Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 13 | documentation necessary for submission of the first outline course proposals under Batch 1 of the new , operational system ; |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Forward sales for completion in the first half of this year are sufficient to meet internal targets , Mr Maunders said . |
| 16 | The archetype here is Guillaume Apollinaire , special pleader for modernism before the first World War . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was destroyed in 1915 during action in the First World War , then was rebuilt after 1918 to the original design . |
| 19 | After supper on the first night we sat round the table in anticipation of the promised induction talk . |
| 20 | After consideration of the first set of results , it would be decided whether to abandon the material or to investigate further . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Clearly that would require a further erm sixteen hectares to be found compared to the hundred and forty five because the hundred and forty five did include an allowance for flexibility in the first place ? |
| 26 | I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He has sent off some ideas to Africa for inclusion in the first draft , which should be ready in about ten days . |
| 29 | ‘ Parents who do n't want their kids taught about homosexuality in the first grade are not bigots . |
| 30 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |