Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | These only cover the first two years , so that most secondary schoolchildren have to leave the region to complete their education . |
2 | ‘ I only read the first one . |
3 | I only get the first two options — everything else disappears off the bottom of the screen and reappears at the top , corrupted and unaffected by the mouse , even though CGA appears to be supported . |
4 | The half lives of these radicals are measured in nanoseconds — they literally destroy the first thing they bump in to . |
5 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |
6 | Perhaps use the first names and put out the meaning of the first names of the |
7 | Hot enough to sit out in the Piazza studded with big brown and green palms against the rose-coloured stucco of the buildings and perhaps try a first ricotta ice-cream . |
8 | So do the first one here |
9 | At the foot of the card Survage scrawled : ‘ Happy New Year ’ , in Russian and underneath : ‘ Long live Nice : Long live the first night of the New Year ’ . |
10 | But , as Taylor shows , in the value-adding spectrum , they only comprise the first stage of a four-stage process . |
11 | Our results thus provide the first direct evidence that tamoxifen does not have antioestrogenic effects on bone in postmenopausal women and indicate a possible oestrogenic effect . |
12 | ‘ Just say the first thing that comes into your head . ’ |
13 | They normally appoint the first directors . |
14 | Higher degrees are available to those who already hold a first degree ( especially a first-class or upper-second-class honours ) . |
15 | ‘ Just catch the first flight home . |
16 | Perhaps , in spite of the fact that she did need the money , what she ought to do was just catch the first plane back home . |
17 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
18 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
19 | A Leicester couple have just become the first to install a wind generator in their home to provide part of their electricity supply . |
20 | We just do the first thing and then we do the second thing . |
21 | Right , jus just do the first bit again . |
22 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate aplicants who give evidence of equivalent academic capability are also considered . |
23 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate applicants who give evidence of comparable academic capability are also considered . |
24 | And so generally buy the first thing that actually fits . |
25 | If you already have a first degree , the OU offers the opportunity to take a higher degree — MKA , MBA , MSc , BPhil , MPhil or PhD — either taught or by research . |
26 | This is a one-year teacher-training qualification for those who already have a first degree . |
27 | The University offers excellent opportunities for further study to those who already have a first degree or equivalent qualifications . |
28 | We already have the first stage of economic and monetary union — the exchange rate mechanism — and it is already doing great damage to Britain . |
29 | Transfer to the BA Hons Irish Studies is possible for students who successfully complete the first year of the Diploma of Higher Education in Irish Studies ( see page 151 ) . |
30 | Always bring the first needle to D position and make sure that the weaving yarn is caught in the guide so that it can be directed correctly into the path of the main carriage . |