Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] at the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These steps were agreed by the government , the African National Congress ( ANC ) and 17 other political groups at the first meeting of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( CODESA ) in December [ see pp. 38662-63 ] . |
| 2 | He had looked for a loophole in their guard , he had found that crevice at the first time of asking . |
| 3 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 4 | Give yourself a few lessons at the first opportunity . |
| 5 | Our thanks are also , of course , extended to , who has so professionally , purposefully and cheerfully dealt with hiccups such as the extra numbers at the first seminar and so on . |
| 6 | That directness of involvement was signalled by each teacher at the first stage of assessment receiving from central government late in 1989 and early in 1990 packs of materials , descriptions of policy , examples of assessment and timetables . |
| 7 | Sole contender to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt in a huge pile-up in 1967 , the moderate , blinkered Foinavon held on to his unexpected lead all the way to the winning post , seven lonely fences later , to beat Honey End with Red Alligator , who won it next year , third . |
| 8 | Buckingham did not realise at first that he had been the only one to get over the 23rd fence at the first attempt . |
| 9 | ‘ My dad says give us a kiss , ’ shouted a little boy at the first stop in Rhyl . |
| 10 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 11 | Nucleotides are numbered on the left beginning at the first nucleotide of the cDNA . |
| 12 | If a positive image is required , a whole plate negative film sheet can be substituted for photographic paper at the first stage : this intermediate negative is developed and then contact printed . |
| 13 | In principle there was no distinction between indirect interference at the first stage and such interference at a remoter stage , but the more indirect and remote the interference , the more difficult it may be to establish on the facts that A did intend to interfere with the particular contract relied on by the plaintiff and that that interference was a necessary consequence of A 's wrongful act . |
| 14 | Failure to find the right concept at the first attempt simply leads to a second attempt and a third attempt . |
| 15 | , Thomas ( fl. 1292–1342 ) , was a working mason at the first building of St Stephen 's chapel in Westminster Palace in 1292–3 and again in 1294 , His name indicates his birth in Witney , Oxfordshire , a manor of the bishop of Winchester , and this was significant for his career . |
| 16 | 5 Business at the first meeting |
| 17 | They assessed both communication deviance and affective style at the first interview with families , that is , aspects such as disruptive speech , closure problems , unclear communication of ideas , and statements that were supportive , critical , guilt-inducing or intrusive . |
| 18 | On the assumption that 60% would attend for screening , 1125 of those might be diagnosed as having prostatic cancer at the first screen . |
| 19 | ( 10 ) Any casual vacancy arising in a licensing board from death , resignation , disqualification or other cause may be filled by the election of a duly qualified person at the first meeting of the appointing council following upon the vacancy , and members so elected shall hold office until the date of the next meeting for election to the board . |
| 20 | Casual vacancies in the membership of a board may be filled by the election of a duly qualified person at the first meeting of the appointing council after the vacancy occurred and the person elected holds office to the next election of the board . |
| 21 | If one manages to find the simplest method at the first attempt that can mostly be attributed to good luck . |
| 22 | He was active in founding the Society of Chemical Industry , and read an important paper at the first meeting of the Liverpool section in 1881 ; he was its chairman , 1889–91 . |
| 23 | Many women with adverse living circumstances at the first interview will have had one or two psychiatric symptoms and would be particularly likely to benefit from social support . |
| 24 | Having been in the front rank at the first fence he dropped back , and as the field came past the stands for the first time , with most of the runners still surviving , he had few behind him . |
| 25 | Data from one patient at the first stage and another one at the second stage and from two volunteers had to be excluded because of appreciable probe drift , apparent at probe calibration after the test . |
| 26 | It was a performance unworthy of the faithful supporters who had travelled from Edinburgh and one that requires to be expunged from the collective memory at the first opportunity , which is against Celtic in Glasgow tomorrow night . |
| 27 | Lacking such belief , will not Labour be wrested from its pragmatic and up-to-date policies at the first whiff of hot breath on Prime Minister Kinnock 's neck ? |
| 28 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 29 | So you were twenty years at the first place as well ? |
| 30 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |