Example sentences of "[verb] to a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , in my opinion , in many ways be more logical for an application to be released from custody on the ground of non-service or delayed service of a committal notice to be made to a first instance judge rather than direct to this court . |
| 2 | Enright , the demonstrative " this ' highlights the spatial dimension of an implied situation of utterance , and therefore mobilises a poetic persona functioning as deictic centre even if no explicit reference is made to a first person speaker . |
| 3 | At home they had behaved as if she were a toddler going to a first party in a party frock rather than a huge ungainly student eighteen years of age going to university dressed from head to toe in dark clothes . |
| 4 | I think Steve was going to a first aider or something , and there was quite a few different people . |
| 5 | After the exploratory period of 18 months , we hope to proceed by mid-1993 with full development , leading to a first order by the mid-1990s . |
| 6 | Like Julia , in the earlier book , Beth catches things ‘ on the hop ’ — almost as a student whose mind is more imaginative than philosophical will react to a first reading of Bishop Berkeley by quickly turning his head , hoping to witness the sudden appearance or disappearance of those external objects which are supposed to depend on his perception of them for their existence . |
| 7 | This invariably led to a first round in the high seventies followed by brilliant but despairing rounds which carried him well up into the place money . |
| 8 | Two years of basic research led to a first description of Mamprusi court ritual and the system of succession . |
| 9 | But it was unfortunate that the provisions on capital allowances , introduced last autumn , had not been extended : ‘ We recommended the reintroduction of 100 per cent capital allowances on plant and machinery , limited to a first portion of £50,000 , to benefit smaller businesses in particular . |
| 10 | The defending champions were trailing 10–5 at half-time on Saturday , but second half tries from Mark Titley and Kevin Hopkins , to add to a first half touchdown by Paul Arnold , put them in charge . |
| 11 | Lou continued to be the nearest he had to a first and real love and she still went to all the broadcasts and visited Pinewood for every film , sitting on her own canvas chair , sometimes by herself , frequently with her sister Daisy , of whom Ken himself was still very fond . |