Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okahata and his colleagues suggest that the first step in our perception of smells occurs when odorous substances are absorbed by the lipid bilayer of a cell . |
| 2 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 3 | Yet , when will he and others of like mentality realise that the first rule of the road must always be to give priority to unprotected people , whatever the circumstances ? |
| 4 | The old zeks , the long-term men , they say that the first months in the camps are the hardest . |
| 5 | Lippmann 's view , like J. S. Mill 's , was that the electors have the right to choose their rulers or government , but beyond that they should leave government to govern without interference or pressure : " Their duty is to fill the office and not to direct the office-holder. " ( p. 46 ) A not dissimilar view was put forward by Bernard Crick , who said of referenda , the power to recall representatives and other devices for popular intervention : " They forget that the first business of government is to govern … |
| 6 | The first is that the book is written for engineers ; project management is for many the first form of management they encounter and the first form to which they are appointed . |
| 7 | Astronomical computations show that the first day of the two calendars agreed in the year 2773 BC , and it has been concluded that this was when the Sothic calendar was introduced . |
| 8 | I hope that the first step towards that will be taken tonight . |
| 9 | Note that the first statement of the theme is always at least a third as long as the whole , while contrasting sentences are never very prolonged , and are sometimes quite brief . |
| 10 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 11 | Some editors decide whether the first set of comments have been met and send for fresh reports only for major revisions , whereas others seem to obtain fresh referees ' reports routinely . |
| 12 | No those 15 trucks and trailers will move from Assab to Desai and they should arrive in Dessi this morning , and then in Desai they 'll have to be transferred to er a certain amount of food to smaller trucks , and we think that the first group of trucks will be just perhaps 5 trucks that will really test the road from Desai up to Waldia in the area controlled by the rebels to see if there really is a safe passage agreement and to see if er there are bridges out on that road or whether there are land mines left on the road , to see if it is actually possible to move food across those lines . |
| 13 | On the more unhappy subject of Northern Ireland , in the light of the appalling horrors which last night added to the seemingly endless litany of tragedy in that unhappy Province , does the Prime Minister agree that the first condition for defeating terrorism in Northern Ireland is to ensure that the politicians there get together and work together ? |