Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first level of primitive cacheing we all have is provided by the BUFFERS command in CONFIG.SYS — and really , it is n't cacheing at all — check out the Caches info-box . |
| 2 | I never forget the first morsel of professional advice I received : ‘ Play your own game , son , but keep the ball moving . ’ |
| 3 | The first part of this law he explains as follows . |
| 4 | In the first part of this book we will be " filling the education gap " . |
| 5 | In the first chapter of this book we explained that language is an arbitrary communication system . |
| 6 | In the first half of each act we have a seascape followed by a variety of genre scenes interspersed with conversations , arguments , quarrels . |
| 7 | For the first half of this century it was associated with intellectuals , of whom Einstein was the epitome . |
| 8 | In the first half of this book we have concentrated on the discovery and history of Madeira , its social and economic development , together with a description of its topography . |
| 9 | In the first edition of this book we described at length the reactions evoked by the Report , its strengths and weaknesses as we saw them , and the developments that occurred in the year or so following the publication of Circular 11/77 . |
| 10 | In the first edition of this book it was argued that levels of controversy over social policies since 1951 had not been particularly high . |
| 11 | In the first edition of this volume I pointed , optimistically , to some signs that this situation was changing slowly with , for example , the establishment of the Older Feminists Network in 1982 and the recent Age Concern/EOC joint initiative on incomes in old age . |
| 12 | The first specimen of this fish I saw was 4–5″ long and was retailing at £245 . |
| 13 | where plaintiff recovers costs of suing first plaintiff from second plaintiff they will be taxed on standard basis and not indemnity or solicitor and client basis . |
| 14 | But in fact , it was just as likely that he would be killed by the first group of native Tarvarians he encountered . |
| 15 | In the first quarter of this year we 've seen more moderate growth in those geographical areas but in nineteen eighty nine nearly forty percent of Pearson 's trading ca profit came from economies outside the U K and North America and we expect our activities in these other areas to continue to grow at a satisfactory rate . |
| 16 | ‘ On my first day in corporate finance I was translating for a Japanese MD who was hoping to buy a British company . ’ |
| 17 | She attempted a comeback in 1989 , but lost in the first round of both events she played before being sidelined by a car accident which required surgery on her right knee . |
| 18 | She attempted a comeback in 1989 , losing in the first round of both events she played , but it was cut short by a car accident which required knee surgery . |
| 19 | It helps if you can limit your first list to those skills you will require in one clinical area . |
| 20 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 21 | Finally in this section , it is worth pointing out that in the first Unit of this course we learnt that organisations which were based on an open system ( where information flowed in and out through a ‘ permeable boundary ’ to its environment and publics and where adjustment was made in the light of feedback ) , were more able to adapt to change and continue to prosper . |
| 22 | It 's the first time for 11 years they 've reached the final stages . |
| 23 | They played together a couple of evenings every month , but after that first time by mutual consent they never made love in her house , any more than they did in his . |
| 24 | It is the first time in recent memory she has missed the ceremony . |
| 25 | Gorbachev disclosed that " for the first time in recent years we laid quite a strong stress on what our economic relations should be like " , although he failed to provide details on the precise content of the talks . |
| 26 | For the first time in many months she contemplated the uncontemplatable , and thought that it might not be so with him , even though her heart began to thud uncomfortably at the very idea . |
| 27 | Early on a wet Sunday morning outside Yaroslavl station , in the centre of Moscow , my journey was complete and for the first time in 10 days I was alone . |
| 28 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 29 | DEC said that for the first time in six quarters it generated positive cash flow from operations and investments , even with restructuring activities . |
| 30 | For the first time in 11 years you can get nearly two dollars for every £ because the American dollar is so weak . |