Example sentences of "the time [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The time between the first step command and the position detector pulse signalling completion of the first step is proportional to the value of COUNT , which is inversely proportional to the average motor speed over the step . |
| 2 | This river gets its name from the time of the first exploration of the island , when some of Zarco 's men were nearly swept away by the river but were rescued by other members of the party in a small boat . |
| 3 | What was very difficult to prove — but was much suspected , especially in the late 1940s , at the time of the first Press Commission — was that advertisers used their leverage to get favourable coverage and dampen criticism . |
| 4 | NSAID intake was noted as either intermittent or regular at the time of the first endoscopy only . |
| 5 | Approximately one year after their initial interview , a further interview was sought with the principal carers whose relative was still alive ( though we did interview a sample of those whose relative had died ) and who had not already been living in an institution at the time of the first carer interview . |
| 6 | However , the most important ingredient missing hitherto from the peace process — international acceptance of the Palestinians ' choice of representative — was dramatically fulfilled at the time of the first anniversary of the Uprising . |
| 7 | 1986 ) , whereas smoking heroin was , at the time of the first survey , the preferred route of administration for four out of five known Wirral users . |
| 8 | But the new Act requires the keeping of expensive records — from the time of the first gift of over £1,000 till death carries one off to the happier place , where neither thieves nor the tax-gatherers break through and steal . |
| 9 | At the time of the first interview , it is vital to make careful notes , and details relating to the taking of instructions appear later in the text . |
| 10 | On a commercial note , it may well be that the insertion of a landlord 's break will reduce the market rent obtainable for the property , a fact which will doubtless manifest itself at the time of the first rent review after the landlord 's power to break has become exercisable . |
| 11 | The important thing to remember , however , is that in many cases no definitive diagnosis can be made until the results have come back from the laboratory and the fact that nothing has been found at the time of the first visit does not mean that the follow-up visit should be missed . |
| 12 | The commonest complaint in males is that of non-specific urethritis ( NSU ) , and this can be diagnosed at the time of the first visit in the majority of cases . |
| 13 | Where possible , fieldworkers attempted to record a male and a female at each address , and since very often both were not at home at the time of the first visit , a second and even a third visit was arranged to most addresses . |
| 14 | Many large firms of solicitors now print their own explanatory leaflets dealing with the stages in conveyancing , and it is both useful and impressive to be able to hand over a printed leaflet or pamphlet at the time of the first meeting , so as to indicate to a client each of the detailed steps you will be taking on his or her behalf . |
| 15 | With the political will we could begin to change it from the time of the first by-election of the present parliament . |
| 16 | By the time of the first review of the Northumberland Structure Plan in 1984 , 64 hectares of this were still available . |
| 17 | Around the time of the First World War , Clark brothers ceased operations , and the mill finally fell silent . |
| 18 | At the time of the First World War , the United Railways of Havana built a magnificent central terminal . |
| 19 | At Christchurch , proposals to replace the Gothic station of 1877 had been made at the time of the First World War and again in the 1930s , but it was not demolished until the 1950s , when it was replaced by a modern station more successful than most . |
| 20 | By the time of the First World War the company had taken over more than 50 small companies , as well as the docks at Hull ( q.v. ) , and its chief locomotive and wagon works at Doncaster employed nearly 5,000 people . |
| 21 | At the time of the First World War the Shorthorn was described as the most widely distributed of all the breeds of cattle , both at home and abroad , and it far exceeded other purebreds in Britain while the great majority of commercial crossbreds also relied on Shorthorn blood . |
| 22 | There , it seems , pregnant unwed women were still being serenaded by ‘ rough music ’ at the time of the First World War . |
| 23 | By the time of the First World War , an enormous number of quite small villages and hamlets had their own wayside station or halt , and at its peak Britain 's railway system was ( to Thomas ) ‘ almost absurdly dense ’ . |
| 24 | In bald form , Middlemas argues that around the time of the First World War the nineteenth-century British political system had broken down under the weight of the antagonism and conflicts in industrial society . |
| 25 | Can you remember any of the other things that were happening in , in the town at the time of the first world war |
| 26 | In that , he was like Wallace and like Norman Lockyer , the first editor of Nature ; but he was unlike them in that he went on to become President of the Royal Society , at the time of the First World War . |
| 27 | It 's usually er er males that go to wars rather than females , and you can waste them on a vast scale like we did at the time of the first world war and , and find virtually no effect on your population . |
| 28 | It will do so through the collection of a new body of data on an area of public policy which will contribute to our understanding of : — UK science and technology policy ; — European collaboration in science and technology ; — UK relations with Europe , at the time of the first attempt to join the Common Market ; — UK relations with the USA , in an area of military as well as civil significance ; the development of space launcher and satellite industry . |
| 29 | Adverse events were noted a at each installation of B G C and at the time of the first cystoscopy and were scored for severity and the highest score was then re recorded and appears on this erm histogram which relates to frequency as a symptom . |
| 30 | A computer registers the time of the first shot . |