Example sentences of "on [noun] [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To which the great shambling John Wayne figure replies : ‘ By stopping him getting on base in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 3 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 4 | It was held that property in the incomplete ship passed on payment of the first instalment but that no property passed at that time in some materials which were Lying in the ship yard and might be used in the ship 's construction . |
| 5 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 6 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 7 | our next race is for football 's league championships … on Saturday in the first division Swindon slipped back and Oxford struggled … yesterday in the third division Hereford grabbed a point |
| 8 | In 1886 Douglas Fox and James Brunlees [ q.v. ] were knighted on completion of the first tunnel under the Mersey which , along with the railway linking Birkenhead with Liverpool , they had jointly engineered . |
| 9 | The statement says : ‘ On completion of the first phase in September , 1989 , the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources hired MPL 's expatriate employees and dismissed MPL , leaving a claim by the British company against the Government of Ghana which is currently under discussion between the two parties . |
| 10 | Every branch of the sport will be involved , starting on Tuesday with the first practice session at 7pm ( roads close 6.30pm ) . |
| 11 | In an experiment at Stamford school ( S. Smith 1984 ) , it was shown that , whereas girls ’ mathematics scores were equal to those of the boys on entry in the first year , by the end of the year , boys were scoring more highly . |
| 12 | Hence unc on extraction of the first factor . |
| 13 | Bernard Moing , Univel 's regional marketing manager for Europe says , ‘ we 're not expecting any returns on UnixWare until the first quarter of 1993 , and then the take up will be limited for a further period . ’ |
| 14 | 50% ( fifty per cent ) on signature of this Agreement 25% ( twenty five per cent ) on receipt of the final version of the Program following Beta testing 25% ( twenty five per cent ) on publication of the first packages of Reading for English |
| 15 | He had a small but good library , much of it kept on shelves on the first landing . |
| 16 | When he was about 3 years old , he put on make-up for the first time . |
| 17 | I will be going home on Monday after the first Test . |
| 18 | He agreed to be on site for the first weekend , while Dave would be present during the week and for the second weekend . |
| 19 | as if to illustrate his point , the early volunteers on site for the first passenger services of the year on Saturday , April 11 , were the ladies . |
| 20 | There are still some spare places on boats for the first day . |
| 21 | The movie , starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , is released on video for the first time on September 21 — with the original preview trailer and a deleted sequence of Reynolds singing You Are My Lucky Star . |
| 22 | And why did you go out on strike in the first place ? |
| 23 | Notably , the Communist Party ( CPSU ) newspaper Pravda on April 29 gave a devastating assessment of the state of the economy , based on statistics for the first quarter of 1990 which showed falls of 1.0 per cent in gross national product and 1.2 per cent in industrial productivity ; an inflation rate in the consumer sector of 8.0 per cent ( but featuring increases in food prices of up to 20 per cent ) ; and a balance-of-trade deficit of 1,700 million roubles ( approximately US$2,800 million ) . |
| 24 | We have arranged a special offer : Country Living readers will be admitted free on presentation of the first page of this article ( or take along the March issue if you do not wish to cut your magazine ) . |
| 25 | But it was skewed development priorities that forced people into a continued dependence on livestock in the first place and huge , often foreign-owned ranches that pushed those people and their herds onto fragile , marginal land . |
| 26 | In hexagonal close packing , a second layer sits on top of the first layer so that each sphere in the second layer is in contact with three spheres of the first layer ( see figure 3.22 ) . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , Kevin Keegan yesterday praised unsung hero Kevin Scott as Newcastle prepared to put even more distance between themselves and the chasing pack on top of the First Division . |
| 28 | We are still six points clear on top of the First Division with a game in hand . |
| 29 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 30 | He presented 23 soldiers with campaign medals on behalf of the First Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment . |