Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb base] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’ |
| 10 | The rites begin at the equinox and culminate on the first day of the New Year with festivals identified with bowls of plenty ; the festivals are associated with flowers such as roses , fruits such as oranges , fair crops such as cotton , and even sun-worship and appeasement of great reptiles such as alligators . |
| 11 | Only the terror of being caught by the creature — I could all too clearly imagine myself being hurled from the roof — drove me to climb over into space and feel for the first rung of the ladder . |
| 12 | Design right lasts for 15 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was first recorded in a design document ( which includes storage in a computer ) or an article was made to the design , unless articles have been made available for sale or hire within the first five years in which case the right lasts only a further 10 years . |
| 13 | Salary is paid by the province or state for the first year after which the employer accepts responsibility . |
| 14 | Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative . |
| 15 | Greenough and colleagues showed that preterm babies who did not require respiratory support had a high prevalence of wheeze and cough in the first year of life . |
| 16 | Even today there are those who have doubts about the great burst of prosperity and splendour in the first half of the fourth century manifest in the great villas . |
| 17 | Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time . |