Example sentences of "[art] first [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historian 's main points or ideas can usually be discovered in ( a ) the first and/or last paragraph of a chapter or section , ( b ) the first sentence of a paragraph — this is the key point for the paragraph and it is usually expressed in one sentence . |
| 2 | The chapter/section idea(s) : these will be much more concrete , are usually expressed in the first and/or last paragraphs and should be seen as a part of the wider themes/theses of the book . |
| 3 | For covalent compounds , a prefix is often added to the first and-or second name to indicate the ratio of atoms in the compound . |
| 4 | Property centre chairman George Clark said : ‘ The majority of the properties being sold are priced at £80,000 or less , in other words , appealing most to the first or second-time buyer . |
| 5 | He is the first or second greatest miler in the last 10 years . ’ |
| 6 | When we are developing an artist on an international basis , success does n't necessarily happen in the first or second album . |
| 7 | America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 8 | ‘ I believed in what I was doing , ’ he told the lawyers , smarting at the implication that maybe he did n't ; ‘ Once I talked to Ollie the first or second time , man I believed . ’ |
| 9 | At the end of the first or second year of the course students may be considered for transfer to the BSc Hons/Ord Computing at Coleraine , on the basis of academic performance ( see page 162 ) . |
| 10 | The regression session will often take place during the first or second consultation , and no homework as such will follow this . |
| 11 | Most English politicians , on the other hand , seemed confident that Elizabeth would attempt to introduce a Protestant form of worship , although they were unsure whether it would be based on the first or second Edwardian Prayer Book . |
| 12 | In the sonnets on the Rival Poet , for instance , whether the first or second person dominates , the technique of praising the other poet while denigrating oneself is clearly ironic , as J. W. Lever 's discussion has shown . |
| 13 | It could be implied in the operation code whether the first or second store address is to receive the result , but in practice any particular computer uses always the first address , or always the second address , as the destination : for example the SS ( two address ) format of the IBM 370 range uses the first address as the destination . |
| 14 | From this sort of questioning , it is possible to draw conclusions about the impact of the ad — was it the first or second mentioned by most people , or did no one mention it at all ? |
| 15 | First , there is the single-subject course , variously labelled ( single honours , special honours , etc. ) which concentrates on the study of a single academic discipline ( e.g. mathematics , chemistry , economics , history , fine art ) after shedding some ancillary or subsidiary courses in the first or second year . |
| 16 | However , beginning from the first or second post-operative day there were gradual signs of improvement until her death three weeks after surgery . |
| 17 | In Kirkcaldy only two thirds of patients received a diabetes review by their general practitioner in the first or second year of a two year study and only 50% had annual blood glucose assessments . |
| 18 | ‘ The first or second Sunday next after the birth , ’ that 's what the prayer book says . |
| 19 | This is 6 days on the water with your own Wayfarer for either the first or second week of your holiday . |
| 20 | This is 6 days on the water with your own Wayfarer for either the first or second week of your holiday . |
| 21 | This is 6 days of windsurf activity from 1000 to 1300 , and 1430 till 1730 , tuition included , for the first or second week of your holiday . |
| 22 | There was one son , Tom , but it is unknown whether the first or second wife was his mother . |
| 23 | In five out of the last seven years the success rate for this type of appeal has been the first or second highest for all categories and almost one in every two appeals has been lost by local authorities . |
| 24 | Different approaches to the organization of knowledge may emphasize the relative importance of either the first or second objective , but it is difficult to neglect one without impairing the effectiveness of the other . |
| 25 | If the first or second conditions are satisfied then there is no value stored for the trigram i , j , k . |
| 26 | companies which were already the first or second company in their respective national market ; |
| 27 | Repeat elections were needed where neither a sole candidate nor either of two candidates had secured 50 per cent of the vote in the first or second round . |
| 28 | Transfer between different degree curricula is often possible at the end of the first or second year , as the student 's interests and skills develop . |
| 29 | The first ‘ official ’ race was held in 1972 and it has been held annually on the first or second Wednesday in May ever since . |
| 30 | Additionally , widowed mothers receive an extra payment of£9.75 a week for the first or only child ; and £10.85 a week for each other dependent child . |