Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A two storey building linked by a bridge to the main building , and which incorporated the Library was substantially modified to provide a Modern Languages Suite situated at First Floor Level , with additional Classrooms and Offices , located on the Ground Floor . |
| 2 | All day long she had wondered how he had managed to bamboozle his way into a consultancy , but first the calm , unflappable way he had dealt with Steve and now here , with the devastated relatives , Kathleen had an opportunity to see at first hand the qualities that set him apart as a consultant . |
| 3 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 4 | Courses leading to masters ' degrees are normally designed to fulfil one of the following objectives : to follow directly from the study undertaken at first degree level ; to enable graduates of one discipline to acquire knowledge of another related discipline or subject area ; to develop and apply the student 's first degree knowledge in a related specialized area ; or to relate and synthesize a number of disciplines which the student may not have studied at first degree level . |
| 5 | There is an excellent chapter ‘ Must I exercise ? ’ which boasts a complimentary piece written from first hand experience , on the Medau method . |
| 6 | The poet appears at first to be unable to utter his thoughts clearly ; he circles wildly , stumbling from one half-finished sentence into another , and breaking up the lines awkwardly ( 1 , 2 , 6 , 9 ) . |
| 7 | Pardon refused after First World War executions |
| 8 | I told him I wanted to know what labour felt like first . |
| 9 | A soft animal noise like gargling Dot thought at first must be Gloria 's breathing . |
| 10 | Dot thought at first she meant it was unkind for the man to be so constricted by the many instruments strapped to all parts of his body . |
| 11 | The only significant association was an increased risk of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma associated with first pregnancy . |
| 12 | The demonstration had at first been banned by the Moscow city soviet . |
| 13 | With this in mind , the research proceeds by first constructing and estimating a multi-technology diffusion model . |
| 14 | Though the demand from industry and society at large was for better school education , the response came at first not from schools but from Youth Training Schemes for school-leavers , organized by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 15 | Her marriage in 1137 to the heir to the French throne seemed at first to be an ideal match . |
| 16 | The detective who found the money believed at first the notes must be forgeries . |
| 17 | We want to get views of St Albans District Council am I told erm that last Thursday evening in the snow , er Counc St Albans Council came through first er to erm agree it . |
| 18 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 19 | Even a computer-literate user brought up on a different type of mainframe may find the nested screens in CMS and the XEDIT editor offputting at first . |
| 20 | The question appears at first in terms of whether the suppression of pornography by censorship is worth the price in terms of loss of freedom of expression . |
| 21 | The ‘ Singing Budgie ’ and ‘ We Hate Kylie ’ campaign had at first seemed impotent against the simple , unquenchable ambition of Kylie . |
| 22 | Out of his advanced lectures emerged a powerful refutation of the entire Gnostic world-view and principles of biblical interpretation , a work entitled On First Principles . |
| 23 | Finally , I return to the introduction , in which the pervasive theme was failure to plan from first principles , and lack of vision . |
| 24 | The quality and relevance of pupil work experience , curriculum development , careers education and guidance and other key partnership areas will be dependent on a teaching profession with a positive attitude to the role of business based on first hand experience . |
| 25 | The way the poem is ordered allows us momentarily to read it as if the juxtaposition was just that of eye and Canaletto , for the eye appears at first as an independent entity . |
| 26 | She was driven by a need to get in first , her mood openly aggressive . |
| 27 | However , there was Saturday evening to get through first . |
| 28 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 29 | Irwin , of course , refused , and Gandhi , whose reaction to Irwin 's initiative had at first been positive , announced that a campaign of civil disobedience would begin . |
| 30 | The string quartet on this EMI disc promises at first to be an effective and not unoriginal exercise in the expressionist tradition , but the end result is something of a disappointment . |