Example sentences of "that first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no evidence in our data that first wave fundholders attempted to make budgetary savings by reducing referral rates . |
| 2 | The fact that most practices ' referral rates had increased in the second phase of the study provides no support for the view that first wave fundholders had artificially increased their rates of referral in the preparatory year to enable them to make budgetary savings in the subsequent year , although their rates were higher than those of the controls in phase 1 . |
| 3 | Passing the two horses that had looked so sad and bedraggled that first day , she lingered to watch them . |
| 4 | It was an all-rounder that first year was n't he ? |
| 5 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 6 | BellSouth Corp , Atlanta warns that first quarter profits will be reduced by about $20m to $25m or about $0.05 per share because of costs associated with the severe winter weather that scoured the south : among the extraordinary costs are labour and material costs to maintain and restore telephone service . |
| 7 | IBM said that first quarter revenues were down slightly in the US — where the economy was perceived to be improving until the first set of statistics in April , and in Asia , while revenues from IBM 's European operations fell by 13.8% . |
| 8 | She knew , for she had told him so that first night , that her situation , alone , unchaperoned , unprotected — and that was the worst of it ! — laid her open to advances . |
| 9 | Results of one investigation suggested that first order births to very young women are disadvantaged by the women 's physiological immaturity and its effect upon the fetus . |
| 10 | Suppose that the mating preference was asymmetrically arranged around the familiar so that first cousins with conspicuous plumage were preferred over those with dowdier plumage , then there would have been a relentless pressure for plumage to become more conspicuous . |
| 11 | I think it should be remembered that that public support actually was against a requirement of one thousand nine hundred dwellings , which is not quite the proposal being put forward by the County at the moment , but it is clear that there seems to me n not to be any public or great strength of public objection to the sort of proposals that are now before you in this enquiry , and it also seems to me that the reasons behind erm that that public support are essentially because it meets the first requirement of paragraph P P G thirty three , that the alternative expansion of existing towns or villages will represent a less satisfactory method of providing land for new housing that is needed , I think that is the essence of the public support , and so first of I think you can say that that 's that means that first criteria , and certainly it seems to meet the second automatically because it an expression of public preference . |
| 12 | However , there is no data to show that first babies really do cry more — it is just a subjective impression . |
| 13 | In response , First Edition project director Mark Hodder-Williams said that First Edition had been in operation for nine months , and had successfully provided users with an efficient , fast computer-to-computer service for exchanging a wide range of commercial documents . |
| 14 | While waiting for an ambulance it is possible that first aid carried out immediately would save a patient from choking or bleeding to death . |
| 15 | He 'd had an addled idea that he wanted to stand there all night , so that first thing in the morning he could approach the kids and explain to them what it was he was after . |
| 16 | They argue that First World medicine has created a powerful elite whose services are costly and do not reflect the priorities of Third World countries , They are trying to undermine dependency on professional care and , through education for self-help , allow people to take more control of their own health . |
| 17 | This weirdo is perceived as poking around dusty old bookshops instead of the gleaming God-have-you-any- conception -what-this-refit-has-just-cost-us sort of outlet and , worse , buys secondhand books , books that have already been sold and therefore attract no income or royalties whatever ; and who might even be willing to pay up to 10 times the original cover price if the damn thing is a first edition , whereas everyone knows that first editions are merely what are given away free , for heaven 's sake , to hacks who seldom review them and — even more galling — to the bloody authors who wrote them in the first place . |
| 18 | You were only young too and perhaps you 'd found it difficult that first time , to avoid having to make another date . |
| 19 | I remembered that first time we had come here . |
| 20 | And she revealed that first time buyers in Northern Ireland have the most affordable housing in Britain . |
| 21 | A lip turned up at the towel in her hair , as if he was remembering that first time they 'd seen each other , but the quirk of that lip was cruel . |
| 22 | If the plaintiff 's solicitor has to swear an affidavit of service he must specifically state that first class post was used , otherwise the court will presume it was second class post . |
| 23 | But evidently her appearance that first evening had constituted a rule rather than an exception . |
| 24 | They say that first impressions count and the first thing you notice about the new Dan 486DX/50 is that it 's heavy . |
| 25 | It is fair to say that first impressions are very encouraging . |
| 26 | From this , we find that first impressions are extremely important ; physical appearance and the things we can first tell about a person are very important when developing that impression . |