Example sentences of "[noun] be [verb] to the first " in BNC.

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1 The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value .
2 Over the millennia , other wrecks and crippled vessels were welded to the first , in whole or in part , or were crashed into place in what became a vast assembly kilometres across and deep .
3 A small amount of mixed low-viscosity resin/ hardener is applied to the first face , which is mounted on the lapped surface of the slide .
4 Responsibility for drafting the bill and printing is borne by the Member although financial assistance is given to the first ten members and drafting assistance is given to any member whose bill appears to have a chance of becoming law .
5 The second point is related to the first : the scientific research-programme that is AI includes a number of significantly different approaches .
6 Some two hundred periti were summoned to the first session , but by April 1963 the number had reached 348 .
7 Edrophonium was given to the first 21 patients referred with non-cardiac chest pain .
8 The start time is given in VMS absolute time format : dd-mmm-yyyy hh:mm:ss.cc where omitted fields default to system date and time ; month is abbreviated to the first three letters ( uppercase ) .
9 ( In the USA priority is given to the first to invent , not the first to file . )
10 When the second CLI command file terminates , control is returned to the first CLI command file .
11 Hermeneutics is committed to the first and hence to giving some account of how internal orderings relate to reality .
12 A BOTTLE of sherry and flowers were presented to the first resident of a new nursing home which opened this week .
13 Many people would claim that the role of science is confined to the first of these and that theoretical physics will have achieved its goal when we have obtained a complete set of local physical laws .
14 Independent interrogation by the police is confined to the first 48 hours after the offence has been reported .
15 That insecurity is transferred to the first child .
16 The value of the first parameter in the line using the procedure or function is passed to the first variable named in the parameter list in the definition , the second to the second , and so on .
17 Most sales are under the 60,000 pound mark , and low mortgage rates and other incentives are geared to the first time buyer .
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