Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun sg] [vb -s] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are small ripples , wind-blown , on the lake , where the water catches the first flashes of brilliance from the early sun . |
| 2 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 3 | Some organisations pay the whole cost ( especially where long distances are involved ) ; others expect the employee to pay and some state that the employee pays the first £ x and the company pays the rest . |
| 4 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 5 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 6 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 7 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |
| 8 | While the report describes the first two options as the most far-reaching and effective in the long term , it acknowledges that they would cause severe economic strains ( because of the dependence of the local economies on irrigated crops ) and that the required infrastructural improvements would be very expensive . |
| 9 | That 's asking an awful lot of people who seek no more than a relaxing pint or two , or more especially when the Bishop pulls the first pint of the day . |