Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some organisations pay the whole cost ( especially where long distances are involved ) ; others expect the employee to pay and some state that the employee pays the first £ x and the company pays the rest . |
| 2 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 3 | The deal marks the first venture by Peabody , already the biggest US coal-mining company , into the Pacific Rim . |
| 4 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 5 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
| 6 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 7 | To justify its ways , this week the council releases the first draft of its National Arts and Media Strategy . |
| 8 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 9 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |
| 10 | The group meets the first Sat in the month . |
| 11 | There are small ripples , wind-blown , on the lake , where the water catches the first flashes of brilliance from the early sun . |
| 12 | But in mediaeval woodcuts , on stained-glass windows and in classical Christian art , the apple symbolizes the first sin and Eve is portrayed as the first sinner . |
| 13 | The catalogue includes the first appearance of six red-coated Saler cattle which originate from France 's Massif Centrale . |
| 14 | A peninsula reaching into the lake gives the first sight of Roman-shorn , which today has spilled into the landscape behind , and along the gentle curve of a bay . |
| 15 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 16 | An exception which applies to literary , dramatic , musical or artistic works is where the work is made by an " employee in the course of his employment " , in which case the employer becomes the first owner of the copyright in the work ( section 11(2) ) . |
| 17 | Having once gained access to the group or institution being studied , the researcher enters the first phase of the research proper . |
| 18 | Whilst it is true that disadvantages arise from different aspects of the same dispute being adjudicated upon by different courts , it must be pointed out , on the one hand , that a plaintiff is always entitled to bring his action in its entirety before the courts for the domicile of the defendant and , on the other , that article 22 of the Convention allows the first court seised , in certain circumstances , to hear the case in its entirety provided that there is a connection between the actions brought before the different courts . |
| 19 | That 's asking an awful lot of people who seek no more than a relaxing pint or two , or more especially when the Bishop pulls the first pint of the day . |
| 20 | the player takes the first card and looks at it , if it is a question card ask the next player , one of the two questions |
| 21 | The agreement marks the first time Nato has taken on a mission beyond its borders since the alliance was founded in 1949 . |