Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [prep] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central News South has been to South America to see at first hand the lives that Oxfam hopes to improve . |
| 2 | Open plan staircase leads to first floor . |
| 3 | Open plan staircase leading to first floor . |
| 4 | Although lateral eye movements appear at first sight to offer a simple and straightforward way of assessing which hemisphere is active at a given Instant , the evidence relating eye movements to hemisphere function is at present rather insubstantial . |
| 5 | VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep . |
| 6 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 7 | Apple Computer Inc added three models to the Performa personal computer line aimed at first time computer buyers : the Macintosh Performa 405 , 430 and 450 are expected to cost between $1,300 and $1,850 ; the Performa 400 models include a facsimile modem from Mountain View-based Global Village Communication Inc , automatic bill paying and Apple Club Performa support services . |
| 8 | CONNER PERIPHERALS WARNS OF FIRST QUARTER RESULTS |
| 9 | The dog-handled pot-lids from Mochlos , for example , seem to show a particular dog relaxing on a particular afternoon in the hot bronze age sunshine ; the crowds in the miniature frescoes seem alive with the excitement of the spectacle they are witnessing , and seem to have been caught mid-shout ; the hoopoes in the Pilgrim Hostel fresco seem at first glance to have fallen from the pages of some bronze age edition of Audubon . |
| 10 | Treatment centres focus on first things first : alcohol and drugs may cause immediate threat to life itself in some sufferers , as can anorexia or bulimia or other forms of addiction in others . |