Example sentences of "[noun] at first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Squadron 's ordered to transfer to the field at Achiet with all speed at first light . ’ |
| 2 | Swindon Town 's disappointing start to the season has taken another turn for the worse with a cup defeat at first division Portsmouth … |
| 3 | Hendry then experienced fear at first hand one night when he took his dog for it 's nightly walk on the beach near his apartment in South Queensferry . |
| 4 | To comprehend all that was involved here , one must experience the full force of tragedy at first hand ; and here Act III of Tristan can be pointed to as a prime specimen of tragic art . |
| 5 | Today he had seen violence at first hand . |
| 6 | So it was Biff , brandishing The Gaffer , who strode into the girls ' dormitory at first light . |
| 7 | Since her father had not stipulated the exact time when they were to ride , Artemis was dressed and in the stables at first light lest she miss her treat by being late . |
| 8 | He said Unprofor would send bulldozers and six dumper trucks loaded with gravel at first light today to plug the hole and clear the road . |
| 9 | Some may have the opportunity of a short-term secondment to industry to observe the world of work at first hand or to reconnoitre a promising field for curriculum in-put . |
| 10 | By seeing their work at first hand , they 're hoping he 'll be convinced of the need for more officers . |
| 11 | Now I could plan excursions to Rome , Florence , Venice and yes , Milan , and study Luini 's work at first hand . |
| 12 | Yorkshire 's most testing time came soon after lunch when Metcalfe , after top-scoring with 38 , was well taken by Rajesh Maru at first slip against Cardigan Connor and David Byas was caught at mid wicket off Paul-Jan Bakker to make them a shaky 95 for three . |
| 13 | What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me . |
| 14 | As for Sir Robert , who is , I believe , a man with a strong marketing background , might I suggest that he emerges from the confines of his embattled empire and experiences at first hand the market in which he is now operating incognito during the evening rush-hour . |
| 15 | When a child is a listener to adult conversation ( which we may call ‘ dialogue at first hand ’ ) the identity of the speakers is normally obvious . |
| 16 | There was usually a passage which went from one wing to the other and crossed the open hall at first floor level . |
| 17 | If only more leading Bolsheviks had left their ivory tower in the Kremlin in early NEP in order to examine Russia at first hand , as Yakovlev did , the reifications that poured out from their pens and mouths might not have succeeded in obscuring the realities of actual life in the 1920s . |
| 18 | The House of Lords , agreeing with the Court of Appeal , held that the judge at first instance had been wrong in his interpretation . |
| 19 | The reluctance of the judge at first instance to adopt a policy approach at a time when the obvious intention of the Act , not to mention the thrust of securities regulation in general , was to clamp down on market abuse , can only be described as an anomalous , not to mention unwelcome , development . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal has the advantage ( if dealing with cases such as these after the trial judge has made the initial decision ; it is difficult to say on the basis of these cases how a trial judge at first instance should approach them . |
| 21 | However , a summons was issued to dismiss our claim on the ground of this supposed privilege , which was refused by the judge at first instance — a refusal confirmed , and emphatically , by the Court of Appeal . |
| 22 | The judge at first instance granted the injunction and the Court of Appeal upheld his decision , Lord Denning MR saying that there was no evidence that the blacking at the Daily Express had had any effect on the provincial dispute . |
| 23 | Injunctions were issued against The Observer and The Guardian newspapers to prevent them from publishing extracts from Peter Wright 's book and the Court of Appeal , overruling the judge at first instance , held that although publication by The Independent newspaper and others could not be a breach of those injunctions nevertheless , since they knew of their issue , they could be guilty of contempt of court if their publication interfered with the course of justice . |
| 24 | The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs . |
| 25 | If one judge at first instance decides to increase the level in one type of case , that balance will be disturbed . |
| 26 | The judge at first instance invoked the wardship powers of the court to protect the girl : he weighed her interests against that of the publishers , and concluded that the balance came down in favour of restraining publication , since the book could be rendered harmless by excising a few paragraphs . |
| 27 | Spurs coach Ray Clemence , who witnessed Mimms ' suffering at first hand , also comes face-to-face with a ghost from the past at Ewood Park . |
| 28 | Just as we fell in love at first sight with our new home , so we fell in love with you and Nigel at first meeting . |
| 29 | I offered to send a technical mission to Moscow to assess the immediate needs at first hand . |
| 30 | The IRA , will no doubt , argue that it is taking its fight to mainland Britain to let the English feel the war at first hand ; to sicken the English and to cause them to pressurise their government to withdraw from Ireland . |