Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] from the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The howls of laughter from the first tee told me my heroes were about to start their round . |
| 2 | For a band who 've frequently balanced on that tightrope ‘ twixt credibility and downright incredulity , it 's a fittingly bewildering mish-mash of live footage , snippets of interviews , shots of them recording the ‘ Achtung Baby ’ album in Berlin and stacks of stuff from the first leg of the current World Tour . |
| 3 | Cops can also be wound with skeins of fur , which are chopped up and steam treated , forming strips of cloth from the first process . |
| 4 | Because it rejects the straight line conception of time from the first hiccough to the last gasp , the novel is not built round a clear , sequential story , that might be summarised in a few paragraphs . |
| 5 | The University is in the process of implementing a new payroll system , which is planned to become live with effect from the first payment in the forthcoming tax year — i.e. from April 1992 . |
| 6 | 7.7.9.2 To pay to the Landlord on demand with Interest ( where the Landlord has rebuilt and reinstated the Premises out of its own money ) the amount of such insurance money so irrecoverable in which event the provisions of clauses 7.5 and 7.6 shall apply and clause 7.7.9 should contain the following amendment : … anyone at the Premises expressly or by implication with the Tenant 's authority while under the Tenant 's control and in the employment of the Tenant wholly or partially irrecoverable … 7.8 Increase or decrease of the Centre If at any time during the Term the Centre shall be increased or decreased on a permanent basis the Insurance Rent Percentage shall be varied with effect from the first premium or additional premium payable in respect of a period after such a change by agreement between the parties or in default of agreement within [ 3 ] months of the first proposal for variation made by the Landlord in such a manner as shall be determined to be fair and reasonable in the light of the event in question by the Surveyor acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator This requires no comment . |
| 7 | The Roman bronze figure of Ajax seated in meditation from the first century BC is the only three-dimensional representation of the Greek hero to have survived ; it is thought by Ortiz to be the clue to the subject of the Belvedere torso in the Vatican Collection . |
| 8 | He is announced in nature from the first appearance of organized beings ; and each important modification in the whole series of these beings is a step toward the definitive term of the development of organic life . |
| 9 | The works on show range in date from the first millenium BC to Oriental and contemporary objects . |
| 10 | THE ability of St Mirren 's young players to cope with pressure could be a key factor in their drive for promotion from the First Division , according to manager Jimmy Bone . |
| 11 | The most important feature is the reservoir of larvae in the tissues of the cow , with subsequent milk-borne transmission ensuring that calves are exposed to infection from the first day of life . |
| 12 | According to the annual data on migration and population change provided by the National Health Service Central Register and mid-year population estimates , the re-opening of the North-South divide appears to date from the first half of the 1970s . |
| 13 | It did show excellent character to bounce back from the start … one plus point from the first half . |