Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guidance will bring together for the first time all the relevant existing guidance into one statement and has already been the subject of previous consultation in a green paper . |
| 2 | Now fitted with the superior 2.9-litre engine , the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year — 48 per cent falls are the norm . |
| 3 | The next series will run concurrently with the first set , and will be held in Tees-side . |
| 4 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 5 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 6 | The family may look forward to the first visit home , assuming that everything can go on exactly where it left off . |
| 7 | There are two other necessary ingredients , which will normally arise automatically from the first ingredient , self-replication itself . |
| 8 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 9 | The internal Labour pressure group that will meet officially for the first time in Stirling aims to unite and organise women from both wings of the party as well as from the constituencies and trades unions . |
| 10 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
| 11 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 12 | You can almost tell just from the first time they 're doing their marking . |
| 13 | They can go upstairs to the first floor , almost directly above this passage ; in this case they walk up a gentle incline and arrive at the west door leading from location 54 . |
| 14 | It should prove so for the first killer as well . |
| 15 | And I reflect that if you remember to post early , the letter will come here by the first post ! |
| 16 | The firm which supplied the scaffold blames the boy 's parents for letting him play there in the first place . |
| 17 | I think christmas should start everywhere in the first week |
| 18 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |
| 19 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |