , the array of numbers on the left in unc can be written down ; when the rest of unc is found , the third element of unc can be inserted , and so on . |
| 16 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 17 | The movement originated in Germany , where Red Cross ambulance dogs were trained to help blind veterans after the First World War ; today we have 450 centres across Britain . |
| 18 | Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 . |
| 19 | And then irritation began to give way to the first tricklings of fear . |
| 20 | In the United States , for example , people began to pay tax on the first slice of their income at 14 per cent , then 16 per cent for the next band , and so on . |
| 21 | INMATES of Risley remand centre have been invited to take part in the first recycling scheme of its kind in the country . |
| 22 | How the hell do such totally unimaginative , unoriginal idiots get to become architects in the first place ? |
| 23 | It was no coincidence that the majority of the French delegates were members of the little-known Le Societe Pereire , which sought to recognise Pereire as the first teacher of the deaf in that country — Pereire being a man who practised teaching by the oral method . |
| 24 | Should you wish to paint hardwood for the first time , it will be necessary to coat it with an aluminium primer . |
| 25 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 26 | If , when you have read the letter overleaf , you decide to accept responsibility for the first £50 of claims please fill in the boxes below . |
| 27 | The Democratic Convention also won the mayoralties of the important cities of Brasov , Constanta , Ploiesti , Sibiu and Arad ( having won Timisoara in the first round , with 64 per cent of votes ) . |
| 28 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 29 | ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car . |
| 30 | Venice Restored takes stock of the first twenty years of conservation in the Serenissima after the disastrous flood of 1966 . |