Example sentences of "[verb] on [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
| 3 | Students apply for entry to an honours degree , but admission to the honours years depends on performance in the first part of the course . |
| 4 | Which was amazing as we started working together far too late , there was a shoestring budget , dancers speaking on stage for the first time . |
| 5 | To which the great shambling John Wayne figure replies : ‘ By stopping him getting on base in the first place . ’ |
| 6 | Having done just that half way through this contest which was judged on time in the first round , she had an agonising wait to see whether anyone would catch her . |
| 7 | THE hearts of millions of viewers will go out to Michael Aspel 's 12-year-old son Patrick when he appears on TV for the first time next month . |
| 8 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 9 | To record this guide-track , you set the tape to a start-mark and the tape recorder to record-pause ; the video tape is set on play-pause on the first frame of picture . |
| 10 | In hexagonal close packing , a second layer sits on top of the first layer so that each sphere in the second layer is in contact with three spheres of the first layer ( see figure 3.22 ) . |
| 11 | Now , people often ask me , why go on holiday in the first place ? |
| 12 | In testimony before a court that will eventually rule on whether or not paintings from the Barnes Collection will go on tour for the first time , a conservator argued that several of the Barnes masterpieces should not tour under any circumstances . |
| 13 | It will go on show for the first time at the Biotech ‘ 83 exhibition in London next month . |
| 14 | The Publicity Committee are planning to have on sale for the first time at Crystal Palace a range of metalled key-rings and pendants which they think will make very nice Christmas presents . |
| 15 | These recordings are already available on cassette and are now issued on CD for the first time , the first disc is an ADD transfer , but the digital remastering is wholly natural with not artificial brightening of the treble response — as too often happens — and so those who admire warm analogue sound will find this disc wholly to their taste . |
| 16 | When he was about 3 years old , he put on make-up for the first time . |
| 17 | Hidden treasures from damp storerooms across Oxfordshire are being moved to a new purpose-built centre , to be put on show for the first time . |
| 18 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 19 | It was held that property in the incomplete ship passed on payment of the first instalment but that no property passed at that time in some materials which were Lying in the ship yard and might be used in the ship 's construction . |
| 20 | Going beyond these general ‘ offers ’ most stations offer special rates to genuinely local advertisers and for brands being advertised on TV for the first time . |
| 21 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 22 | In 1886 Douglas Fox and James Brunlees [ q.v. ] were knighted on completion of the first tunnel under the Mersey which , along with the railway linking Birkenhead with Liverpool , they had jointly engineered . |
| 23 | As you play through this you should notice how the D note is held on top of the first three chords , and also the subtle rhythmic variations which occur on the F chords in bars 3 and 4 … |
| 24 | THE BEATLES : ‘ The Beatles CD Singles Collection ’ Liverpool beat legends ' 22 singles and original B-sides , released on CD for the first time , and issued as a boxed set |
| 25 | Between 1980 and their split they notched up five albums and their entire back-catalogue has been re-promoted and released on CD for the first time . |
| 26 | The movie , starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , is released on video for the first time on September 21 — with the original preview trailer and a deleted sequence of Reynolds singing You Are My Lucky Star . |