Example sentences of "the [noun] on the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our American Allies were all out to see this job through and were full of stories of the RAF on the first trip which was so successful and were even more sure that the second run would be better . |
| 2 | Leaving the ground floor , the marble staircase rises to the two main bedroom suites and the saloon on the first floor . |
| 3 | 2.7 If at any time any Works are carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Documents and this fact might [ reasonably ] have been expected to be apparent on visual inspection to the Surveyors on the first occasion following the carrying out of the relevant Works on which they actually inspected the same pursuant to clause 2.5 ( " Relevant Inspection " ) then unless within [ 5 ] working days after the date of the Relevant Inspection ( time being of the essence ) the Surveyors have served on the Architect a Defects Notice in respect of such non-compliance the relevant Works shall be treated for all purposes of this agreement as having been carried out in accordance with the Building Documents This provision should be deleted . |
| 4 | The Institute collects the money on the first banking day in January each year . |
| 5 | On the following flights you position the final turn and approach relative to where you made the last one , i.e. if you kept too close and landed rather far into the field on the first landing , you will move back more on the next , remembering the positioning of the previous flight . |
| 6 | It has been forgotten that in the case of a very common expression ( historical materialism ) one should put the accent on the first term — ‘ historical ’ — and not on the second , which is of metaphysical origin . |
| 7 | ‘ It is plainly in the interests of the more efficient administration of justice that there should be split trials in appropriate cases , as even where the decision on the first part of a split trial is such that there will have to be a second part , it may be desirable that the decision shall be appealed before incurring the possibly unnecessary expense of the second part . |
| 8 | On the other hand the second part of the trial may be rendered wholly unnecessary by the decision on the first part . |
| 9 | As they went up the stairs to the apartment on the first floor of the block , he gripped Davide by the arm , and said , ‘ For God 's sake , and for your children 's , do n't touch the case . |
| 10 | ‘ Your honour , Mr Stahl , and good luck , ’ said the starter on the first tee at Royal Portrush 's Valley course as Cincinatti businessman and Amateur regular , 54-year-old James Stahl Jnr stepped up at 7.30 to do battle . |
| 11 | Despite these I always took a last look at the course on the first day of the tournament . |
| 12 | Alternatively , if you can afford it , you can continue paying the premiums on the first policy as well as taking out your second joint endowment . |
| 13 | At the end of the spacious triple-arched trainshed a heavily corniced three-storey frontage block was built at the head of twin flights of balustraded stairs rising to the entrance on the first floor . |
| 14 | ‘ Through the offices on the first floor . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The songs on the first album stem from a period a year and a half ago that was the emotional and physical hole of my life . |
| 16 | In the bedroom on the first floor Philip woke as the sun came up . |
| 17 | Golfers on the course opposite the mansion were treated to the sight of the lady of the house going through her aerobic routine at the windows of the gymnasium on the first floor . |
| 18 | I was at the window on the first floor of a large house ( Ladymont ? ) and there was a black horse below . |
| 19 | Jack was in an attacking mood and hit an immense drive over the angle of the dogleg on the first hole . |
| 20 | Adam answered the telephone on the first ring . |
| 21 | Cardiff led the way into the corridor on the first floor . |
| 22 | Someone called Prue , who until today had remained hidden in the wardrobe-room on the first floor pedalling her sewing machine , had a chair allocated for her use in the prompt corner and a space reserved for cotton reels and safety pins on the props table in the wings . |
| 23 | How long do you sit in the sun on the first day of your holiday ? |
| 24 | Held , granting the petition , that where the hearing of an action was divided into two parts and there was an appeal to the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the determination on the first part , justice required that an appeal therefrom to the Privy Council should lie if such an appeal would have lain had all the issues been determined prior to the appeal to the Court of Appeal ; that , accordingly , the judgment of the Court of Appeal deciding the compromise and cancellation issues in the respondents ' favour and dismissing the petitioner 's action was a final judgment for the purposes of rule 2 ( a ) of the New Zealand ( Appeals to the Privy Council ) Order 1910 entitling the petitioner to appeal as of right to the Privy Council ; and that , therefore , the Court of Appeal had erred in refusing to grant the petitioner leave to appeal and the Board in the exercise of its discretion would grant the petitioner special leave to appeal ( post , pp. 6G , 8B , D , F ) . |
| 25 | If the verderers ( or their heirs , if the verderers had died in the mean time ) failed to present their rolls to the judges on the first day of the Forest Eyre , or if their rolls were deficient in any material particular , they were liable to amercement . |
| 26 | Crossing the corners on the first pitch of Sirius ( Hard Severe ) , Lizard Point , Cornwall ( photo : Don Sargeant ) . |
| 27 | The argument before the judge on the first question , whether a local authority can sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation when no actual financial loss is alleged , proceeded under two main heads . |
| 28 | However , an indefinite postponement was ordered by the judge on the first morning of the proceedings because of the danger posed by a violent protest against the trial which was taking place outside the courthouse . |
| 29 | You located the child on the first floor |
| 30 | A paying guest was killed when he tried to get to the bar on the first floor by an emergency staircase . |