Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having started the match eight points down from the first leg , Hemel spent the first half apparently doing everything they could to double the deficit . |
| 2 | On the other side of the energy account book is the surface energy , 2 G.l , which is needed to form the new surfaces and clearly this increases only as the first power of the depth of the crack . |
| 3 | But there was a limit beyond which the furtherance of working-class interests conflicted with the national interest ; few were prepared to advance there in the first two years of the war . |
| 4 | Er , thank you , Mr Chairman , to me erm , this went on from the first paper that chose the effects of the food and management of the er , the fire local services , whereas carried through and it will be interesting to see next year er what the situation is , in order to the position of the as it were , this year , benefit of everything that has previous administration . |
| 5 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 6 | From there on , the cherry and whites took complete control and were 10 points up in the first 14 minutes . |
| 7 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 8 | We have six to give away to the first names drawn from the postbag on 7 March . |
| 9 | It 's important not to lose your security of tenure in council accommodation — which is so hard to come by in the first place — by making yourself " voluntarily homeless ' . |
| 10 | ‘ I informed everyone in local league cricket , including 21 clubs of Asian boys , but only three turned up for the first week . |
| 11 | Erm , all goes well for the first two years , no real problems there , the client is now , had an accident , an illness , sickness or whatever , now needs to claim on the policy . |
| 12 | It 's the type of client , life assurance clients are the type of client where the commission 's all come out in the first four years . |
| 13 | Sean Gregan , Lee Ellison and Anthony Isaacs all products of the youth policy , have all done well in the first team this season . |
| 14 | Many give up at the first hurdle before discovering the eventual and significant rewards . ’ |
| 15 | They say nine out of ten women have problems in learning to feed , and many give up in the first weeks . |
| 16 | Ramblers , weeping standards — which are for the most part rambler types budded into tall standard stems — climbers , climbing sports and several species types all fall largely within the first category , but so often have peculiarities of their own that we should not generalize . |
| 17 | The watchers all waited tensely for the first word , the first greeting between the two . |
| 18 | It is also important to differentiate here between the first flight of the day and subsequent flights . |
| 19 | Add to this the fact that everything here can cost considerably less than almost anywhere else , and it becomes hard to see why young people go anywhere other than this sophisticated , cosmopolitan , exciting and dynamic resort , which we think is particularly good for those going abroad for the first time . |
| 20 | Kerns also won the consolation singles , for those knocked out in the first round of the men 's singles , with a final win over Neil Butcher . |
| 21 | Pygmalion and Heartbreak House are the work of a writer at the peak of his powers : the former written just before the first world war , the latter just after it . |
| 22 | 1 knew straightaway after the first month . |
| 23 | They were in control from start to finish , with Don Caskie scoring the first try midway through the first half . |
| 24 | It first comes back in the first line of verse three when the tourists are being described as ‘ clucking contentedly ’ . |
| 25 | Mr Deputy Speaker that 's exactly what the authorities are asked to make sure about and of course they must have sensible plans so that there are always beds and facilities for those who need them , but in a way it 's a success of care in the community that that more elderly people are being looked after in their own homes and so we 've arrested the very rapid growth in permanent residential places which was occurring before the policy was introduced er , as we now see , despite some gloomy forewarning , local authorities have in general managed well in the first year of their responsibilities , they 've examined thousands of cases and many people have been helped to make decisions about their own futures . |
| 26 | Only 25 of the forty aircraft entered were ready to start , and then several dropped out on the first leg due to mechanical problems . |
| 27 | Over 60 turned up at the first two sessions at the town 's Southlands Centre . |
| 28 | We have 15 to give away to the first readers whose named are pulled out of the bag on July 8 . |
| 29 | The research by Yorkshire TV paid off last Sunday when 18 million tuned in for the first episode of A Touch of Frost . |
| 30 | Normally , it would cost you £2.49 , but we 've 200 to give away to the first readers who write in . |