Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 2 | Any higher level processing must begin with orthography , hence this study forms the first part of a contextual system . |
| 3 | This chapter uses the first measure to give an outline indication of how big a part credit , overall , plays in consumer spending , and how that has changed over time . |
| 4 | I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries . |
| 5 | This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast . |
| 6 | ‘ We have trained the nurse caring for this infant to recognize the first signs of desire for food . |
| 7 | The means by which he had got this cadetship proved the first strand in a complicated web that snared him at his trial for treason . |
| 8 | Few people write a first draft perfectly and you should expect to complete several revisions . |
| 9 | Ahead of its international user meeting and training conference in San Jose , California , on the 27th of this month , when the majority of System 10 components will be debuted , Sybase Inc this Wednesday unveils the first module in the latest release of its relational database management system products . |
| 10 | Some teachers said the first draft of the unit was biased toward an anti-nuclear view , Ris concedes , but he adds that the final version is more balanced . |
| 11 | This had been floated in 1948 by the clothing establishment as a discreet gentleman 's fashion harking back to the golden days before ‘ socialism and formica ’ , but had been quickly coopted and camped up by the gay underground ; the more exaggerated aspects of this style caught the first Edwardians ' eye and , together with the Western Look that pervaded their favourite culture , American cowboy films , it formed the first youth style proper . |
| 12 | This project continues a first phase of research funded by the Office of the Data Protection Registrar , the Office of Telecommunications and the Department of Law in the University of Sheffield to investigate current law and practice in a number of European member states and in the United States with the aim of contributing to current policy debates and examining the handling of the issues of privacy and new technology by different legal and administrative cultures . |
| 13 | Successful candidates — and very few students fail the first grading — are promoted to the next kyu grade . |
| 14 | As Plowden ( 1985 , p. 407 ) comments , ‘ few ministers know the first thing about running large organisations ’ whilst civil servants are generally not trained in financial and management skills . |
| 15 | Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket . |
| 16 | ‘ Basically we have adopted the original Decca configuration of microphones used from the 1950s through to the 1970s , but we do n't use a tree microphone in the middle of the orchestra ; we have a three-point microphone in front of the conductor and an omni-pair on either side to cover the first violin and first cello . |
| 17 | These linkages constitute the first criterion of what I have labelled a ‘ successful development effect ’ ( Sklair , 1989 , ch.9 ) . |
| 18 | All these examples involve the first sub-maxim of Quantity , which appears to be the important one , in which the provision of full information is enjoined . |
| 19 | Place three of the wider ones on top of each other to form the first tower . |
| 20 | I was there the night that Madame made the first move in what I now see was a careful campaign to prepare Boy for this romance or meeting . |
| 21 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
| 22 | Small flocks coming in from all directions joined the first arrivals until many thousands were stretched out in long parallel black lines . |
| 23 | The All Blacks lost the first game against the World XV and then won the second easily — a non-contest , rather , as Olivier Roumat was sent off and the World XV backs had a no-tackling policy . |
| 24 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 25 | In October 1992 , the SCOTVEC piloting team sent a specially-designed questionnaire to all centres offering the first batch of general SVQs . |
| 26 | Ann , made of sterner stuff than I , refused all invitations to have the first cast and eventually , crouching below the skyline , I reached the appointed place . |
| 27 | It was at this moment , with a faint feeling that made the hair on his head prickle , that Coffin got the first intimation that even if it was not his case , he himself was in it . |
| 28 | That Aldus got the first version so nearly right is a considerable tribute to their talents . |
| 29 | Any attempts to explain the first map without the controls indicated on the second would be nonsensical . |
| 30 | Enough countries signed the first lot to bring the fund into existence ; but most are now waiting for America 's signature before agreeing to enlargement of it . |