Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] the first [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene . |
| 2 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 3 | But last week the company fleshed out the strategy by announcing its Multiprotocol Transport Networking Architecture and the first products that will conform to it : a new version of VTAM for MVS/ESA . |
| 4 | I have fished all over Scotland but the first place that I came across this system , which is used to distribute available fishing fairly amongst guests , was at Scourie , and it works very well indeed . |
| 5 | There is no intention to review the announcement on the Scottish regiments , but there is at least two years until the first amalgamations and the hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Scottish ones will take place at the end of the process . |
| 6 | The author notes the importance of the ‘ Demoiselles d'Avignon ’ exhibition at the Musée Picasso , Paris and ‘ Picasso and Braque : pioneering Cubism ’ at MOMA which took place since the first edition and have resulted in a number of amendments to this version . |
| 7 | The accommodation included a dining room drawing room and flats and the first agent or manager was George Andrew . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ There are a lot of kids living under adverse conditions and the first thing that goes is their confidence . |
| 9 | It is always a question whether the flowers in an opium dream are more beautiful than the flowers in the field ; or the Garden of Eden than the first protoplasm. but all this leads nowhere — people will either like the painting of Georgia O'Keeffe or dislike it . |
| 10 | It was one of the most marvellous events of my life and the first time that any of my work had ever been put on public show . |
| 11 | It is quite simple to add a piece of decoration to a stocking stitch garment and the first question that arises is , how much ? |
| 12 | Seeking a name , John Fawcus opened a book and the first word that caught his eye was ‘ cryptic ’ So , as established institutions are apt to spring from casual beginnings , was born the club that has prospered peripatetically ever since . |
| 13 | A written reply last week confirmed that the average waiting time between the making of an application and the first visit or inspection is about nine weeks . |
| 14 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 15 | It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’ |
| 16 | It 's so , I mean , wake up Christmas morning and they put a tray out , the first thing they do on , the last thing at night , Christmas Eve they put a big tray out and on the tray they got it 's a called and they 're like chocolate biscuits , they 're like biscuits , right , and that gets with every member of the house , say there 's ten in that house , that that gets lined round the outside of the tray , right , and then inside of that 'll be now a circle of the wine , and then they have like whatever drink they got in the middle and the first thing that happens Christmas Eve morning is they get up and that gets poured and the tray goes round , if you sit down |
| 17 | The cables are worked in the same way as the first sample but after the initial six rows , the four stitches at the left are crossed , with two-over-two stitches to the right , then after another five rows , the four stitches at the right are crossed with two-over-two stitches to the left . |
| 18 | In their original context both stories had a different significance , but it was as impossible for fourteenth century Christians to experience the Christian revelation in the same way as the first Christians as it is for us today . |
| 19 | The infradental papillae are block-like usually contiguous lying above the broad rectangular teeth , but in smaller specimens these papillae may lie on the same level as the first tooth and be separated by it . |