Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the obligation to provide instruction about maintenance is to be limited only to the first occupier , it is likely that subsequent purchasers will require the information to be passed on every time the property is sold . |
| 2 | The bill , the most draconian to have been passed by any state , prohibited abortion in cases other than to save a woman 's life or in cases of rape ( if reported within five days ) or incest , where abortion would be permitted only in the first 13 weeks . |
| 3 | Arm and back heights too , can be varied since they have to be built separately in the first place , and there is almost always a large range of covers available for the choosing within the price range . |
| 4 | and any appeals against valuation have to be made soon after the first council tax demands are received at the end of March . |
| 5 | Some signs of their emergence can be seen even in the first days of the " new diplomacy " . |
| 6 | The trove will be exhibited together for the first time at the Pierpont Morgan Library ( 9 December-4 April1993 ) , accompanied by an illustrated catalogue by William Voelkle and Roger Wieck , curator and associate curator , respectively , of the Morgan 's Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts . |
| 7 | I hurried back to the house to be met immediately by the first footman saying : ‘ We 've been looking all over for you , sir . |
| 8 | But this one wo n't be around for hundreds of years … in fact , it 'll probably be washed away with the first rainstorm . |
| 9 | To enable the vehicles to be shown together for the first time , and to celebrate the work of the ‘ Store ’ carriage works , an exhibition entitled ‘ Cobbles and Carriages ’ will be held in the Main Hall at Chambers Street from 5 June — 1 August . |
| 10 | There are many who have already started to vote , or will be doing so for the first time soon , with no first-hand experience of what Labour governments were like . |
| 11 | Calls will be linked automatically to the first available Samaritan volunteer , whatever part of the country they happen to be in . |
| 12 | As with any new aquarium or pond the water quality must be monitored especially in the first 6–8 weeks . |
| 13 | Rule 1(a) stipulates that the offer must be put forward in the first instance to the board of the target company or its advisers . |
| 14 | ( c ) A sign character ( or some other character , such as a currency symbol ) may be inserted immediately before the first significant digit of the value , or some sign indication ( such as " DR " and " CR " ) may be placed immediately after the value . |
| 15 | Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location . |
| 16 | This meant the Government would have less to announce at the unified Budget in November , when tax and spending plans will be unveiled together for the first time . |
| 17 | Almost £1.4 billion will be underwritten by the taxpayer but more than 2,500 manufacturing jobs would be created nationwide within the first six months , shown in the graphic above . |
| 18 | A new theory linking familiarity , complexity , and liking for two special classes of objects will be tested rigorously for the first time . |
| 19 | Although the technology is available now , it will not be launched commercially until the first quarter of 1994 , because Ms Burke said , she wanted to be sure the company was geared up sufficiently to cope with any demands made on it . |