Example sentences of "[conj] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 2 | Or the first twist or turn . |
| 3 | Now continue turning the transport wheel until you have the figure 1 ( or the first row of any subsequent pattern ) showing in the little cut-out square at the left of the bottom slot on the console . |
| 4 | The long-promised higher frequency Vikings that would go a ways to proving Sparc 's scalability are supposed to be producible by the end of the fourth quarter or the first part of the new year , according to TI . |
| 5 | Oddly for years , it remained permissible to use an iron or steel stemmer providing it was not upon the " … wadding or the first part of the tamping or stemming on the powder … |
| 6 | If a book or manuscript has headings or the first capitals of paragraphs painted or printed in red , the rest of the text being black , it is said to be ‘ rubricated ’ . |
| 7 | Stateside gossip has it that Hitachi Ltd will announce a ‘ Unix mainframe ’ within the next 30 days : possibilities are either OSF/1 on its existing M-series mainframes , or the first fruits of its efforts with Hewlett-Packard Co 's Precision Architecture RISC , which is said to be a RISC-based Unix co-processor for the IBM-compatible mainframes . |
| 8 | Please ask SCIAF/Justice & &Peace/UCM or other parish groups to organise the distribution of Lenten boxes on Ash Wednesday or the first Sunday in Lent . |
| 9 | The day of finding the vaginal plug may be designated day 0 , day ½ , day I , or the first day of pregnancy in different laboratories . |
| 10 | For instance , two-note groups being constantly played with a heavy first note and a curtained second one , or the first note under each slur produced with an accent . |
| 11 | Just retrieve the file in the normal way and Quattro Pro will automatically identify the file type by its extension ( or the first record in the file ) and translate it . |
| 12 | Spring back up without stiffening and sing ‘ gah ’ or ‘ lah ’ or the first line of a chosen poem or song . |
| 13 | Example 103 , from No. 7 of Karg-Elert 's Interludes in Various Keys for organ , shows a mixture of diatonic and chromatic substitution notes typical of this composer : The student will be able to analyse this for himself , but he should beware of treating the second chord in the penultimate bar , or the first chord in the last bar , as triads in their own right . |
| 14 | At the time of writing , the whole of a payment by way of compensation for loss of office below £30,000 , or the first £30,000 of a larger payment , is tax free . |
| 15 | At the heart of almost all of Thom 's lyrics is a sense of alienation from his surroundings , whether it 's expressed in ‘ Creep ’ 's whispered final line , ‘ I do n't belong here ’ , or the first words of the last single ‘ Prove Yourself ’ , ‘ I ca n't afford to breathe in this town ’ . |
| 16 | If the inn is later sold to another person who wishes to reopen as licensed premises or the first purchaser wishes to open the inn once more as licensed premises , the Gnat 's Water Brewery will seek to rely upon the covenant to restrain such trading . |
| 17 | The dependence of the world upon God is not initial but constant ; built into the structures of reality is an inherent dependence which requires us to posit something else — the designer or the first cause . |
| 18 | The Gulamalis never received the agreement form , the tenants ' deposit or the first month 's rent . |
| 19 | We have 10 Boots Two-Hour Multi-Chargers , worth £19.99 each , plus packs of four batteries ( £6.99 ) or the first readers whose names are drawn from the postbag . |
| 20 | Ms Radice got to the crux of the matter when she told The Washington Post , ‘ To me , when the obvious sexual nature … is the only thing you see or the first thing you see or the overwhelming thing that you experience the American public has given us a lot of guidance on this , and Congress has given us a lot of guidance , saying they do n't want us to spend money on that particular type of art ’ . |
| 21 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 22 | During the last week of July or the first week of August every year , the Provincial Exhibition was held in Regina — a gala display of all manner of farm products , poultry and livestock , coupled with an ‘ extravaganza ’ by way of a grandstand show and horse-racing . |
| 23 | Until things collapsed , I had planned to hold a conference in either the last week in January or the first week in February because , as a result of discussions with the Shopping Hours Reform Council , SOS , the Union of Shop , Distributive and Allied Workers , the Keep Sunday Special campaign , the consumers and other groups , I am confident — |
| 24 | It went into your jotter , your jotter was handed in on the Monday morning , or the first time you went to the eng the English class and the teacher was his name , he went over that and if you 'd missed out a comma , you see or a full stop or anything like that . |
| 25 | You could win a Runner-Up Prize of £100.00 or £10.00 — £50.00 or £5.00 — £20.00 or one of the 10 Fifth Prizes each of £500.00 or the 5 Fourth Prizes of £1,000.00 or the £5,000.00 Third Prize , the £10,000.00 Second Prize or the First Prize of £30,000.00 or even £60,000.00 if it is returned promptly . |
| 26 | It could have been a wood-cutter 's cottage in an old fairy tale , Sara thought , or the first house built by a settler in the Wild West . |
| 27 | This very large accession takes up where the first deposit stopped , and covers the years 1861 to 1920 , in addition to some titles and papers of earlier date which must have been at some time extracted from their proper place . |
| 28 | By way of contrast , the Spanish conquerors of northwest South America ( modern Colombia ) , where the first deposits were found , regarded it as a dangerous adulterant of gold and silver and tried to prohibit its export — unavailingly , although its supply to European chemists was made capricious . |
| 29 | * Except those claims arising from Subsidence , where the special conditions apply , or from Fire or Property Owners Liability , where the first £50 will not be excluded . |
| 30 | The £50 excess will not apply to : Buildings — claims arising from subsidence , where the special conditions apply , or from Fire or Property Owners ' liability , where the first £50 will not be excluded . |