Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Parents who do n't want their kids taught about homosexuality in the first grade are not bigots . |
| 2 | Eight properties have been completed as part of the first renovation phase . |
| 3 | On the other hand , foreign languages were clearly expected to be taught for communication in the first place . |
| 4 | These days the Glaswegian goes for consistency in the first ten places while riding as an understudy to a leader like LeMond . |
| 5 | The stories each picture told varied from the tragic to the hilarious : The expensive oil landscape which had had seagulls drawn on to the sky in ballpoint pen ; the ancient Highland cattle picture , swopped for food after the First World War by a travelling artist . |
| 6 | Wilcox looked startled , caught off balance for the first time . |
| 7 | If we go back to the education example , and suppose that the first vote is between L and M , then if the rich vote sincerely L wins , and in the second round H defeats L. On the other hand , if the rich had voted for M in the first round , then M would have gone on to win in the second round . |
| 8 | For instance , in the second clause of the following sentence both the verb scored and the noun goals have been ellipted , yet are presupposed through reference to the first clause : Returning to the text , it is clear that " the other five " is only meaningful through reference to sentences ( e ) and ( i ) , thus developing strong anaphoric links between this particular group of sentences . |
| 9 | In order to be considered for admission to a first degree or DipHE course at the University of Ulster , candidates should be in a position to satisfy : |
| 10 | As Smith commented , it is incomprehensible that Moorcroft does not appear to have been considered for appointment as the first Professor of the London College . |
| 11 | It was included as part of the first of the twice-annual Eurobarometer surveys . |
| 12 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 13 | According to the Home Office statistics the number of people applying for asylum in the first quarter of 1992 more than halved , from 3730 a month last year to 1730 a month this year . |
| 14 | THE QUESTION of just who would even want to be a partner with the US was underlined last night as the American Administration headed for default for the first time in its history . |
| 15 | " Then there 's the smear of what looks like vomit on the first basin in the men 's washroom . |
| 16 | 7.7.9.2 To pay to the Landlord on demand with Interest ( where the Landlord has rebuilt and reinstated the Premises out of its own money ) the amount of such insurance money so irrecoverable in which event the provisions of clauses 7.5 and 7.6 shall apply and clause 7.7.9 should contain the following amendment : … anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority while under the Tenant 's control and in the employment of the Tenant wholly or partially irrecoverable … 7.8 Increase or decrease of the Centre If at any time during the Term the Centre shall be increased or decreased on a permanent basis the Insurance Rent Percentage shall be varied with effect from the first premium or additional premium payable in respect of a period after such a change by agreement between the parties or in default of agreement within [ 3 ] months of the first proposal for variation made by the Landlord in such a manner as shall be determined to be fair and reasonable in the light of the event in question by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator This requires no comment . |
| 17 | How could they have come into existence in the first place without malicious midwives ? |
| 18 | Something like it is well-nigh inevitable , once the fundamental ingredients of cumulative selection — replication , error and power — have come into existence in the first place . |
| 19 | Freedom of movement for individuals will be one of the cornerstones of the new Europe , enshrined in the single Europe act , due to come into effect on the first of January 1993 . |
| 20 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 21 | I had to promise mum I 'd write to each of them , and apologise in person at the first possible opportunity , and also that I 'd stop off at Lochgair before I returned to Glasgow , to see dad . |
| 22 | ( Hey recorded as Key , for instance ) or by the choice of alternative Christian names ( e.g. the second one used in preference to the first ) or by evasion of the system before penalties were introduced in 1875 . |
| 23 | There , Emerson made a superb start but got caught in traffic at the first left-hander . |
| 24 | I used to listen for hours about her girlhood in Sheffield : smoking out of the window ; the young soldier she visited in hospital in the First World War , who gave her his rosary and went off and was killed ; of her suitors ; the fuss surrounding her affair with my father , who was much older than her ( and already married , though this she never told me ) . |
| 25 | Some black children may have had their first experience of Jamaican Creole from reggae lyrics , while others may have been attracted to Creole for the first time because of the music . |
| 26 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 27 | If the order is unopposed it is deemed on introduction into the First House to have passed the committee stage and so the procedure is quite short ; it is repeated in the Second House . |
| 28 | I got in touch with my French and German colleagues who agreed to support a UK proposal to place the matter on the agenda when it was presented for approval at the first meeting . |
| 29 | thought that , … in preference to the suggestion that there might be more frequent recommendations for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative , it might be possible to introduce a system similar to that adopted in some parts of the United States under which a distinction was made between murder in the first and second degree , the death penalty being reserved for cases of the former kind . |
| 30 | The UK operation came under scrutiny in the first investigation , but not in the latest formal investigation . |