Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] on [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7–10- The Session had under consideration the more frequent celebration of the Lord 's Supper in the congregation than at present , which is once a year in May and resolved the ordinance be observed on the first Sabbath of November next … |
| 2 | For now , attention is focused on the first two reasons why firms invest , rather than rely purely on third-party trade . |
| 3 | The hallway was repeated on the first floor , with the entrance to the next flat , and the stairs went on , to stop at a narrow landing , with another door opening from it . |
| 4 | The Accommodation Service is located on the first floor of the Tower Building . |
| 5 | The yield to first call is the yield to maturity assuming that the bond is redeemed on the first call date . |
| 6 | Charlotte 's daughter was born on the first of June , a week or two earlier than expected . |
| 7 | Chemotherapy consisted of four week cycles of intravenous leucovorin ( 200 mg/m/day ) followed by 5-fluorouracil ( 550 mg/m/day ) and cisplatin ( 20 mg/m/day ) , each drug being given on the first four days of the cycle . |
| 8 | In many areas the Hearing is held on the first working day after the removal of the child . |
| 9 | Much of the evidence for settlement colonisation is based on the first reference to a place in documents , but this can not now be accepted as a date for origin . |
| 10 | ‘ It is obvious the show is based on the first book we wrote together . |
| 11 | Americans regard the contingent fee system as a better substitute for legal aid , and in many cases it is , but it does encourage meritless suits , since — and this is the third problem — even if a frivolous case is dismissed on the first day in court , the defendant is still liable for his costs . |
| 12 | This first and second method of raising bills of exchange is used where the exporter wishes to raise two bills of exchange for the same debt — this has uses if payment is refused on the first bill or indeed if one bill is lost in the post . |
| 13 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page . |
| 14 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page ; |
| 15 | The tone was set on the first day out of London when Kinnock confided to a class of six-year-olds at Staple Hill primary school in Kingswood , Bristol : ‘ Glenys is a teacher in real life : this is just pretending . ’ |
| 16 | Heating/cooling hysteresis was observed on the first heating cycle . |
| 17 | Time was lost on the first two days and then the Saturday was washed out altogether , so it was Monday before Lloyd was able to complete his first Test hundred at his adopted home , in what many thought would be his last opportunity . |