Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 2 | The Merseyside club were top of the First Division , heading towards the FA Cup Final , and in the European Cup semi-final . |
| 3 | Much more important is whether the bid was sensible in the first place . |
| 4 | The quality of football was high in the first half . |
| 5 | The predefinition is manifest in the first place in the planning literature produced by the Shetland Islands Council , specifically the Shetland Structure Plan published in 1976 . |
| 6 | The raked-back headstock is scarfed-on behind the first fret , in keeping with the price category of the bass , but the use of Gotoh machines provides a classy finishing touch and makes adjustment positive and easy . |
| 7 | The pattern of the Lord 's match was similar to the first one . |
| 8 | My period was late for the first time ever . |
| 9 | The second innovation that flowed from the 1976 crisis was complementary to the first — a new financial information system ( FIS ) . |
| 10 | Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring . |
| 11 | But do these totals prove that hooligan behaviour of a kind broadly comparable with the present day was widespread before the First World War ? |
| 12 | The second example is similar to the first , but in the more familiar surroundings of a IF statement . |
| 13 | If you are in current practice with aerotowing , a high launch is worthwhile for the first flight . |
| 14 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
| 15 | Among the pioneers teaching before Pavlova 's arrival , the most important was Helen Webb ( whose father was famous as the first man to swim the English Channel ) . |
| 16 | The area was quiet for the first time in six days ’ ( Knopf , 1975:257 ) . |
| 17 | In 1989 , however , the University allocated the VanDyck Gallery in Park Row to the Collection and the following year , which by a happy coincidence marked its 40th anniversary , the Theatre Collection was able for the first time to mount an exhibition in its own Gallery . |
| 18 | A change in circumstances that could not have been predicted exactly does not mean that planning was incorrect in the first place . |
| 19 | Polen was happy with the first leg win |
| 20 | then it would now be illegal with the addition of larger tyres ( assuming , of course , that the speedo was accurate in the first place ) . |
| 21 | As has been said , ‘ We love in as much as love was present in the first great affair of our lives ! ’ |
| 22 | If the property is subject to a first mortgage and is , for instance , to be conveyed from the husband to the wife , subject to a charge being given in favour of the husband to secure a fixed sum , the husband will have to be satisfied with the security of a second charge , notice of which should be served on the first mortgagee . |
| 23 | If , however , the amount of damage done to the plaintiff 's private property exceeds £275 , then the whole amount is recoverable including the first £275 . |
| 24 | As there may be in excess of 1000 mouth to feed , then it can prove difficult to keep up a constant supply of live foods and the authors have found that dried food is adequate as a first food . |
| 25 | The success of the project was evident at the first concert last year . |
| 26 | For joint borrowers , protection is available for the first named party to the account — usually the main earner — but cover is available for both . |
| 27 | This contract is deliverable on the first business day after the third Wednesday in the relevant month ( that is , usually about the 19th ) . |
| 28 | But one thing that the introduction of the original version should have highlighted is how a break-up and subsequent reconstruction of the text is possible in the first place . |
| 29 | Now denoting the nominal demand for money by MD , we can write in functional form : unc A simplified version of this function can be obtained by using real national income ( Y ) as an indicator of total wealth and by assuming that h is constant and that the function is homogeneous of the first degree in P. We can then write the real demand for money as : unc Monetarists generally believe the demand for money to be fairly unresponsive to interest rate changes ( and this is supported by empirical evidence ) . |
| 30 | An ‘ Engineering Applications ’ laboratory is available , which ensures that the practical component of the course is prominent in the first and second years . |