Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 2 | Although the time it takes an egg to travel from the ovary to the womb can be five to eight days , the egg itself can only be fertilised in the first 6–24 hours following ovulation . |
| 3 | What Ho himself understood by Marxism at this stage can perhaps best be seen in the first Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary text : The Road to Revolution , published in 1926 . |
| 4 | By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin . |
| 5 | The grades shown above for course requirement purposes should normally be obtained at the first attempt , but the Selection Committee may waive this requirement in exceptional cases , eg mature students showing academic ability and strong motivation , or on compassionate grounds . |
| 6 | CHANGES SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE TEACHING PERIOD . |
| 7 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 8 | If the final syllable is of this type , the stress will usually be placed on the first syllable . |
| 9 | ( " Integration money " of DM1,200 monthly would still be paid for the first year to immigrants unable to find work . |
| 10 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 11 | Tyrothricin can reasonably be regarded as the first antibiotic to be established as a therapeutic substance . |
| 12 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 13 | Either of these subjects must also be passed for the First Level Group Certificate in Shorthand and Typewriting award . |
| 14 | If a three-year course could be justified the supporting subjects would probably be covered in the first year but care would have to be taken not to put too great an emphasis on the technology . |
| 15 | I have n't looked at the details of those figures , but are there predominantly be provided in the first ten years of the structure plan . |
| 16 | If there is a potential claim of this sort , for example for late delivery or mishandling an order , action will often be taken in the first instance by the exchange , as guarantor of market standards . |
| 17 | The possibility of pollution may often be established in the first instance by a third party — an onlooker or a user downstream — or by the discharger himself , rather than by the pollution control officer . |
| 18 | The inclusion of penguins among the animals depicted can now be seen as the first indication that prehistorians have had that these birds were present in the Mediterranean during the palaeolithic era , and not proof , as was recently suggested , that the paintings are modern forgeries . |
| 19 | This can now be identified as the first signs of the creation of a source of ‘ goodness ’ additional to that due to the ruthless forces of the struggle for survival . |
| 20 | THE covert world of the SAS can today be revealed for the first time . |
| 21 | The cursor will then be moved to the first field on the page requiring input . |
| 22 | The accumulated rights , earned on the basis of Peru 's performance under its IMF-monitored adjustment programme , would then be encashed as the first disbursement under a successor IMF-supported programme . |
| 23 | The word " reasonably " should definitely be included in the first line of clause 2.4.2 . |