Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greavesey of course and at the risk of overdosing on goals you can see all the action that mattered from the First Division yesterday . |
| 2 | It is the speaker 's intention and the addressee 's successful location of the intended referent that matter in the first usage , not the exact aptness of the description , so that we could call this usage speaker reference ( as opposed to semantic reference ; Donnellan , 1978 ; Kaplan , 1978 ) . |
| 3 | The original trophy that went with the first prize disappeared — it is thought at some time during the eighteenth century — and there was never enough money to replace it . |
| 4 | In Paris ! ) , then took a growler and made for the first address I had . |
| 5 | Robyn clutched the cast-iron railing and wondered for the first time why her legs felt so shaky and weird , why her stomach was churning so violently . |
| 6 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 7 | Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner . |
| 8 | Claudia put the scarf carefully to one side and launched into the first task of the day , the ordering of silks and lace from London , Italy and France . |
| 9 | They are based on notions of the future as envisioned in the first major exposition of the 1930s in America Chicago 's 1933 ‘ Century of Progress ’ . |
| 10 | We reach this conclusion in the light of the evidence that notwithstanding the rules as to dismissal for theft as applied in the first place … each case can be and is reviewed on the intervention of the security officer who … will make an appropriate recommendation where the case does not warrant dismissal . ’ |
| 11 | And , his answer to that , is that psychoanalysis can give us a very interesting and unique insight into , into religion , and this was an insight which had emerged in the course of , the nineteen twenties , following the developments of psychoanalysis that occurred after the First World War , which we 've already looked at and is essentially the concept of transference . |
| 12 | He pulled out a bundle and looked at the first address , but he did n't recognise it . |
| 13 | Initially there are eight permutations — individual peace and love of collecting stamps makes lack an introverted Boy , whereas social peace and erotic love makes what the Hippies meant by Peace and Love in the first place . |
| 14 | She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one . |
| 15 | Rubella is the most serious maternal infection and can cause severe mental and physical damage if contracted during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy . |
| 16 | A line creeping forward , and a rabble of men leaving the hatch and hurrying for the first bench place they could find . |
| 17 | Their son , Paul , recently started back there after completing a Whitworth Scholarship at Salford University and emerging with a first class honours degree in electronic and electrical engineering . |
| 18 | If learning to read is regarded as a continual process of making more and more sense of written language , advancing with every reading experience and beginning with the first insight that print is meaningful , then it will be seen that there can never be anything specific for a child to be ready for … . |
| 19 | A head is all that part of a tone-unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to ( but not including ) the tonic syllable . |
| 20 | The head was defined in the last chapter as ‘ all that part of a tone-unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to , but not including , the tonic syllable ’ . |
| 21 | So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately |
| 22 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 23 | Last night , she said she would be taking a play to the Edinburgh Festival and directing for the first time . |
| 24 | The offensive was launched on 18 June but was deeply unpopular with much of the rank and file and collapsed in the first week of July . |
| 25 | But the development of a child 's body and mind in the first three years of life is absolutely vital — any stunting of growth in these years can not be made up for in later life . |
| 26 | While the aide translated these remarks Joseph Sherman took the opportunity to glance around the room and noticed for the first time that groups of diminutive Annamese were standing quietly with their wives among the taller European men and women . |
| 27 | In a simple case , where your seller 's solicitor is at a considerable distance , or where there is perhaps already an examined abstract or epitome of the greater part of the title , you may postpone this examination until immediately before completion , in which case strike this item out of your pre-completion agenda and rely on the first item of your completion agenda . |
| 28 | One postcard from Shanghai to Scotland , illustrating the railway station and posted before the First World War , bears the message ‘ is not the station like that at Fort Matilda ? ’ |
| 29 | Adverse currency movements in Brazil and a worse result in Puerto Rico also contributed to the increased deficit , although the latter showed some improvement in the second quarter when compared to the first three months of the year . |
| 30 | The history syllabus as defined in the first national curriculum which ended in 1926 : |