Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of people go to see performers after a first night . |
| 2 | The recession has left many folk unable , or hardly able , to meet payments on a first home , let alone a second . |
| 3 | Endill was led to the start of the line and told to shake hands with the first teacher , then the second , then the third and all the way along the line until the last . |
| 4 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 5 | CCG will continue to provide services for the first year of operation and hopefully into the future . |
| 6 | She started to wear trousers for the first time , dieted , and let her hair grow . |
| 7 | A NAFTA Trade Commission , taking precedence over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) dispute settlement mechanism , would be established to handle disputes in the first instance . |
| 8 | Let us clear the alternatives out of the way ; while they are often brought into discussions on the best methods of sharing knowledge with undergraduates , they have but limited scope , and there is no doubt that you must learn to handle lectures as the first step towards a fruitful co-operation with the staff at your college . |
| 9 | In a safety initiative designed to reduce accidents in the home , the Kitchen Specialists Association ( KSA ) has launched a new booklet — Greater Safety in the Kitchen — which highlights some of the more common causes of accidents in the home and offers advice on how to avoid mishaps in the first place . |
| 10 | Others had n't bothered to buy tickets in the first place . |
| 11 | Terrapins have been left here and in similar ponds around the country by bored pet owners for years , but the numbers have been growing thanks to children who have tired of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle craze that led them to buy terrapins in the first place . |
| 12 | Provided that appropriate proportions of unc are subtracted from unc as they stand to give zeros in the first column , the array of numbers on the left in unc can be written down ; when the rest of unc is found , the third element of unc can be inserted , and so on . |
| 13 | John Fairley , chairman of Grampian Property Partners , said : ‘ The plans to build homes for the first time is a significant move for housing co-operatives in the area and underlines our commitment to help meet the housing needs of people in Grampian . ’ |
| 14 | Despite field reports that this initial DCE release lacks robustness , USL expects its OEMs to ship product to end users in the first half of 1993 based on it . |
| 15 | The advice offered in Chapter 8 on more effective reading was that you should only begin to take notes after a first reading — when you 've grasped the structure and got the gist of the topic being dealt with . |
| 16 | We continued to take actions in the first quarter to strengthen our product line , consolidate manufacturing and development resources and reduce our overall workforce . |
| 17 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
| 18 | Negotiations by Tyne Tees to broadcast highlights of the first leg of the tie on Wednesday night broke down , leaving thousands of fans disappointed . |
| 19 | The latter has limited powers to make judgments in the first instance , subject to the right of appeal to the the Court of Justice . |
| 20 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 21 | The current Indian election was spread over three days to enable security forces to move from one area to another ; but even so the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are reported to have used musclemen to capture booths in the first round of the election . |
| 22 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |
| 23 | How the hell do such totally unimaginative , unoriginal idiots get to become architects in the first place ? |
| 24 | The Governing Body has decided that the income from this fund , which is used according to the By-Law to provide Edith Haynes Scholarships for either undergraduates or graduates of the College at the discretion of the Governing Body , will for the present be available to make grants in the first instance to mature graduates of the College who wish to continue or resume academic work , and are ineligible for State Studentships , or similar public support , by reason of age or inability to meet the requirement of residence in the U. K. Should no such applicant come forward , graduates of another university who are or have been members of the College reading for a further degree will be considered eligible . |
| 25 | It is , of course , a matter for the Select Committee on Sittings of the House to make recommendations in the first place . |