Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , 25 years — nearly time for the first facelift , Billy . |
| 2 | By 1942 , when family allowances were debated for the first tune in Parliament , the principle had acquired supporters of most shades of political opinion . |
| 3 | The Literary Lionisers , having commanded their maids and valets , if they had them , to unpack , or if they had not , scurried through this tedious task themselves , were gathering for the first event of the week , the promenade around Dickens 's Broadstairs . |
| 4 | The major waterway in Blockley is the Blockley Brook , which forms the water course for the first mill in Blockley , Dovedale Mill , now called Dovedale House . |
| 5 | Rozario looking for the first flick on as you say . |
| 6 | This year LASMO is delighted to have Lady Barbirolli , widow of the great conductor and a famous oboist herself , as chair of the judging panel for the first competition evening . |
| 7 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 8 | For the first goal , Newell out jumped him to head towards goal . |
| 9 | Things started to go wrong after just 16 minutes when Steve Norris raced through and lobbed the ball over the heads for the first goal … |
| 10 | Just a few of the many comments received from those who attended the very successful Easter Course , held for the first tile at Norwich City College . |
| 11 | I noticed for the first rime that there was a little hole in the door . |
| 12 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 13 | By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months . |
| 14 | For the first offence I was given a fine . |
| 15 | If you do not give us this information , or you give false information , you may be subject to a penalty of £50 for the first offence and £200 for any subsequent offence . |
| 16 | Madam may feel that having spent so much time in custody for the first offence that he has already suffered sufficient punishment , he 's been kept away from his girlfriend and children , and under those circumstances I would urge you Madam to take a lenient course of action , to make him the subject of a conditional discharge . |
| 17 | His suspension for the first incident was fair enough , but the second was very hard , ’ he said . |
| 18 | For the first decade in which hydrogels were used as biomaterials , it was only poly ( 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate ) — polyHEMA — that found any widespread application , whereas in the eye a relatively wide variety of compounds were examined . |
| 19 | ‘ It is projected to average £33 billion annually to the turn of the century and grow to £45 billion a year for the first decade of the new century . |
| 20 | For the first dose , the bottle should be succussed 8–12 times , and one tablespoonful of it should be diluted with half a glass of water . |
| 21 | Chairman , if I could just er , erm , some words that are n't included in this pa paper , I understand that the Deregulation Bill is published on the eighteenth erm , and presented to Parliament for the first reading , erm , it 's still far from clear what 's going to be said in it , but erm , it 's still widely expected that in fact , on major contentious issues will in fact be the suggestion that sections of Acts of Parliament will , could be revealed by ministerial order rather than go through the parliamentary process again . |
| 22 | It 's for the first christening . |
| 23 | The centre even paid for the first operation — they cost around Pounds 7,000 a time — because her teacher 's salary meant she could not afford it herself . |
| 24 | Having something to do was better than sitting doing nothing other than wait for the first shell . |
| 25 | He also had a keen grasp of steam locomotive matters and was responsible for introducing suburban passenger locomotives in 1945 , in which year he also made proposals for the first LMS ( and British ) main-line diesel-electric locomotives , which were finally introduced under his successor H. G. Ivatt two years later . |
| 26 | An alternative approach is for the instruction to scan from ( usually ) the most-significant to the least.significant end of the word , searching for the first bit set to one , and placing the number of that bit position in a suitable register , Notice the similarity between this operation and the " shift and count " instruction discussed in the last section . |
| 27 | Justin says he ran for the first bit and now has a big blister |
| 28 | The choice of language affects selection , integration and choice of curriculum content throughout the primary cycle , and is of dominant importance in planning for the first school years . |
| 29 | When the ground was marshy , brushwood and timber provided a ‘ raft ’ for the first layer of stones . |
| 30 | For the first layer , start with lace or voile , or choose a Roman or roller blind with a decorative edge . |