Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 2 | A ceremony of Confirmation and of First Communion are inserted in the House Beautiful , and finally , in the most fundamental change , the pilgrims are enabled to cross the river and enter the Heavenly City by virtue of their acts instead of by their faith . |
| 3 | There was no sign of a forced entry and at first detectives on the tax-haven island were baffled . |
| 4 | Lastly , when acting for a buyer prepare your land registry cover or application form ( which you 'll require when lodging your application to register the transfer or for first registration of title , as the case may be ) at the same time as you make your requisitions and prepare the draft conveyance or transfer and other documents preferably in that buyer 's package described at p22 . |
| 5 | The focus is upon demographic factors of age at marriage and at first birth , maternal age , order of birth and family size , and the amount of time that elapses between births . |
| 6 | The value of the correlation coefficient is high , indicating a very strong relationship between age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 7 | It may be observed that the linear regression line in Fig. 1 represents only the general tendency of the association between women 's age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 8 | In other words , there is a negative correlation between median age at first marriage and at first birth . |
| 9 | On average , the interval between the median age at first marriage and at first birth is two years . |
| 10 | Also , the more moderate negative impact of teenage childbearing upon infant mortality in several countries , first of all in the Western Hemisphere region , where infant mortality in the maternal age group under 20 is lower than in the age group over 40 , may reflect , among other things ( such as later age at marriage and at first birth , higher educational and living standards , etc. ) the lower overall level of infant mortality . |
| 11 | Joe Longthorne is an abundantly talented performer and on first meeting him during the early days of his success I was struck by his lack of conceit . |
| 12 | The former German capital , which had been under joint administration since 1945 , lay deep within the Soviet occupation zone and at first it seemed that the Western sectors would be starved into submission . |
| 13 | Though the proportion of low birth weight infants decreases from very young maternal ages and from first birth order towards the prime childbearing ages and higher order births , it increases again considerably at later ages and from third and fourth birth orders ( Hungary , 1970 ; Selvin and Garfinkel , 1972 ; Chakraborty et al , 1975 ) . |
| 14 | I went out on to the roof to have a look and at first I could see nothing amiss . |
| 15 | This was chiefly because Mr Jones was absorbed with what he had read about ‘ problem children ’ being in desperate need of love and attention and at first all he wanted was professional guidance on how to give it more effectively . |
| 16 | That at least had a light showing and at first I thought the rest of the building was in total darkness , but as I crunched gravel and got closer I could see they used extra thick curtains , maybe left-overs from the Blackout . |
| 17 | I knew he had had the breakdown and at first I did n't mind . |
| 18 | Once again Sunderland had to thank goalkeeper Tony Norman for some inspired saves but at first it seemed that he might be the villain of the piece after gifting bottom-of-the-table Brighton an 11th minute lead . |
| 19 | Anne visited Sarah but at first she was too feverish and in too much pain to talk . |
| 20 | These District Land Registries accept responsibility for the registration of dealings and for first registrations of land within their allotted geographical areas . |
| 21 | Juvenile can be either grey or red-brown , with conspicuous white patch on nape and at first appears very round-winged . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 23 | The son of one of the Sheriffs of Glasgow , he lost his hearing at an early age and after first attending an ordinary day school , became one of the private pupils of the Headmaster of the Glasgow Institution . |
| 24 | President Yang Shangkun was removed from the politburo and as first vice-chair of the Central Military Commission ( CMC ) . |
| 25 | We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand . |
| 26 | It was led by French physicians and at first it simply confirmed the most pessimistic of common views . |
| 27 | The woman 's age at first marriage or union and at first birth , the number of children born and order of birth , and the amount of time that elapses between births directly or indirectly impinge upon the viability of young children and the probability of their survival at least beyond five years and have an effect on maternal health and mortality . |
| 28 | Because it was an impermanent unofficial arrangement , the pairing family held no property and at first presented no threat to the communally held property of the gens . |
| 29 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 30 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |