Example sentences of "[art] first and [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first and most crucial step in training children to be social beings takes place when they develop a willingness to do as they are told . |
| 2 | A short stroll amid the usual birches , boulders and close-cropped grass brings the first and most continuous section to hand . |
| 3 | The first and most general cost has been to give the impression that Official Unionists would not be welcome in the Free Church . |
| 4 | This is reflected in the syllabus for the Institute examinations which are held at centres throughout the U.K. The first and most essential requirement of any student for any professional examination is that he or she must be able to communicate in the language ( in which he or she will be examined . ) |
| 5 | THE FIRST and most serious change that Professor Horst Rollnik has seen during his 19-year long career at Bonn is the vast growth in the number of students , in all subjects including his own , physics . |
| 6 | The first and most critical stage in his exercise of power was the formulation of a " will " . |
| 7 | She returned to England on the death of her Father ; she did not attend the funeral ( in a picturesque little English church ) , but did become his literary editor and published the first and most authoritative biography . |
| 8 | In the first and most quoted example of the genre , the Coventry-Solihull-Warwickshire study ( 1971 ) set the mould by using multiple regression analysis as shown in Figure 8.6 . |
| 9 | The first and most striking thing about these figures is the sharp fall which they show . |
| 10 | Well erm the er th th th the first and most horrific incidence was I think in the May , no no no it was n't May , it was when we went down to s to Cats in London which was at the end of eighty nine beginning of ninety and I went to , I went to the the doctor in June of nineteen ninety and odd things were sort of going through nineteen ninety , but it was n't until nineteen ninety one and I was off ill and it all went |
| 11 | The first and most powerful image projector today is television . |
| 12 | The first and most powerful emotion was pride in what this moment meant for so many millions , and especially for their leaders , who had succeeded in making this return after 22 years of isolation conditional on the genuine opening up of cricket to all South Africans . |
| 13 | Agreeing operational requirements is the first and most tiresome obstacle . |
| 14 | It connotes the discovery of the world by the first and most direct way open to us , and the discovery of ourselves in our native environment . |
| 15 | In my case , the first and most important candle stood for the dark forest . |
| 16 | The first and most important question to mull over as you gaze at your patch is : What is this garden for ? |
| 17 | If visiting or entertaining friends is difficult , this is the first and most important problem to be tackled , because maintaining ( or restoring ) this particular activity will do more than almost anything else to keep life in balance . |
| 18 | The first and most important change was the general introduction of cash limits . |
| 19 | Its key tenets are : 1 The customer comes first : The first and most important characteristic of total quality is the search continually to meet , and even exceed , the customer 's demands and expectations . |
| 20 | The first and most important consideration is that in the forty years since 9 August 1945 , despite the fact that all the nuclear powers have been involved in wars at one time or another , nuclear weapons have not once been used militarily . |
| 21 | The first and most important reason is that ketamine can readily induce a state of virtual helplessness , within the dose range normally taken by users , to a far greater extent than most other substances of abuse . |
| 22 | The first and most important thing is to talk to your doctor . |
| 23 | The first and most important step , therefore , was to give the orders to ensure a lessening of tension in the neck area so that the normal functioning of the Primary Control could be restored . |
| 24 | The first and most important step is to get the baby examined by a doctor , who should check for serious problems such as gastro-oesophageal reflux — acid passing from the stomach up into the gullet ( oesophagus ) , and thus causing pain — or intestinal obstruction . |
| 25 | The first and most important step is to identify the weaving category ( p. 11 ) , because this will automatically preclude those countries which do not produce , for example , nomadic or village rugs . |
| 26 | Whichever method one used , the first and most important step was to formulate objectives , the ‘ what do I want to know , why , and what can I do with the result ? ’ guiding principles for research . |
| 27 | The first and most enduring victim of the new Gary was his mother 's purse . |
| 28 | The exhibition , curated by Joan Solomon and Sue Isherwood , highlights the first and most significant relationship in most women 's lives ( until 22 Mar ) . |
| 29 | An anonymous reviewer of the book in the Times Literary Supplement declared : ‘ If a student of British politics were to demand some precepts to guide his researches , the compiler would have little difficulty about the first and most significant maxim in the creed . |
| 30 | It was indeed the first and most urgent measure of good , and they breathed the more easily for it ; but they read in the tone no less the failure of his mission . |