Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [verb] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries the percentage tax paid on the first slice of taxable income is quite low , say 15 per cent , and rises steadily as income rises . |
| 2 | In a three-hour government work report delivered on the first day of the two-week session , Premier Li Peng presented the draft outline of the five-and 10-year plans . |
| 3 | The theatre 's fully licensed lounge bar situated on the first floor . |
| 4 | When something in that costly box of tricks above the pool side malfunctioned on the first night at the Grove , they had no option but to call on a back-up team of stopwatch timekeepers . |
| 5 | The proposition linking external factors to workshop behaviour rested on the first three studies . |
| 6 | Table 18–2 shows the price at which some of the early privatizations were offered for sale and compares this with the free market price established on the first day of trading on the stock market . |
| 7 | The interest rate paid on the first tranche of capital direct from the Treasury , at 5¼ per cent , was the highest they had ever paid . |