Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] the first " in BNC.
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1 | The Prime Minister should answer the first part of that question , but not the second . |
2 | Other Unionists , including Law himself , were less sure , even though they shared their colleagues " concern about the political and economic situation ; nevertheless it was agreed to go ahead , but that Lloyd George should make the first move . |
3 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
4 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
5 | This is not considered in much detail by Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) ; however , they do suggest that the acoustic-phonetic information needed to define the word-initial cohort must include the first vowel of the word . |
6 | Note that unc and unc can not both be zero , or A would be singular and R would not exist ; similarly for unc We choose a nonzero element from these four -say unc and then unc The last step is not arbitrary : we must exclude the first three rows ( containing units ) , so that the only choice for pivot in the next step is D44 , which can not be zero . |
7 | If the family should choose the first method , for example , ensuring that a life-story book is provided , then the child has the option of an identity outside his or her adoptive family . |
8 | BEFORE THE YEAR is out Paris should see the first sprouting of architect Jean Nouvel 's Tour Sans Fins . |
9 | The new discipline of industrial archaeology , which emerged in the 1950s , was largely inspired by Rolt 's writing , and it was entirely appropriate that he should become the first president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology when this was founded in 1973 . |
10 | To make them equally likely , we must multiply the first of Equations ( 1 ) , at t = 1 , by 6 ; the second , at t = 2 , by 3 ; the third , at t = 3 , by 2 , etc ; i.e. we premultiply ( 1 ) by Diag(6,3,2,1,5,1,2,1) . |
11 | We must celebrate the first . |
12 | A brother or father 's brother of the bride should meet the first group ; a sister or mother 's sister of the bride the second group ; a cross-cousin of the bride the third group . |
13 | I must quote the first two subsections : |
14 | BRITAIN should hear the first US election result around 11.30pm tonight . |
15 | It wo n't be easy , but we must take the first steps now . |
16 | Students who wish to enter a combined course must complete the first year satisfactorily , with passes in two units in each of the two subjects which they wish to combine . |
17 | The Americans , reluctant to be accused of seeking ‘ domination ’ , and cautious about giving the Europeans a ‘ blank cheque ’ for costly military assistance in future , insisted that the Europeans should take the first steps towards defending themselves . |
18 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
19 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
20 | It follows an editorial policy that believes foreign news should lead the first three pages , that matters of national interest should be philosophically debated in the newspaper 's columns , and that half a page of sport either side of the weekend is enough . |
21 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
22 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |
23 | In a standardised approach to the immediate resuscitation of a casualty a quick assessment of the airway , breathing , and circulation ( which includes opening the airway ) should allow the first aider to decide whether the problem is unconsciousness alone , disturbed or absent breathing , or cardiac arrest . |
24 | As a pattern making and using system the mind must accept the first acceptable answer . |
25 | Smoke detectors may give the first alarm but detection is often by smell and by seeing smoke and flames . |
26 | Yes er , well I think we might , I 'll answer the second question but we 'll , we 'll , we 'll answer the first question but we 'll ask Michael , who 's right here to , to comment on entertainment . |
27 | ‘ We 'll catch the first flight to Frankfurt after we 've picked up our bags from the Mayfair . |
28 | As soon as I 've collected my things from the boat I 'll catch the first plane home and — ’ |
29 | Well I 'll do the first one for you cos I can do that . |
30 | I 'll send the first prisoner down to you when they arrive . |