Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 2 | ‘ During one practice session , ’ writes Iain , ‘ I perpetrated the highest , latest and crudest tackle of my life on the first XI 's star player , a footballer of considerable skill . |
| 3 | ‘ He smelt the cigarette smoke and I was fired , typical of my luck during the first 30 years of my life , ’ recalls Caine , 59 . |
| 4 | We robbed them of their land in the first place to reward the Annamese who collaborated with us . |
| 5 | The Chinese foreign ministry said yesterday that a resumption of Sino-British dialogue depended on Mr Patten abandoning the proposals , which would allow Hong Kong people to elect a majority of their legislature for the first time in 1995. — Reuter |
| 6 | This had forced general managers of the second wave into the reactive mould characteristic of their predecessors in the first wave . |
| 7 | From April 1992 , there has been a tax concession on both college fees and the cost of study material which leads to Vocational Qualifications , consequently those financing themselves on HCIMA programmes do not have to pay the tax element of their fees in the first place . |
| 8 | Treaty , I can deal relatively briefly with the question of their compatibility with the First Council Directive of 11 May 1960 for the implementation of article 67 of the E.E.C . |
| 9 | Studies in Minnesota have shown that once machines come in , racetracks lose 20–30% of their business in the first year . |
| 10 | THE mothers at the centre of the hospital baby swop case talked of their anguish for the first time last night . |
| 11 | At the sixth meeting members agreed that ‘ as a result of their examination of the first six courses they had established certain standards for assessment and were now able to make an objective judgment upon the courses submitted ’ . |
| 12 | The party as a whole proved the reality of its patriotism from the first days of the war , and the logic of this continuation from peacetime was underlined by the speed with which Ulster Unionists rallied to the flag in 1914 , and the gallantry with which they died on the Somme in 1916 . |
| 13 | In a review of its work over the first ten years , its chairman , Lord Justice Sellers , claimed that the two institutions ‘ worked side by side in complete harmony and with some mutual assistance ’ . |
| 14 | On the strength of its hearings for the first eighteen applications the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art duly stopped all the drawings and starred the group , thus indicating its special status only the sixth time this has ever happened . |
| 15 | Voices were raised in support of rounding up all foreigners , but the government was unwilling to go the way of its predecessor in the first world war and order a general internment . |
| 16 | Supporting the announcement , Oracle Corp says it will offer the Oracle 7 database and SQL*Net V2 for NetWare SunLink immediately , whilst Ingres Corp is to add compatibility in version 6.4 of its database from the first quarter of next year . |
| 17 | Taking into account Syria 's losses in military service and imprisonment under ill-treatment , the country may have lost half a million of its people during the First World War out of a population of well under four million . |
| 18 | But how can a sentence have a causal role in relation to other sentences if the second sentence 's causal role is defined in terms of its relation to the first sentence ? |
| 19 | The way it gets most of its growth in the first I mean , |
| 20 | She had lain in her child 's bed and become aware of the reality of her heart for the first time as its beat quickened in response to the sparrow 's wild meanderings . |
| 21 | A woman has the right to stop work until her child is three and gets a third of her salary for the first 18 months . |
| 22 | The importance of the role she was now , willy-nilly , being forced to play in European affairs , in spite ( or perhaps because ) of her increasing weakness and inefficiency , is shown by the great though indirect and unsought significance of her part in the first partition of Poland ( see pp. 273ff ) . |
| 23 | The wind was taken out of her sails in the first two minutes when Oswin handed her a hundred pounds . |
| 24 | Ruiz sued TDC for violations of his rights under the first , fourth and eighth amendments to the Constitution of the United States . |
| 25 | As far as registered conveyancing is concerned , there seems no reason why the transfer should not be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or an original with examined copies ) , the original transfer being lodged at HM Land Registry , the duplicate being held with the second charge certificate and the third being retained by the husband as evidence of his release from the first mortgage and of the indemnity in respect of the second mortgage . |
| 26 | The inventor must resist any temptation he might have to publish details of his invention before the first filing date ( the priority date ) , otherwise he could inadvertently add his invention to the state of the art and anticipate his own invention . |
| 27 | Today he spoke of his ordeal for the first time.Shortly before midnight on Sunday he 'd checked and locked up the pub as normal . |
| 28 | Details of his transactions for the first month are given . |
| 29 | Mansell is looking to clinch a record-breaking ninth Grand Prix win in a season — and he underlined his determination yesterday by blasting clear of his chasers in the first qualifying session for tomorrow 's Portuguese race . |
| 30 | But Steve Lunn 's superb solo effort four minutes from time , the best goal of the match , brought Shilton out of his dugout for the first time to summon all hands on deck . |