Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The onus of making that interpersonal connection between their differing maps of the mind must rest in the first place with the staff , not with the student . |
| 2 | The Department of Industry will pay for the first three years , but after that expects FABMS to pay for itself . |
| 3 | Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants . |
| 4 | It is accepted procedure that an imprisoned contemnor can apply to the first instance court to purge his contempt and be released from prison . |
| 5 | How important this single factor is in maintaining traditional agricultural management in the French uplands is impossible to estimate but , if the proposal remains as it is , more small French farms in the LFA may intensify for the first time . |
| 6 | The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days . |
| 7 | It could well be that an Australian will win for the first time . |
| 8 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 9 | Likewise , the reactive home medic may panic at the first sign of trouble , fail to diagnose the true cause of the problem and , in adding a so-called ‘ remedy ’ , do more harm than good . |
| 10 | ‘ Following this decision , the Community will have for the first time a single framework within which takeovers and mergers of a Community dimension can be dealt with , recognising the importance of maintaining fair competition throughout the single market . ’ |
| 11 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 12 | Most innocuous sadism would fall into the first category ; sadistic murder would mark the extreme of the second . |
| 13 | Shares in Maxtor Corp slid after the disk drive company shocked the market with news of a fourth quarter loss ( see page five ) , and the price dipped $1.25 to $6.375 on Friday ; the company blamed ‘ severe price competition , ’ which hit gross margins ; it says the negative pressures of the fourth quarter will continue into the first quarter of fiscal 1994 , but predicted that plans to put new products on the market ahead of the competition ‘ is the key to winning new OEM customers and minimising the effects of industry price-cutting . ’ |
| 14 | Therefore , a second thief can steal from the first : Meech [ 1974 ] QB 549 ( CA ) . |
| 15 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 16 | If no start name is specified , the listing will start with the first alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN ; if no end module name is specified , the listing will end at the last alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN . |
| 17 | The Cabinet will meet for the first time on Wednesday to draw up a programme of legislation for the new session of Parliament , which will last 18 months until the autumn of 1993 . |
| 18 | This liability would fall in the first instance on the resident owner , then the resident tenant and so on . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) Subject to section 13(2) of this Act , if no application is made for the renewal of a licence at the quarterly meeting mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) above , the licence shall expire on the first day of that meeting . |
| 20 | The procedure is very informal ; a short note or even a telephone call will suffice in the first instance as we are mainly interested in concepts rather than with detailed descriptions . |
| 21 | If so , you 'll have probably booked your place in a hall of residence , your grant will arrive on the first day of term , you 'll be ready to enjoy Freshers ' Fair and soon settle down to studies in the library . |
| 22 | If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month . |
| 23 | Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind . |
| 24 | In a typical 16th century English charter party the owner of the vessel acknowledged , directly or through the ship 's master , that : 1 ) he had let the ship and promised to prepare it , by a fixed date , to take in the goods provided by the charterer ; 2 ) the ship would sail with the first convenient wind to the stipulated port ; 3 ) in accordance with a receipt or bill of lading he would deliver the goods in good condition to the designated person ; 4 ) the ship would remain at that port for a fixed period to take in such goods as the charter party nominee party needed to reload , and that the ship would then return to the port of origin , and deliver the reloaded goods in good condition ; and 5 ) the crew would be as described , and would be furnished with the proper gear . |
| 25 | Otherwise the gatekeeper role may filter out awareness of the supplier , and so his promotional effort will fail at the first hurdle ! |
| 26 | The Soviets have announced that one of the two Indian cosmonauts in training at Star City since the autumn will fly in the first half of 1984 . |
| 27 | You can indicate a specific start point for the list by supplying a Start issue id ; if not , the list will start at the first Issue alphabetically which is associated with the specified Client . |
| 28 | If no name has been provided , the list will start from the first user alphabetically who has to assess the DC . |
| 29 | It was proposed and agreed that a morning Sunday School should begin on the first Sunday in October at 9.45 am , this proposal to be submitted to the Superintendent minister , the Reverend James Donnelly , for his approval . |
| 30 | Goldman 's prime input was his suggestion that the film should end with the first part of the book , before Papillon arrives in Venezuela and settles down . |