Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of this wall leading off to the left was another passage to the downstairs lobby and the stairway to the first floor . |
| 2 | It can be argued that ‘ normalizing ’ the marked English structure is not a good strategy in this instance and that a slightly different but similarly marked Arabic structure ( using a particle such as inna ) would have preserved the prominence given by the writer to the first part of the statement ( Mr Rowland wants ) and still sounded natural in Arabic : |
| 3 | Its original decoration was splendid , but the calibre of its collections was transformed in relatively recent times by the transfer of much of the contents of Montagu House , Whitehall , the successor to the first duke 's great mansion in Bloomsbury . |
| 4 | In fact , it was Barnsley 's own airforce that did the damage to the First Division leaders . |
| 5 | Engels 's The Origin of the Family , Private Property and the State was published in 1884 , the year after Marx 's death , and [ on p. 71 ] the preface to the first edition begins thus : ‘ The following chapters are , in a sense , the execution of a bequest ’ . |
| 6 | Engels , on the other hand , states in the preface to the first edition of The Origin that ‘ Morgan in his own way had discovered afresh in America the materialistic conception of history , discovered by Marx forty years ago , and in his comparison of barbarism and civilization it had led him , in the main points , to the same conclusions as Marx' [ p. 71 ] . |
| 7 | John Szarkowski wrote in the preface to the first volume : " Atget 's own prints were made over a period of many years , on a variety of photographic papers . |
| 8 | There was no sign of the dog as they made haste through the alders and up the field to the first hedgerow . |
| 9 | Perhaps physical geography has been overtly concerned with the parallel to the first law rather than proceeding to the equivalent of the other three ! |
| 10 | However , once the gun has gone they are not allowed to shut you out by sailing above the course to the first mark . |
| 11 | It will be the prelude to the first election entirely focused on the record of the Government — and its all-mighty leader . |
| 12 | He took the club to the first round of the FA Cup seven times . |
| 13 | More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league . |
| 14 | The stronger tetanus to S2 ( first filled arrow ) produced PTP and robust LTP , but there was no transfer of the effect to the first input ( test shocks to S1 were out of phase with the high-frequency bursts to S2 ) , demonstrating the input-specificity of LTP . |
| 15 | They complained pursuant to section 83(1) of and paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 12 to , the Act to the first defendant , the ombudsman appointed under the Building Societies Ombudsman Scheme set up under the Act that their valuations had been prepared negligently by the professional valuers , who in each case were employees of the plaintiff societies , who were all members of the scheme . |
| 16 | For older children , make goals at either end of the room out of chair legs and give the point to the first person to score . |
| 17 | The lead to the first trick was the 2 of Hearts . |
| 18 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 19 | When Penman opened the door to the first knock , Aunt Emily said , ‘ You will see how easy it is . ’ |
| 20 | The door to the first room stood open . |
| 21 | ‘ The political parties and the supporting civic organisations should agree further initiatives in the run-up to the first session to provide domestic and international publicity for the event . ’ |
| 22 | It states : ‘ In the run-up to the first meeting , a supporting demonstration should be held which should aim to mobilise more than the 25,000 gathered on December 12 . |
| 23 | There were increasing clashes between the Russians and the minority peoples on the issue in the run-up to the First World War . |
| 24 | The answer to the first question is closely related to issues of stigma , labelling , and widely held opinions about culpability . |
| 25 | This is not the place to dwell on the answer to the first question , although it is worth remarking that there are significant nuances of opinion between Britain , on the one hand , and France and Germany , on the other , concerning the relationship with the United States . |
| 26 | The answer to the first question is simple . |
| 27 | The answer to the first question determines how the second should be answered , he argues , for if a recognised morality is crucial to the continued existence of society ( and this is clearly what he is arguing ) , then just as it would use the law to safeguard any other essential part of its structure , so ‘ society has a prima facie right to legislate against immorality as such ’ . |
| 28 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 29 | Obviously , the answer to the first question determines the relevance of the second . |
| 30 | The answer to the first question involves an analysis of speciation , which in turn leads to a consideration of the ecological conditions under which such speciation might have taken place , and the answer to the second also involves an analysis of the physical and biotic influences on the organisms concerned . |