Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance the first two letters of this chapter , ‘ It ’ , are at this moment sitting in RAM locations 6446 and 6447 of my computer , which has 65,536 RAM locations altogether . |
| 2 | Of course the first prerequisite was that he should be able to know his colleagues ' views before deciding whether or not he agreed with them , so he needed access to their report before it was officially released . |
| 3 | Richardson is not of course the first great English novelist , but he is the first to be interested in houses , for the characters created by his predecessor , Defoe , and his contemporary , Fielding , are too often on the move to develop much awareness of their living space . |
| 4 | In 1900 Edinburgh Waverley Station boasted forty lady operators working in the telegraph department , sending out 4,000 messages a day.a But it was of course the First World War which suddenly gave a tremendous fillip to women 's employment in stations . |
| 5 | Of course the first thing we have to find out is whether your heart is in it ? ’ |
| 6 | Alright then , come on then you know I forgot I did n't have me keys with me this morning , of course the first one |
| 7 | To mark the start of work the first earth was dug by the client 's retail director , Tim Bonham ( right ) , ably assisted by WCUK area manager Paul Baxter . |
| 8 | In all areas of intervention the first step for purists was to speak out about sex . |
| 9 | And so quite a big job has been cutting reeds back around the islands and the banks , and also we 've had what they call blooms of blanketweed , not so much recently but , apparently it 's more common with new ponds and I had a tremendous bloom of blanketweed the first year after I made it . |
| 10 | As the divorce statistics imply , most couples face their fair share of hurdles–in the first two years of marriage . |
| 11 | Katherine sat back in the train 's cushioned seats and as it pulled away from the platform , she breathed a sigh of relief The first part of her plan had been safely accomplished . |
| 12 | Emergency generators were distributed with water supplies and the pumping of sewerage the first priorities . |
| 13 | With a nice sense of history the first Delegates Conference was convened in September 1923 in Leeds , where the BDDA had been inaugurated . |
| 14 | Sun also says Solaris 2.1 , due for announcement the first week of November , will get delivered starting in early December . |
| 15 | When you go into hospital the first thing they do is to stick a scalpel or a needle into the burns and if it hurts it 's not that bad . |
| 16 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 17 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 18 | for certain lessons , I just give you an example with literature it would work with erm science and er other things as well , you might be told in the next lesson we are going to discuss , for example the first act of a particular play , or we 're going to discuss which particular scientific experiment or the cause of whatever it is |
| 19 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 20 | A second police car followed close behind in case the first should break down . |
| 21 | The patient was moved on to a life-support machine and another set of X-rays was ordered in case the first ones had not revealed internal injuries caused by the car accident . |
| 22 | It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw . |
| 23 | She ventured upon deck the first morning , and was approached by not one but three potential beaux , each with his hair curled and exuding a powerful odour of bergamot . |
| 24 | However the ETUC had begun to press the need for the development of an active social policy in the late 1960s , and in response the first Quadripartite Conference , involving representatives of the Commission , Ministers of Labour , employers and employees , was held in Luxembourg in 1970 . |
| 25 | An Ingersoll D20 , M6 , M7 , SC71 , NS80 , SC74 or SC76 lock and in the case of double leaf hinged doors in addition the first closing leaf is secured by either : |
| 26 | The final area in my list of mathematics education IT uses is control , in essence the first step to robotics . |
| 27 | In amphibia the first sign of neurulation is the flattening of the upper surface of the embryo into a broad plate bounded by two ridges or folds . |
| 28 | These are given for illustration only , since in practice the first would almost certainly be classified under 624.151 along with all the other books on foundation soils and engineering geology . |
| 29 | ( b ) The battle in practice The first contact between contracting parties will normally be the sending out of a price list or catalogue , or perhaps a potential buyer 's request for an estimate or tender . |
| 30 | Carlotta de Leyva belongs to one of the liberal families opposed to the dictator Lopez and as the betrothed of the leader of that opposition , Don Manuel of Encinitas , she is to some extent a figurehead , a political symbol : moreover , to the youth of eighteen , Highworth Ridden , who is introduced to her soon after his arrival in Santa Barbara , she is an ideal because she is in effect the first woman who has ever touched his love , as someone to be served , not someone to aspire to . |