Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] its first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Apple could introduce its first Personal Digital Assistant at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago next month , MacWeek says . |
| 2 | Five of these are held in the US and five in Europe , including Plymouth , where a Scottish team could get its first taste of the big time if sponsorship was forthcoming . |
| 3 | At the same time , separatist politicsans were predicting that ETA would make its first action a kidnapping rather than a shooting or bombing . |
| 4 | On Sept. 12 ESA officials announced that its new Pegasus rocket , designed to be air-launched and to carry small satellites into orbit , would undergo its first flight test in the USA the following week . |
| 5 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 6 | The need to monitor that experiment and the conviction that the court would benefit from improved lines of communication between it and those who used the court , either as practitioners or as litigants , had led to the establishment of a Court of Appeal Users ' Committee , representative of both , which would have its first meeting later this month . |
| 7 | Now , as if objecting already to the place where it would take its first breath , it kicked against her stomach wall quite forcibly . |
| 8 | Chairman Robert Horton disclosed the moves at yesterday 's annual meeting where analysts felt the tone of his address to shareholders provided further indications that BP would hold its first quarter dividend in the face of bleak results . |
| 9 | Observers however believe it will ship its first product before the end of the year after a lengthy alpha and beta test cycle . |
| 10 | Observers however believe it will ship its first product before the end of the year after a lengthy alpha and beta cycle . |
| 11 | Big small disk drive maker Conner Peripherals Inc , San Jose warns that continued weakness in demand and price declines for its disk drives , and a shortfall in orders from its European distributor will hurt its first quarter results and that the expected lower sales will cause earnings per share to fall below analysts ' expectations : it says it is evaluating restructuring alternatives to reduce costs and that any restructuring action could result in additional charges to the quarter ; chief executive Finis Conner said the disk drive market is affected by price competition and excess capacity in the industry , which has caused customers to defer buys and reduce their lead times . |
| 12 | PROGRESS in setting up a new retreat centre in Falkland in Fife which was initiated by Church of Scotland deaconess Lynda Wright has been much swifter than anticipated with the result that it will welcome its first guests from the beginning of April . |
| 13 | As I have already explained , it will present its first report to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister around the end of January next year . |
| 14 | On 4 August , the big band sound of Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra will delight fans , and on 11 August the English National Opera will give its first open-air performance of Madam Butterfly . |
| 15 | The Child Support Agency will spend its first year dealing with only new cases and income support claimants , currently numbering 895,000 lone parents . |
| 16 | A GOVERNMENT decision is expected soon on whether Suffolk will gain its first secure unit for young offenders . |
| 17 | It has already been considered by the relevant Parliamentary committees and this debate will complete its first reading . |
| 18 | Apple Computer Inc will launch its first family of network file servers at CeBit , in Hannover , on March 25 , according to US press reports . |
| 19 | It will have its first performance four months before The Voyage and is based on the Portuguese explorations of Brazil , Japan , China and India which took place in the decade from 1490 to 1500 . |
| 20 | The Angling Club will have its first meeting of the new session at 3.15 pm in room 422 tomorrow . |
| 21 | The £4.3m department at Northallerton 's Friarage Hospital will take its first patients next week . |
| 22 | SCOTLAND 'S clan MacGillivray will hold its first international gathering there in August . |
| 23 | An inter-departmental group on environmental economics , to be chaired by the government 's newly-appointed deputy chief economic adviser , Rachel Lomax , will hold its first meetings in early 1991 . |
| 24 | The Global Tiger Forum , set up under India 's leadership to help protect tigers , will hold its first meeting in December . |
| 25 | The Royal Logistic Corps , which will hold its first parade in front of the Princess Royal on April 5 , is to be based at Deepcut . |
| 26 | KENYA will hold its first multi-party elections for 26 years on December 7 . |
| 27 | Five million West Germans can already receive Eurosport , and 17 million Continentals in all , and this week the company will announce its first simultaneous commentaries in languages other than English . |
| 28 | A US SunNet Manager Users Group has been formed under the aegis of DeskTalk Systems and will stage its first meeting at InterOp in San Francisco on October 29 at 6:30 at the Sheraton Palace . |
| 29 | In 1989 , the University decided to establish a combined honours course in the History of Art , which will admit its first intake this October . |
| 30 | ULSTER 'S newest rugby club will play its first league game on September 18 . |