Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effect is wrongly used in the first sentence of the passage . |
| 2 | The Blackpool Tramway is rightly claimed as the first and last street tramway and unique in many other ways . |
| 3 | This is generally observed at the first meeting and to a somewhat lesser extent at subsequent meetings . |
| 4 | The German naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ( 1834–1919 ) is generally regarded as the first to put forward the idea that these changes in the embryo retrace our evolutionary history . |
| 5 | The effect is generally noted in the first week when a gradual reduction in the frequency of wetting is noted . |
| 6 | Richard Morton is generally credited with the first medical description in 1689 and he poignantly captured the key clinical feature : ‘ I do not remember that I did ever in all my practice see one , that was conversant with the living so much wasted with the greatest degree of a consumption ( like a skeleton only clad with skin ) ’ . |
| 7 | If the diagnosis of pyloric stenosis is not confirmed at the first test feed the examination can be repeated or imaging performed . |
| 8 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 9 | If your letter is not delivered on the first working day after your posted it — as long as you posted it in time to get there — then we automatically refund your fee . |
| 10 | If a photon is not caught by the first membrane , it may be caught by the second , and so on . |
| 11 | This is normally found in the first part of sleep ( see below ) . |
| 12 | The first certain quotation of the Bible in a Greek philosopher is to be found in the treatise On the Sublime attributed to Longinus which is usually dated in the first century A.D … ( 9.8 ) . |
| 13 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 14 | If we add a syllable , the ‘ fall ’ part of the fall-rise is usually carried by the first syllable and the ‘ rise ’ part by the second . |
| 15 | The general education element is usually concentrated in the first two years ( 'lower division' ) of the four-year course , and takes the form either of distribution requirements which ensure that students cover a certain range of subjects , or else a common course organized around certain themes or topics , such as the ‘ Great Books ’ course or Boyer 's ( 1987 ) suggested ‘ integrated core ’ ( language , art , heritage , institutions , nature , work , identity ) . |
| 16 | Aries is always classed as the first constellation of the Zodiac , though by now the First Point of Aries ( the position where the ecliptic cuts the equator ) has shifted into the adjacent constellation of Pisces . |
| 17 | It has flourished for well over 100 years and is always held on the first weekend in July . |
| 18 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 19 | The answer to this second question is integrally related to the first . |
| 20 | It is also based on the first appearance of identifiable pottery types , but this ignores the possibility of aceramic phases when pottery was not made or used . |
| 21 | A short history of the company is also written on the first page . |
| 22 | A secondary subject is also followed during the first two years . |
| 23 | The last page contains a summary of the information required for the purposes of section 13 , though some consideration is also required of the first page . |
| 24 | ‘ The Great Gatsby ’ is also told in the first person , but not by either of the main characters . |
| 25 | A similar erosional episode at La Piscina de Yuriria ( 50km northeast of Pátzcuaro ) is also associated with the first appearance of maize 3,200yrBP ( ref. 16 ) . |
| 26 | The distinctive nature of nature research is also captured in the first three papers of 10C , examining issues of theory and methods , including a very readable paper on ‘ getting started ’ . |
| 27 | Waiver of premiums , exactly the same , not exactly the same , sorry , very similar to er , as with Covermaster , it 's automatically built into the first life assured , it 's payable until you return to work , reach the age of sixty , or pay-out of a claim . |
| 28 | Relief is now given on the first sale of BES holdings . |
| 29 | Yet it is migration to and from rural areas that has been the main concern of rural geographers in the last century , and so attention is now turned to the first major theme of this chapter , rural population change . |
| 30 | These roads lead to that part of the old Chatham Royal Naval Dockyard which is now leased to the first defendant , Medway ( Chatham ) Dock Co . |