Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was asked to speak on this happy occasion , my mind went back to when I was seven years old and with my twin brother and others , we were being prepared for first Holy Communion . |
| 2 | Most of the existing shares came from First Financial Management Corp , Atlanta , Georgia , which acquired 2.4m shares in connection with FIserv 's acquisition of Tomahawk Holding Inc and its Basis Information Technologies Inc unit . |
| 3 | This will not work in first low , but there should be ample engine braking in this gear for steep descents unless one of the clutches in the gearbox is faulty . |
| 4 | Brannen , born on a farm at Sadberge and raised at first Long Newton and then Yarm , moved to Stoke at the age of 20 partly to study a sports and recreation degree at North Staffordshire Polytechnic but mainly to train under the guidance of Jim Talbot , the national decathlon coach . |
| 5 | This year they stepped up attempts to sell and talks were held with UK merchant bank Singer & Friedlander before negotiations started with First National . |
| 6 | As part of the move towards a single grade of nurse , enrolled nurses who wish and are able , are to be encouraged to convert to first level nurse status by way of a conversion course or some other approved means of study and assessment of competence . |
| 7 | It seems at first difficult to proceed with this debate . |
| 8 | After years of searching farmland and finding silver coins from Elizabeth I to George III , I have at last found by first Roman coin . |
| 9 | When personal representatives sell without first effecting registration of their title , proof thereof and of the death of the registered proprietor must of course be lodged : a copy of the grant of probate or letters of administration certified as a true copy by the seller 's conveyancers ( when acting for a buyer you should make this requirement the subject of one of your requisitions on title ) is sufficient evidence . |
| 10 | Of course , not every enrolled nurse will want to , or be academically capable of , converting to first level status . |
| 11 | However , there exists the danger that ‘ issues ’ or ‘ problems ’ seen as relevant to gay groups outside of Ireland may be automatically ‘ adopted ’ here with the problem and its solution neatly packaged without first questioning whether it applies to the Irish gay experience and if it does , whether the proxy solutions are a help or a hindrance to the developing gay and lesbian psyche here . |
| 12 | Faldo won at first extra hole . |
| 13 | If this were the movies , we 'd now dissolve from first steamy kiss to bedroom scene . |
| 14 | It seems that David had at first great difficulty in making his way with the public , and was several times unsuccessful in his efforts after fame . |
| 15 | Physiotherapy was chosen as first reserve occupation . |
| 16 | All those entered on parts 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 and 9 of the SPR are now described as first level practitioners , while those entered on parts 2 , 4 , 6 and 7 are described as second level practitioners . |