Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Channel Tunnel construction is moving rapidly from the plan to the site and the new terminal represents the first definite move to link the region with the continent . |
| 2 | THE Merseyside Partnership holds the first of three Corporate Partnership Seminars at its offices in the Cunard Building today as it continues its work of promoting the region . |
| 3 | This chapter uses the first measure to give an outline indication of how big a part credit , overall , plays in consumer spending , and how that has changed over time . |
| 4 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 5 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
| 6 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 7 | The deal marks the first venture by Peabody , already the biggest US coal-mining company , into the Pacific Rim . |
| 8 | Hence the current study forms the first part of a contextual recognition system . |
| 9 | Any higher level processing must begin with orthography , hence this study forms the first part of a contextual system . |
| 10 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 11 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 12 | Then if we form unc we have unc since transposition of the second term repeats the first . |
| 13 | Some organisations pay the whole cost ( especially where long distances are involved ) ; others expect the employee to pay and some state that the employee pays the first £ x and the company pays the rest . |
| 14 | Our study provides the first histological data on bone turnover in women receiving long term tamoxifen treatment . |
| 15 | Freemasonry claims the first loyalty of men . |
| 16 | Gary Stretch makes the first defence of his British light- middleweight championship against Rochdale 's Derek Wormald at the London Arena tonight , knowing it could lead to a lucrative world title eliminator against Leicester 's Chris Pyatt . |
| 17 | Bedford , Massachusetts-based Progress Software Corp says the first products from its collaboration with Object Design Inc , Burlington , Massachusetts , will be available at the beginning of 1993 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A less glamorous version of its origin sees the first Manx cat as nothing more than a Manx sailor 's pet — a curiosity brought home after travels to the Orient . |
| 20 | Yes , I hope so too , but , I have the feeling that the next , the next time we looked I do n't remember it having green peddles the first time you found it |
| 21 | To justify its ways , this week the council releases the first draft of its National Arts and Media Strategy . |
| 22 | Simons claims that this work provides the first reliable description of how an animal virus enters the cell and initiates infection . |
| 23 | Waggoner supports the first theory , but has little time for the whiners . |
| 24 | The appearance of this beautifully-produced book from the small New York publishing company Timken marks the first monograph on the Danish nineteenth-century artist Christen Købke . |
| 25 | In a narrow sense my main interest is the period in which the Kaiser ruled over Germany , which of course includes the First World War . |
| 26 | Our new size Journal represents the first format change since 1976 when the former tabloid paper became an A4 magazine . |
| 27 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |
| 28 | The group meets the first Sat in the month . |
| 29 | Planning and control in ‘ real money ’ — cash limits The first significant change from PESC volume control which was broadly recognized as having failed , came with the widespread introduction of cash limits . |
| 30 | Philip Brannon 's charming drawing of the FORT AT PEVERIL POINT shows the first pier ( 1859 ) in the background . |