Example sentences of "of the first [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 2 | This was a mind concentrator of the first order and forced us to examine every facet of our business and the way we did things . |
| 3 | The number was extremely complicated so realising that completion would take some time , he took out advertisements a year before of the first performance and announced that bookings would be accepted for the unseen act . |
| 4 | The chamfered heel , the shock-absorbing device of the first K-SB3s and used on many other early boots , has now been rejected by many hillwalkers . |
| 5 | The monitor hypothesis This is a development of the first hypothesis and suggests that acquisition processes create the utterances in a second language ( producing fluency ) , but learning monitors this production . |
| 6 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 7 | I tie my next colour on to the tail end of the first yarn and pull it straight through . |
| 8 | Copy the last sentence of the first paragraph and insert it as a separate paragraph at the end of the task , one clear line space below the paragraph starting ‘ NOISE … ‘ |
| 9 | of the first thing and fixing that in your mind and then well you ca n't keep abreast of how much . |
| 10 | As you replace the second piece , note which needles hold which horizontal band of the first piece and make sure the bands of the second piece are put on exactly the same needles . |
| 11 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |
| 12 | Mr. Morgan was a friend of the first defendant and had become acquainted with the deceased through the first defendant . |
| 13 | The observance began on the fourteenth day of the first month and lasted for a week . |