Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] on the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An unused kitchen located on the first floor of this block , provided the necessary space for a new Staff Room , Kitchenette and Toilets , with supplementary Staff Toilets , Lockers and Resources Area being located in the link to the three storey block . |
| 2 | a letter or figure printed on the first page of each section of a book and used as a guide when collating and binding . |
| 3 | The theatre 's fully licensed lounge bar situated on the first floor . |
| 4 | ‘ One grain of corn placed on the first square on the board . |
| 5 | With a piercing whine and a cough , the engine caught on the first ignition . |
| 6 | The funeral liturgy included a mass for the dead , but to take full advantage of the memorial rite , masses had also to be sung on the third , seventh and thirtieth days following burial and , to complete the calendar of commemoration , the ‘ obit ’ : a mass sung on the first anniversary of the death . |
| 7 | The first letting tax , as its name implies , was a tax levied on the first letting of shops , offices , or industrial premises . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | When is primary stress placed on the first word of the compound and when on the second ? |
| 10 | 13.1.1 " the Landlord 's Address " means the address of the Landlord shown on the first page of this agreement or such other address as the Landlord may from time to time notify to the Tenant as being [ its ] address for the purpose of this agreement |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As a panicked organiser confided on the first day : ‘ There is complete chaos here , everyone is allowed to speak . ’ |
| 13 | The Swindon player-boss rounded on the First Division Londoners . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In the upshot , however , the government decided on the first option proposed in its discussion document , namely the establishment of an advisory body dominated by local authority representatives , the Welsh Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education ( WAB ) . |
| 16 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 17 | The play is based on David Jones 's book — an epic poem centred on the First World War but bringing in Welsh military history and mythological references from Roman times . |
| 18 | Money inherited from his mother enabled Minton to exchange his cramped working space at Allen Street for the vast purpose-built studio situated on the first floor at Apollo Place . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The summer ended on the first night of October . |
| 21 | Force a page break with the cursor located on the first letter of the first paragraph |
| 22 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 23 | Provisional indicators from the institute 's latest bi-monthly survey based on the first batch of replies from 170 out of the 300 normally canvassed were rushed out after being swiftly analysed yesterday morning by consultants Taylor Nelson . |
| 24 | 13.1.2 " the Tenant 's Address " means the address of the Tenant shown on the first page of this agreement or such other address as the Tenant may from time to time notify to the Landlord as being [ its ] address for service for the purposes of this agreement |