Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those things which confer privilege ( quality shops , education , flats and health care ) are acquired through privilege in the first place ; they can not be had for money . |
| 2 | Application for admission to the first year of these courses should be made on the University 's direct entry form directly to the University of Ulster . |
| 3 | Lord Salmon said he could find no sensible basis for the " astonishing " proposition that the valuer should be liable for negligence in the first instance , but not in the second . |
| 4 | Eight properties have been completed as part of the first renovation phase . |
| 5 | A different or ‘ variant issue ’ can occur as part of the first edition when , after some copies have already been published , some alteration is made and even another title-page substituted . |
| 6 | The Leviathan was launched in Hamburg in 1913 but was subsequently sent to the United States as part of the First World War reparations , and eventually reached the ship-breaker 's yard in Rosyth in 1983 . |
| 7 | On Dec. 18 , as part of the first round of the CFE talks , the US Defence Department announced proposals to cut US forces by 55,000 , an increase of 22,000 on Bush 's initial proposals in July 1989 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |
| 10 | There are currently two systems installed at the Lower Shakespeare Drift with a further six due for installation during the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 11 | The cancellation served to block the probable overall electoral victory of the Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) , which had emerged as winner in the first round of voting on Dec. 26 . |
| 12 | An important headstart for Swindon in the first leg of the play offs . |
| 13 | Search unemployment can be seen as part of the annual turnover of the job market — firms rid themselves of workers who have proved to be unproductive or unsatisfactory in some way , and workers quit jobs which have failed to meet their expectations or which were intended only as stop-gaps in the first place . |
| 14 | And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else . |
| 15 | There was one , there was one last comment that I missed out there that it was the erm the permission to proceed with the product recommendations , you were wanting to proceed with recommendations but you had n't got the commitment off Steven in the first place so you were suggestion recommendations and what ! |
| 16 | documentation necessary for submission of the first outline course proposals under Batch 1 of the new , operational system ; |
| 17 | Practice varies from faculty to faculty : for example , mostfaculties will accept SCOTVEC modules when these are offered in combination with other school-leaving qualifications ; some will make offers on the basis of Ordinary or Higher National Certificates or Diplomas for entry to the first year of study , while the Faculty of Science and Engineering will in appropriate circumstances consider such qualifications as a basis for entry to the second year . |
| 18 | Forward sales for completion in the first half of this year are sufficient to meet internal targets , Mr Maunders said . |
| 19 | The archetype here is Guillaume Apollinaire , special pleader for modernism before the first World War . |
| 20 | In a separate housing initiative in the north-east , plans were revealed for housing co-operatives in Grampian to build homes for rent for the first time . |
| 21 | It was destroyed in 1915 during action in the First World War , then was rebuilt after 1918 to the original design . |
| 22 | Under a new law , proposed during the fifth session of the eighth National Assembly ( which convened in Hanoi on June 20-30 , 1989 ) , non-CPV members were allowed to stand as candidates for the first time . |
| 23 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 24 | After supper on the first night we sat round the table in anticipation of the promised induction talk . |
| 25 | After consideration of the first set of results , it would be decided whether to abandon the material or to investigate further . |
| 26 | He gambolled over the four fences on the run towards the turn for home on the first circuit , and made towards the stands with a commanding lead . |
| 27 | In 1786 , when Robert Burns was preparing his poetry for publication for the first time , he took his manuscript to Glenconner and read his poems to the Tennant family for their approval or otherwise . |
| 28 | The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after the first anniversary of their marriage , instead of after three years as had been upheld previously . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Though there have always been differences between countries outside the First World , for a long time it did appear to make sense to speak of The Third World , the title of Worsley 's very influential book ( 1973 ) on the subject . |