Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If reliability is defined in terms of the production of truth , it adds nothing to the first condition once we restrict our attention to the particular case . |
| 2 | His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank . |
| 3 | Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me . |
| 4 | The species are ‘ christened ’ when a scientist describes them for the first time , illustrates their peculiarities and publishes the name in a scientific journal . |
| 5 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 6 | Tradition anachronistically proclaims him as the first pope — the first ruler of the Church which was to enshrine Paul 's triumph and constitute an edifice of Pauline thought . |
| 7 | For instance , one of the manuscripts containing a copy of only Book 1 , describes it as the first part of the book called " The Mirror of Contemplation by Canon Walter Hilton " ( Lansdowne MS 362 : Prima pars libri qui dicitur Speculum contemplacionis — Walterus hiltoun canonicus while one of the few manuscripts to contain Book 2 alone refers to it as " the secunde part of the reformyng of mannys soule drawyn of maister Watir hiltone hermyte " . |
| 8 | Leaving aside the Prologue and the short Un-accompanied duet for Peter and Ellen which links it to the first act proper , each of the three acts is prefaced by an orchestral " interlude " , and there are three more of these interludes separating the scenes within the acts . |
| 9 | This is the earliest known picture of the house , and shows it in the first half of the nineteenth century before the ground level at the front of the building was raised |
| 10 | The movie version blows it in the first couple of minutes . |
| 11 | The haul up the corrie takes you to the first peak , Tom na Gruagaich , from where you must drop down and follow the ridge to the summit of Beinn Alligin , and although that 's where we packed it in , the walk could continue along a stunning ridge to cross the famous horns of Alligin , two pointy crags that stand like gateposts over a terrifying gully . |
| 12 | Now this slide really takes the behind , takes us behind the first figure on the on the consolidated F R S One cash flow table and it really traces hard despite the reduction in profits , the very strong performance in working capital that Frank eluded to earlier means that er we actually end up with a net cash flow for operating activities more than thirty five million pounds higher . |
| 13 | If nobody damn well tells them in the first place that they can opt out then they ca n't opt out can they ? |
| 14 | The main thesis of the existentialist approach is that in order to elucidate the full significance of ontological claims conveyed by existential propositions we ought to begin by focusing attention upon the one for whom the " problem of existence " presents itself in the first instance as a problem of his own existence . |
| 15 | The Formula One world champion test drives it for the first time in Phoenix on January 4 and will find his sleek , high-speed T93 series chassis also longer , bigger , heavier and cheaper than any previous IndyCar or championship-winning Canon Williams Renault FW14 . |
| 16 | ‘ He gets us into this mess , then legs it at the first sniff of trouble ! ’ |
| 17 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 18 | This declared ambition to reach a broad readership beyond the closed bastions of academia brings one to the first fissure in the book . |
| 19 | Here our itinerary takes us along the new section of the road , rather surprisingly signposted to Fort William , and brings us to the first railway so far seen , at Strathcarron Station . |