Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months . |
| 2 | He was sentenced to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first contempt and to three months ' imprisonment for the second contempt , the two sentences to run consecutively . |
| 3 | She also looked great — out of dungarees for the first time and into a becomingly simple black dress . |
| 4 | However , others in the industry are concerned about ‘ cowboy ’ companies dabbling in biotechnology for the first time and about the commercial offshoots of universities which are scaling up laboratory experiments — often on shoestring budgets . |
| 5 | So the subjects had clearly realized this aspect of the dynamic solution between doing the experiment for the first time and for the second . |
| 6 | Compartmentation of the interior means that the building is experienced in a new way — details which were once distant ( and which may have been executed in the knowledge that they would not be viewed at close hand ) are seen in ‘ close-up ’ for the first time and in relation to much smaller and more intimate spaces ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 7 | It would be interesting to see if , for the first time and in so unusual a field , the family achieved distinction . |
| 8 | That morning Wycliffe had heard of the Glynn family for the first time and in the few hours since he had learned something about them ; about Gerald , Gina and Barry , about Christine and Aunt Sara , and about the uncles , Alfred and Maurice . |
| 9 | In the Congo he had hunted big game for the first time and in Abyssinia he took every opportunity to do so , and conveyed his enthusiasm to me when I was only a small boy . |
| 10 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 11 | Edith had also stopped all the pupils in the school from beating her up again after the first incident and during the riot it was Edith who had saved her life . |
| 12 | I have the advantage that , after the first hearing and before seeing the Parliamentary materials , I had reached the conclusion , in agreement with Vinelott J. and the Court of Appeal , that the revenue 's submissions were correct . |
| 13 | After the first landing and during the taxi back to the take-off point the thief would be dropped off . |
| 14 | In United 's progress to the top of the First Division and to tomorrow 's final , Schmeichel has kept 23 clean sheets and on only five occasions has he been beaten more than once . |
| 15 | The course is assessed by means of clinical and written examination at the end of the first year and by assessment of a thesis based upon a research project presented after the third year . |
| 16 | If this kind of picture were to apply to the London Caribbean community , we should expect to find a pattern where Creole was used between members of the first generation and by them to their children . |
| 17 | To ‘ take up the cross ’ was a frightening expression to the early Christians of the first century and to many since in every age . |
| 18 | Data were returned from the first fly-by and from the next two , on 21 September 1974 and 16 March 1975 . |
| 19 | In the second case , there will need to be an original and a duplicate ( or examined copy ) of each document so that the husband has a record of the release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity given him in respect of the second mortgage . |
| 20 | As far as registered conveyancing is concerned , there seems no reason why the transfer should not be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or an original with examined copies ) , the original transfer being lodged at HM Land Registry , the duplicate being held with the second charge certificate and the third being retained by the husband as evidence of his release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity in respect of the second mortgage . |
| 21 | David Speedy 's goal for Leicester in the first half and with the wind behind Nottingham Forest now ironically is often happens in these cases it seems to have just calmed a little . |
| 22 | They had Millwall running for cover in the first half and for once made the most of their superiority . |
| 23 | We restricted Apoel to one good chance in the first half and in the second they created little from open play . |
| 24 | Captain Ally McKay grabbed a try in the first half and in the second half a brace of tries from his wing forward partner Watson secured the winning margin . |
| 25 | We have done well in our provincial fixtures , with notable exceptions against the Maoris in the first half and in the defeat by Otago . |
| 26 | Cambridge struck 38½ to Oxford 's 40 in the first minute and despite the Light Blues having the better of the tide , the crews were level at Beverley Brook . |
| 27 | Others have survived similar heart complaints and are still working , both in the First Division and at the highest level on the Continent . |
| 28 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 29 | Students take three subjects in the first year and in subsequent years continue with two of these subjects either as joint or major/minor options for the honours degree . |
| 30 | The two weaker sites ( HS4 and HS6 ) were mapped to be at +3400bp , in the first exon and at +5000bp , in the second intron . |