Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stretford Bridge could have been little used after the first few months of the BCR 's life , when passengers presumably had to walk between there and Craven Arms — unless horse-drawn transport was provided along the road . |
| 2 | Labour , for example , wants next year to throw £20 million at a ‘ reading recovery scheme ’ for which there would be absolutely no need had reading been properly taught in the first place ( something which requires little in the way of ‘ resources ’ ) . |
| 3 | The defendants argued that deformity would have occurred as a result of the injury , whether or not it had been properly diagnosed on the first trip to hospital . |
| 4 | In theory this process had already been widely applied in the first half of the century ( see The Age of Revolution , chapter 8 ) but in practice it was enormously reinforced after 1850 by the triumph of liberalism . |
| 5 | This sort of procedure is well established in other organizations , such as the University , and provided the preferred suppliers are properly chosen in the first place , and alternative source prices are kept under review at regular intervals , I think there are economic advantages in standardising suppliers . |
| 6 | In those days magic in its raw state had been widely available , and had been eagerly utilised by the First Men in their war against the Gods . |
| 7 | Many of them are only followed for the first pitch , either because they finish up easier slabs ( which might well suit some people ) or become much harder . |
| 8 | Joint-authored papers are only cited under the first author . |
| 9 | It goes without saying — so we 'll say it — that STDs are best avoided in the first place by routine sexual hygiene and precautions . |
| 10 | We , on the other hand , are just getting over the first one . |
| 11 | These had been directly elected for the first time in 1986 [ see p. 34305 ] . |
| 12 | Because there 's a constant risk of chest infection , antibiotics are usually given at the first sign of a temperature . |
| 13 | The chapter/section idea(s) : these will be much more concrete , are usually expressed in the first and/or last paragraphs and should be seen as a part of the wider themes/theses of the book . |
| 14 | Aspiration of a foreign body during use of an inhaler has been infrequently reported since the first report in 1981 . |
| 15 | This could also be because women with unexplained lower abdominal pain are often referred in the first instance to gynaecologists , who may not consider an intestinal cause until they have removed the pelvic organs . |
| 16 | In a very real way , I have found , it is the only place where things have been really understood for the first time . |
| 17 | Today we are supposedly living in the first great secular age of history ( though do we not still worship our own pagan idols — of money and success ? ) . |
| 18 | The first is a practical issue : domain dictionaries are only of use if the domain has been accurately identified in the first place . |
| 19 | Firstly , specific dictionaries can only be relied upon if the domain of the test data has been accurately identified in the first place . |
| 20 | In Guiseley it was on the latter , the Feast of St Oswald in August , but both custom and festival are now held on the first Sunday in July due to the large number of families being away on holiday in August . |
| 21 | Her sexuality was supposed to be greatly intensified during the first three days and on the fourth day she was supposed to be the most fertile for conception . |
| 22 | The control which the withholding of love gives to a parent emphasises how tremendously important it is that a child should be genuinely loved in the first place . |
| 23 | I 'm also baffled about the first half in more respect than one . |
| 24 | After a certain point the wants which it is intended to satisfy have to be artificially created in the first place by advertising and salesmanship . |
| 25 | Such data are not yet available for Europe , but will be imminently presented for the first time . |
| 26 | Edwards , switched to scrum-half for the injured Andy Gregory , was the catalyst of a well-disciplined performance by Wigan who now need one point from three matches to be mathematically assured of the first leg of their league and cup double objective . |
| 27 | It is necessary , therefore , to be well prepared for the first meeting , although unduly high start-up costs should be avoided at this stage . |
| 28 | While it may be virtually abolished on the first night by as few as four or five wakenings , on subsequent nights REM " pressure " increases , and successively more wakenings are required , as the number of times REM sleep is initiated is increased . |
| 29 | Compiled annually , it is a voluminous source which can now be fully exploited for the first time using computer techniques . |
| 30 | Perhaps there ought to be an intelligence extradition agreement that all defectors are immediately put on the first aircraft back home . |