Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The changes for domestic customers with quarterly accounts are effective from the first meter reading after April . |
| 2 | Double ropes are useful for the first pitch . |
| 3 | Many course combinations are possible during the first three years , facilitating transfer between these three streams . |
| 4 | Faecal SCFA concentrations were low on the first day of diarrhoea ( mean ( SEM ) 9.9 ( 5.8 ) mmol/kg ) and increased to 94.8 ( 16.4 ) mmol/kg by the fifth day . |
| 5 | A recent investigation of moorhens is one of the first studies to show exactly what it is that makes for a high quality mate ( Science , vol 220 , p 413 ) . |
| 6 | He had discussions with the CDP about the issue , and the establishment of Research Degree Committees in the polytechnics was one of the first freedoms to be given to them ‘ under the Hornby plan ’ . |
| 7 | To examine this shift , we return to the first order condition , equation ( 16 ) , which can now be rewritten as The term in square brackets is positive for the first order condition for a maximum to hold . |
| 8 | The motivation of both the child and the parents is highest in the first two or three weeks . |
| 9 | The teacher , along with their parents is one of the first to share faith with them and recognise the diversity of experience in the family and faith stories the pupils bring with them . |
| 10 | Oracle Corp 's new division set up last year to explore new technologies said that telecommunications was one of the first areas of interest , and good as its word , on May 11 , it will announce an alliance with US West Inc aimed at providing a variety of electronic services to business , schools and homes , including mail and voice messages , according to the Wall Street Journal . |
| 11 | More particularly , attacks on players and match officials were predominant before the First World War , whilst fights between opposing fan groups are predominant today ’ ( Dunning , 1990:76 ) . |
| 12 | The leaders of the Norman Watt ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ Ulster 125 and 750 Championships are unbeaten since the first round at Desertmartin . |
| 13 | As Perry and others have noted , relatively few resources are devoted to the first two aspects , the bulk going to response and restoration ( rebuilding ) . |
| 14 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 15 | Looking back with seventy years ' hindsight , Dad might have been wiser to have accepted this offer , but things were different before the First World War and couples might quarrel and argue all their married life as Mum and Dad did but rarely separated and never divorced . |
| 16 | The Carthaginians were one of the first to set the trend when they founded Ibiza in 654 BC . |
| 17 | The Downs were one of the first areas of Sussex to be colonised by man and were probably quickly cleared of their original vegetation of scrubby woodland . |
| 18 | The fact that we can only guess at the figures is one of the first clues to their situation . |
| 19 | Equally , however , if they are essentially operating as traditional institutions and if it does succeed as a multi-purpose agency , it begs the question whether UDCs were necessary in the first place . |
| 20 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 21 | In the interests of both food hygiene and food quality , it is , of course , important that these instructions are accurate in the first place . |
| 22 | That involved the contention that , in substance , the fresh charges were identical to the first charges . |
| 23 | Glass membrane potentiometric electrodes were one of the first to be used as part of enzyme electrodes , typically for monitoring of pH in hydrolase catalysed reactions — eg urea assays . |
| 24 | A notice in the porch stated that the church-keys were available from the first house in the village . |
| 25 | Paradox for Windows is one of the first products to feature full-scale implementation of object orientated programming . |
| 26 | The decision to cut the payments was one of the first made by Louis Gerstner since he became IBM 's chief executive on Thursday . |
| 27 | Engineering and other standards are valuable in the first place as structured communication . |
| 28 | In fact , the estimated weights which the individual attaches to these extra income receipts is negative in the first period and positive in the second period ( except in Model 3 , but insignificantly ) . |
| 29 | The mills are also breaking pollution levels set by the local NRAs which WEN claims are inadequate in the first place . |
| 30 | ‘ Alas ’ , wrote Fernanda Eberstadt , a German-American , the later ones are inferior to the first two , and alas , the personal character imparted by his writings — freely imparted , one might add , and yet not unreservedly — is flawed . |