Example sentences of "[vb base] been [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 2 | But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place . |
| 3 | Sixteen houses have been completed in the first phase of a re-development scheme which will eventually remove all the 1960s-built flats . |
| 4 | In the twenties , both in England and in America , we have a situation in which the infant and child mortality rates are fast declining , mainly owing to new advances in medical knowledge ; at the same time , the world 's values have been shaken by the First World War , writers and journalists have both more freedom and more inclination than ever before to discuss religion from an agnostic point of view , and the vengeful God of heaven and hell no longer impresses in quite the old way . |
| 5 | British firms have been struggling with the first of these for the past 18 months , and for the past six or so have also suffered from the second . |
| 6 | The Census Dissemination Unit and the Census Microdata Unit have been funded in the first instance for five years . |
| 7 | More than 55 females , from babies to elderly women , have been killed during the first year of the Uprising ; shot dead with live ammunition , rubber and plastic bullets ; suffocated with tear gas and some have been beaten to death . |
| 8 | Two brick arches put up to channel the waters of an underground river have been uncovered for the first time in nearly two hundred years . |
| 9 | Confirmation classes have been televised for the first time in Estonia . |
| 10 | Electric lighting and heating have been installed for the first time , but all fittings have been concealed as much as possible and all the original oil lamps and 19th century pews have been retained . |
| 11 | Education and training for members have been identified as the first priority . |
| 12 | Characters have been copied from the first field to the second , until a word mark ( here in the source field ) is encountered . |
| 13 | Regarding the lower levels , it now seems that the first-century building was an elaborate Roman house richly decorated with stuccoes and fresco , the remains of which have been published for the first time . |
| 14 | All costs are expressed in 1989/90 prices , and where costs have been incurred beyond the first year , then the Treasury 's recommended discount rate of 6% has been applied to obtain a present value estimate . |
| 15 | Areas of bright stucco work have been found over the first layer of tempera . |
| 16 | Most confessions at the police holding centres have been signed during the first two days of custody . |
| 17 | Surprisingly , less than 500 people have been arrested in the first 24 hours of the riots . |
| 18 | The windows have been cleaned for the first time in a year , and what with my contact lenses ( which I 've had since Christmas ) , the view is much improved . |
| 19 | Merseyside duo Jamie Cassidy ( Liverpool ) and David Thompson ( Wirral ) have been picked for the first England boys under 15s national trial at the Lilleshall Sports Centre next weekend . |
| 20 | This is primarily due to process integration — eg filtration and drying have been combined for the first time in the Pergascript operation . |
| 21 | The Detailed Spectrum Investigation 's recommendations have been combined in a first proposal for a European Table of Frequency Allocations which aims to standardise the use of frequencies across CEPT countries where possible . |
| 22 | The charities to benefit have been nominated by the first three teams competing for the Clayton Trophy . |