Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Continuation of inflation at this kind of rate would cause the whole problem to recur in that the value of gold stocks , at the new fixed price , would be regarded as insufficient in relation to the rising value of trade , and speculation on a further gold price rise , against the dollar , would redouble ( as it would have been proved so profitable the first time ) . |
| 2 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 3 | It is much cheaper to spend a little longer thinking about them beforehand and getting them right the first time rather than the second , third or fourth time around . |
| 4 | Bombed as we were , we got that sonofabitch right the first time , I 'll tell you . |
| 5 | Much more cost effective is n't it if things to be done once rather than have to do reading them two or three times and generally the reason that things are repeated a number of times is that perhaps people are not really quite sure or not that that are systems , yet productivity the better trained people are people who can do things , get it right the first time and they can do more work ca n't they than somebody else you are not having to pick it up as the manager responsible and put mistakes right . |
| 6 | ‘ If I were you I 'd get it right the first time . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
| 8 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 9 | It is a vastly complex process and unless you get it right in one , you will never live to tell the tale , to get it right the next time , in order to ‘ evolve ’ the skill ! |
| 10 | The article did conclude with the ( then ) good news that the BBC were looking to phase out these interruptions , possible the third Test ( of last summer ) . |
| 11 | Nor would the expedition have been possible the next winter . |
| 12 | She thought that she never wanted to sleep with Jim again , that the bonds of love were snares and that she must at all costs leave as early as possible the next morning and never come back . |
| 13 | Who would have dreamed she would be so fiery the first time ? |
| 14 | She seemed to me quite normal the last time we met . ’ |
| 15 | When his three-year-old son saw the rods he started crying and said he wanted to go fishing , and was still upset the next morning . |
| 16 | So let's sum up , I treated a similar case with 5 times the amount of fluid than the article used , the case was solid the next day and was viewed for 3 days and had no greying off and the colour was really good . |
| 17 | Maggie pushed her way through the swinging plate-glass doors and as usual the first thing she saw was a giant mock-up of the front of the magazine , glossy , colourful and slightly daunting , the name magnified out of proportion : QUERY ! |
| 18 | Mona and Sheila rose earlier than usual the next morning . |
| 19 | They would load it for Pelham Street after a day 's work in the factory , drive there and back in a night , and report for work as usual the next morning . |
| 20 | " He kept telling me I could n't get pregnant the first time , but I did . " |
| 21 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 22 | On Saturday afternoons he shouted advice to the televised footballers , but often fell asleep the next minute , with a can of light ale in his hand . |
| 23 | This birdie on the 4th helped her complete the first round just two over . |
| 24 | Trade unionists did not lose Labour the last election . |
| 25 | It had been so exciting the last time with one plane . |
| 26 | went wrong the first time do you ? |
| 27 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 28 | How high the second part of the hurdle should be pitched , suspicion or likelihood , will depend again on value judgments . |
| 29 | My father was n't too popular the next day when he told them what had happened . |
| 30 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |