Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 2 | As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately . |
| 3 | The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days . |
| 4 | What we may see as the first classical statue of a draped woman , corresponding to the naked male of the Kritian boy , is likewise from the Acropolis and could likewise have been set there just before or just after the interruptions of 480/79 . |
| 5 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 6 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |
| 7 | In a typical 16th century English charter party the owner of the vessel acknowledged , directly or through the ship 's master , that : 1 ) he had let the ship and promised to prepare it , by a fixed date , to take in the goods provided by the charterer ; 2 ) the ship would sail with the first convenient wind to the stipulated port ; 3 ) in accordance with a receipt or bill of lading he would deliver the goods in good condition to the designated person ; 4 ) the ship would remain at that port for a fixed period to take in such goods as the charter party nominee party needed to reload , and that the ship would then return to the port of origin , and deliver the reloaded goods in good condition ; and 5 ) the crew would be as described , and would be furnished with the proper gear . |
| 8 | They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days . |
| 9 | There had been intense speculation over whether or not Rawlings would compete in the first free presidential contest since his return to power in a military coup in December 1981 ( having previously chaired the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which had ruled Ghana from June to September 1979 — see pp. 30437-51 ; 31477-86 ) . |
| 10 | Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse , and when he arrived in this hard world , it was very doubtful whether he would live beyond the first three minutes . |
| 11 | Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants . |
| 12 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 13 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 14 | The following section deals with the basic exercises you will use during the first 6 months . |
| 15 | Prizes will go to the first 10 all-correct entries opened after that date . |
| 16 | The Department of Industry will pay for the first three years , but after that expects FABMS to pay for itself . |
| 17 | If no start name is specified , the listing will start with the first alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN ; if no end module name is specified , the listing will end at the last alphanumerical module in LIFESPAN . |
| 18 | Alcohol Concern predicts half of all residential rehabilitation services will close within the first four months of April . |
| 19 | The school can boast of the first secondary school girls ' rugby league team . |