Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As these anthropologists chose to investigate geographically peripheral communities , so we chose in the first instance to investigate communities that are marginal in a different sense . |
| 2 | If we go to the first style of A this is an activist and some of you have got high scores here we 've got sixteen fifteen and twelve these are , these are hard activist . |
| 3 | If we pivot in the first of these , as indicated in the tableau , we obtain P3/T2 in which θ = θ . |
| 4 | ‘ I would love to see how Leeds would handle the situation if we scored in the first minute , as they did at Ibrox . ’ |
| 5 | If we decide on the first then we can decide whether it 's a park or a sports ground or or what shall we do ? |
| 6 | Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task . |
| 7 | Now , if we look at the first example , we 've got a single male client , aged thirty four next birthday . |
| 8 | If we decided through the first of these two methods , which begins with moral assessment of each individual 's record one by one , that each shareholder was indeed responsible for a share of the loss , then we might well report our conclusion in the language of personification . |
| 9 | While we pause after the first phase of our acceptance are we to rely on exams for all to prove ourselves worthy of the kindly eye of the state ? |
| 10 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 11 | When we went round the first corner at about 90kph Tony went very quiet . |
| 12 | The information that the Departments have presented to us on which to er respond to the consultation has n't even been very and indeed when we requested after the first round of consultation to know the existing number of lines on which they placed er their , their recommendations . |
| 13 | ‘ Then when we get into the First Division and do n't need Aussie players , the English guys will bring other English mates and the crowd problem is solved . ’ |
| 14 | The problems arise when we shift to the first person , asking how we come to have knowledge of the world , and asking how we are justified in dismissing the possibility that reality is wholly other than we take it to be . |
| 15 | As we saw in the first chapter , an adult with this sort of emotional history finds it very hard to deal with separation of any sort . |
| 16 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 17 | A major emphasis was placed on Intercession and listening to God This was invaluable as we prepared for the first section of outreach in Budapest , Hungary . |
| 18 | I admit I was sending up a silent prayer as we trotted towards the first fence , but I need n't have worried . |
| 19 | If we had played for the whole 90 minutes as we did for the first hour we would have beaten Rangers . ’ |
| 20 | As we mentioned in the first chapter of this book , egalitarian marriage is now widely promoted as an ideal , but recent research indicates that there is a wide gulf between what is said to be happening in terms of sharing in marriage and what actually happens . |
| 21 | Language is , as we see from the first example , an enjoyment that begins before speech ( perhaps before birth ) with rhythms and sounds . |
| 22 | As we stated in the first chapter of this book , the developmental task of marriage is to convert the unconscious choice of partner into a conscious commitment . |