Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the larger calendar and diary publishers should make contact in the first two to three months of the year . |
| 2 | For example , when words which should have stress on the first syllable were said with stress on the second syllable , they were misinterpreted . |
| 3 | One should visit Italy for the first time either alone or with a lover , she decided . |
| 4 | We 'll send sweatshirts to the first five correct entries out of the hat on 30 July . |
| 5 | A presidential candidate could win election on the first round only by gaining an absolute majority of the votes cast by at least one-quarter of registered voters ; otherwise the election would be decided by a second-round run-off between the two candidates with most votes . |
| 6 | TEETHING troubles with America 's second space shuttle , Challenger , could disrupt plans for the first flight of Europe 's Spacelab this autumn . |
| 7 | This would tie in with the kind of creature that could take advantage of the first abundance of flowering plants and special insects emerging in the late Cretaceous . |
| 8 | A statement issued after talks with his conservative rival Ruslan Khasbulatov said the meeting of the Congress of People 's Deputies to ratify an expected power-sharing agreement could take place in the first ten days of March . |
| 9 | This may take place at the first meeting with the client , though for larger assignments a site visit and access to confidential material may be necessary before such an assessment can be properly made . |
| 10 | This may take place at the first meeting with the client , although for larger assignments access to confidential material may be necessary before such an assessment can be made . |
| 11 | Tonight she would make love for the first time — and it would be with the man she loved . |
| 12 | Together these alterations in domestic and international societies would make wars like the First World War impossible . |
| 13 | Replace all metal drainpipes with plastic ones ( which are far too flimsy for anyone to scale ) , remove any trees near the house that would assist ascent to the first floor and absolutely never leave ladders outside the house , front or back , always lock them away . |
| 14 | But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place . |
| 15 | But to provide Childcare Cheques would cost £250,200 in the first year with on-going costs of £206,200 a year . |
| 16 | Mr Atkinson said the work would cost £60m over the first four years and between £11m and £15m over the next nine years . |
| 17 | If there was a resolution on the agenda today to increase the subscription , and I hasten to add there is n't , but if there was then that increase by convention would take effect on the first of January nineteen ninety four but the full value of the increase would not reach our income and expenditure account until the year nineteen ninety five to ninety six and this means that we are not well placed to respond to short-term financial problems . |
| 18 | The next day was Thursday , and that , as the whole of Miss Honey 's class knew , was the day on which the Headmistress would take charge of the first lesson after lunch . |
| 19 | Palazzo Spinola will show material from the first half of the seventeenth century , while the latter half will appear in the Palazzo Reale . |
| 20 | Although the Act gives no protection to a dealer , it will give protection to the first private purchaser providing he was bona fide , etc . |
| 21 | This is likely to mean ITN will face competition for the first time . |
| 22 | COMPETITORS from all over the country will take part in the first North Wales regional tennis centre wheelchair tennis tournament at Wrexham this week . |
| 23 | To mark the occasion , a commemorative tree-planting ceremony will take place on the first day of the championships . |
| 24 | That is probably the worst one day figure which happened , as I say , combination of war and the snow , when the shops were pretty well closed off , and yes we certainly saw figures that , on a day for day basis to last year , they were seventy five per cent down , but cumulative I mean the position 's much better than that erm nowhere near that sort of figure , and erm we are very confident that the summer market for overseas holidays will recover steadily and we 'd be very surprised if , by the end of September , we 're more than five or six per cent down on summer holiday bookings compared to last year , and we 're confident enough to have brought back our campaigns and our advertising starts this week , and we 've even been confident enough to announce to our staff that their annual salary review will take place on the first of April as scheduled . |
| 25 | Work will take place over the first two weekends in June ( 1st-2nd , 8th-9th ) , starting 9.30 am on site . |
| 26 | ‘ Rodin in China ’ , organised by the Musée Rodin , Paris , is something of a coup in that among the 113 works to be shown , the large version of ‘ The thinker ’ will leave Paris for the first time . |
| 27 | The teams will leave Liverpool on the first leg on Sunday , November 15 , but the actual challenge begins on Wednesday , November 18 . |
| 28 | Bakalov said Huron version 1.18 , expected in Q2 1993 , will support Motif for the first time as well as the RS/6000 , improved buffers support for larger numbers of terminals , Oracle server ( Unix ) and DB server(MVS) . |
| 29 | DAVID PLATT , the Juventus midfielder , will captain England for the first time in the World Cup clash with San Marino at Wembley tonight . |
| 30 | They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches . |