Example sentences of "if [art] [noun sg] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , their Lordships did not agree with counsel that if the jury convicted the first appellant upon the basis that he was guilty as actor , they necessarily should have acquitted the second appellant . |
| 2 | If the focus process suggests one candidate in an earlier ‘ batch ’ than another , we can say that it is imposing a strong preference between those candidates ; so strong that the second one will only be considered at all if the reasoner decides the first is completely implausible . |
| 3 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
| 4 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 5 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |