Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deliveries of the new jet — which is designed to tap the market for business aircraft with an intercontinental range — are due to begin in the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 2 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 3 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : A large number of points have been raised by the Hon. Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) , but the preferences are those stated on the first day of our Committee proceedings . |
| 4 | Only those acting at the second and third stages have been described in the present chapter , but the most important agents for small mammal bone accumulations are those operating at the first stage of taphonomic modification . |
| 5 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 6 | To support a Labour government for the sake of an illiberal reform would be difficult to explain in the first place ; and it would become more difficult still when people saw how the reform worked in practice . |
| 7 | Among the ‘ do n't knows ’ were Mr Paul Dean and Mr Andrew Bingham , who will be eligible to vote for the first time . |
| 8 | Consider why it should be that A and B are difficult to discriminate in the first place . |
| 9 | With the adrenalin in full flow , both East and West concentrated on four further days ‘ curling at various venues in Toronto , at the end of which we were thrilled to emerge as the first Scottish team to win in Canada since 1949 . |
| 10 | The ten rooms were all situated on the first floor . |
| 11 | ‘ Is that one of the reasons why you were keen to invest in the first place , even one of the reasons why you decided to back the new housing development ? ’ |
| 12 | The aeroplane is due to fly for the first time in 1995 and , once certified safe , should be flying passengers by 1997 . |
| 13 | Midiscan for Windows is due to ship in the first week of July , with Macintosh and Atari versions following next year . |
| 14 | The behaviour referred to here is that required in the first stages of an encounter with any new material . |
| 15 | Be sure to apply before the first of the calendar month when you want the rebate to start . |
| 16 | Unless he has a part to play he is unlikely to attend after the first appearance . |
| 17 | The mill is first mentioned in the first part of the 17th century and is thought to have been built around 1620 , although clearly much of the present building is of a later date . |
| 18 | Opener Atherton was due to play in the first Test at Calcutta before being forced out on the morning of the match because of illness . |
| 19 | At this stage nearly a month had elapsed since the watercolour , so it was important to return to the first study to establish some kind of modus operandi for the oil . |
| 20 | The thing had died , and for its death they could also find no reason … no more than they could find a reason for how it was able to live in the first place . |
| 21 | William , it was rumoured , could lead a man to the very spot where the Pacific Ocean was first seen by the first European explorer — a place in space and time that changed the historical progress of the world . |