Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] a first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where the contribution , if any , is not sufficient to make up the difference , the Legal Aid Board has a first charge on any property , including money , recovered or preserved by the assisted party in the proceedings . |
| 2 | Verstehen has a first , primary sense of ‘ empathy ’ or ‘ direct understanding ’ , which tells the inquirer what action is being performed . |
| 3 | ‘ Makepeace has a first from Reading , you know . ’ |
| 4 | This means that an applicant seeking a first interim order in care proceedings , whether or not it follows upon an emergency protection order , should file and serve on all respondents before the hearing statements of the evidence to be relied upon . |
| 5 | The President appoints a First Vice-President and Prime Minister who must be an elected member of the National Assembly , and a Cabinet which may include non-elected members and is collectively responsible to the legislature . |
| 6 | The home side dominated a first half climaxed by Quinn 's goal after 33 minutes . |
| 7 | The violence prompted a first wave of mainly Hutu refugees to flee to Rwanda and to Zaïre . |
| 8 | The drawing suggests a first investment that is very risky for the speculator . |
| 9 | I had arrived at Ullapool by bus in mid-afternoon , determined to satisfy an ambition to make a first visit to Lochinver . |
| 10 | Moreover , the trivial eigenproblem gives a first approximation to 1 as the Rayleigh quotient. ( ii ) If Yo happens to be the correct set Y , the method makes this apparent at once , for then in view of ( 3 ) unc so that , on use of ( 5 ) unc Thus both matrices are diagonal , so that the eigenproblem is again trivial , having the solution |
| 11 | At 29 , the head Raider does not appear to accept that his best years are behind him , bad news perhaps for Jonathan Davies , for whom the press conference provided a first glimpse of a man whose reputation travels before him . |
| 12 | Argyll Group reported a first half profit before tax of £205m ( v £178m ) . |
| 13 | Mc Mahon scores a first at Dundalk |
| 14 | The move marks a first step into Europe by Tesco , which has been tipped for a Euro deal for some time . |
| 15 | Alan Davies ' men had good reason for jubilation as a spirited fight-back earned a first Championship win since 1989 . |
| 16 | So , a text containing a first person narrative by a narrator involved in the story claiming things about the world by indirect inferences would probably be found more to the left of the network than a text told in the third person by an omniscient narrator directly asserting claims about the world . |
| 17 | HTV last night claimed a first victory in its fight to prevent a rival ITV company swallowing it up . |
| 18 | When you reach a signpost saying White Creek and Arnside , cross the broken wall , turn left and soon you emerge onto a grassy clearing giving a first class view onto the sands — and no wood ants ! |
| 19 | The following examples illustrate how this operates in practice : Example 1 The court makes a first interim care order for two weeks only . |
| 20 | Example 2 The court makes a first interim order for one week followed by a second interim order also for one week . |
| 21 | Example 3 The court makes a first interim order for seven weeks . |
| 22 | You never get a second chance to make a first impression . |
| 23 | So the Nash Ensemble 's concert offered a first half of Mozart and Brahms which left one feeling vaguely unsatisfied . |
| 24 | First-year Engineering comprises a first half course which is common to all four specialisations and which is followed by a second half in which one or more of the major engineering disciplines are studied in greater depth . |
| 25 | WITH a meaningless tournament offering a first prize of $2 million , tennis finally made the grade as a cuckoo 's nest this week . |
| 26 | In 1985 , however , the Ministry of Agriculture took a first step towards meeting environmentalists ' objections , with a new ‘ Guidance for Drainage Authorities ’ on investment appraisal . |
| 27 | I would like the Bill to contain a first offence penalty of a six-month custodial sentence — with no remission and no time off for good behaviour — in a properly funded and managed institution . |
| 28 | ‘ However , it does not alter our stated objective to provide a first rate competitive alternative service to the tunnel , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 29 | Royal Insurance reported a first half loss before tax of £79m ( v £97m ) ; its dividend was reduced from 11.25p to 2p . |
| 30 | This simplistic approach gives a first conceptual view of the Schwarzschild solution , free of mathematical detail . |