Example sentences of "[verb] on [art] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ This current system , ’ added Mrs. Buttigieg , ‘ would appear to work on a first come first served basis , regardless of whether or not one is a regular customer ’ . |
| 32 | In 1984 Denison set up his own practice , Denison Peters Limited , to work on the first big project on the Leeds riverside , a housing scheme of part converted corn chandlers and part newly built flats . |
| 33 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 34 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |
| 35 | And the two things that I had noticed on the first day were still left hanging there … |
| 36 | Rome , for instance , was sited on the first crossing of the River Tiber , controlling the route from Latium to Etruria ; Corinth was a colonial power in the archaic period thanks largely to her position on the Isthmus ( p. 95 ) ; and explanations of the greatness of Byzantium , from Polybius book iv to Gibbon , have begun with geography . |
| 37 | The club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at . |
| 38 | The club now meets on the first Tuesday evening in the month from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm . |
| 39 | In the upshot , however , the government decided on the first option proposed in its discussion document , namely the establishment of an advisory body dominated by local authority representatives , the Welsh Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education ( WAB ) . |
| 40 | She thought with a rush of gratitude of the letter she had had from Gay , in answer to the one she had written on the first night of the holidays . |
| 41 | I have , in any case , written on the first part elsewhere . |
| 42 | A short history of the company is also written on the first page . |
| 43 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 44 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page . |
| 45 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page ; |
| 46 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 47 | The cost for this great week is £599 and bookings can be made by calling Barr Sporting Tours on and will be accepted on a first come-first served basis . |
| 48 | Even even if he was n't accepted on a first occasion he 's probably had another two or three attempts elsewhere . |
| 49 | To get accepted on the first training course is difficult enough . |
| 50 | Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner . |
| 51 | One of Barley 's more crashing mistakes occurs on a first and valuable meeting with the rainmaker . |
| 52 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 53 | The change usually occurs on the first beat of a bar or phrase , which eliminates any fussiness when the footwork is intricate . |
| 54 | Support on the first night is provided by Dutch quartet Bettie Serveert , while Kristin Hersh plays an acoustic set the following evening . |
| 55 | Founded by Muz Murray , who was featured on the first issue 's cover breaking out of an egg , Gandalf 's Garden distilled the essence of the time 's peace , love , mysticism , and delusion . |
| 56 | The first idea is of a metaphorical and anthropomorphic kind , and the second and third also call out for analysis , if only for the reason that there are other non-causal pairs of things such that the first explains the second and the second depends on the first . |
| 57 | So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately |
| 58 | Here we focus on the first of these . |
| 59 | In Switzerland 15% will be levied on the first SFr70,000 and in Hong Kong 15% on the first HK$400,000 . |
| 60 | Thus , where all taxes are levied on the first generation ( ) , as assumed by Diamond 11965 ) . |