Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [adv] [verb] the first " in BNC.

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1 New Scientist should not allow the first weapons with terminal guidance to be installed before noting that the accuracy is needed to destroy missiles in hardened concrete silos : in other words for a first strike .
2 The auction will also see the first work by Antonio Lopez Garcia to be put up for sale in London or New York and his ‘ Ataud ’ of 1957 is estimated at £180–250,000 ( $315–440,000 ) .
3 But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading .
4 But experts warned that any market fall could still jeopardise the first day 's trading .
5 An oval orbit would falsify the first but not the second , whereas any orbit that falsifies the second will also falsify the first .
6 United Microelectronics Corporation will apparently produce the first commercial version of the thing using a 0.6-micron CMOS process trying for a 50MHz , 39 MIPS part in the second half of the year .
7 The exhibition will also present the first stage of a restoration programme which will cover the 150 photographs displayed .
8 If enough wagons can be obtained with the necessary finance , this railway may well become the first to run such a train .
9 ( PS The Editor 's brain ca n't manage the first teaser .
10 If the information is acceptable , LIFESPAN will automatically display the first page of information , as illustrated in figure 6.19 .
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