Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The First ( or rather the first he acknowledged , since there had been a previous Quartettsatz he had written at the age of 25 ) was completed in 1920 after a long gestation period of four years — partly explicable by its extreme complexity and his elaborately detailed indications on the playing of almost every note . |
| 2 | She would be a great actress or a great painter , or perhaps the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 3 | The final proof , or perhaps the first , is the chub 's big mouth and thick white rubbery lips . |
| 4 | for loss of or damage to property belonging to or held in trust by or in the custody or control of the Insured Person ( other that self catering accommodation where only the first £50 of any loss or damage is excluded ) ; |
| 5 | Unlike the First Concerto , which in terms of its piano writing is completely honest , and where only the first movement 's double trills need to be re-arranged to become audible , the Second Concerto requires some adjustments in order to serve Brahms 's purpose , and not merely to make life easier for the pianist ! |
| 6 | The implication for teaching is that texts or situations should not be devised where only the next level of ‘ difficulty ’ is provided , since these are not necessary . |
| 7 | It was more or less the first thing we checked . ’ |
| 8 | Photovideo : An Exploration , 12 photographers and video makers from Britain and abroad investigate new electronic technology and ask if this is the end of photography as we know it , or merely the next chapter ? ( until 29 Feb ) . |
| 9 | Expansion or reformulation should be possible whether or not the first result is positive or negative . |
| 10 | Start string an identifying string , which can be the whole or just the first part of the title of the Product at which the list will start . |
| 11 | Start string an identifying string , which can be the whole or just the first part of the title of the Client at which the list will start . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's near the colonnade — but I 'm afraid it wo n't be in action until the first of May — or possibly the last day in April , ’ he supplied . |
| 14 | 4 The first recorded date in history , which maybe the British Domesday Book of 1086 , or the Crusader Lists , or possibly the 16th century Huguenot register . |
| 15 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 16 | If Childebert and Chlothar were indeed adding to the first sixty-five , or even the first seventy-eight , clauses of Lex Salica , then the first Merovingian code can be dated before 511 . |
| 17 | Whilst it may be possible for certain hoists and lifts to be provided with dual controls and to be relied upon to assist in the initial stages of smouldering fire or even the last stages of salvage and reinstatement , and whilst the provision of a portable extinguisher could be regarded as standard , the dangers involved in aligning the confines of a lift or cage to a developing fire in the only manner by which it could be used effectively are sufficiently great to warrant special mention when consideration is being given to emergency planning . |
| 18 | She felt that the ‘ on — off ’ nature of their relationship — when he was here today but not tomorrow , or even the next day — was all part of Nicky 's habit of taking her for granted . |
| 19 | By comparison , advertising plays a much less important role in industrial markets , where even the first stage is dominated by personal selling . |
| 20 | The words are often the last thing that , or sometimes the last thing that people actually write . |
| 21 | Somehow we are sure that this is not the first diet you have ever bought , or indeed the first time you have tried to lose weight . |
| 22 | So , in the first place it 's selfish , second place , or maybe the first place , it 's unnatural and who are , who are they thinking about ? |
| 23 | Or maybe the second best . |
| 24 | Tomorrow or maybe the next day — I doubt you will be kept waiting much longer . ’ |
| 25 | We have been concerned with how one leads into the other , or how the second strikes sparks off the first . |
| 26 | Well hidden underneath it was , or either the rogues would have found it when they tipped the load , or else the first who came to carry off timber would have seen it . |
| 27 | To follow our example through , leaving school is often a traumatic time : there is usually much regret but , on the other hand , there is also great excitement at the thought of doing new things and meeting new people at college or at work or wherever the next part of our life takes us . |
| 28 | One of the most intriguing of evolutionary clues is the close chemical similarity between many hormones and the substances that function within the nervous system as neurotransmitters , suggesting that perhaps the second group , the neurotransmitters , may have developed evolutionarily from the first . |
| 29 | The right hon. Gentleman is worried about uncertainty , but is he aware that the United Kingdom is already included in four of the five lists of items which create convergence and that only the fifth — the narrow band of the ERM — separates us ? |
| 30 | Such a showering that only the first |