Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd done something dishonest for the first time in his business life , and it sat uneasily on his conscience . |
| 2 | The firebox and boiler of No. 3822 were equally packed out too , as WSR Driver Dave Williams and Fireman Gareth Winter had the engine just right for the first four-mile assault on Crowcombe Bank . |
| 3 | Referring to Western society Gerth and Mills state that life chances include ‘ Everything from the chance to stay alive during the first year after birth to the chance to view fine arts , the chance to remain healthy and grow tall , and if sick to get well again quickly , the chance to avoid becoming a juvenile delinquent and very crucially , the chance to complete an intermediary or higher educational grade ’ . |
| 4 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 5 | This alternative process made it possible for the first time to obtain 1- tert -alkyl , 1-cycloalkyl , 1-aryl , 1-heteroaryl and 1-aminoquinolone and azaquinolonecarboxylic acid derivatives by combined acylation and arylation ( aracylation ) of enamines and enhydrazines with o -halo-(het)aroyl halides . |
| 6 | The fourth attribute demanded by George Corner , that of understanding , is possible for the first time in the history of civilization ; but it is a possibility which so far is available to only a small minority of specialists . |
| 7 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
| 8 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
| 9 | With the advent of the new technology of lasers and holography it was possible for the first time in history to build the ancient consciousness-raising symbols out of pure light . |
| 10 | The first is the launch by Corin of a revolutionary universal hip that enables surgeons to tailor hip replacements to the patient , whilst the second is the advance by AEA of a technique for measuring bone density that has made early detection of bone wastage possible for the first time . |
| 11 | Sufficient data stretching back to the mid-sixteenth century have now been assembled to make it possible for the first time to study short-term as well as long-term characteristics of demographic behaviour at the micro level . |
| 12 | The key point was that the bases paired , making it possible for the first time to seem how a chemical entity might be able to store and copy information . |
| 13 | Many course combinations are possible during the first three years , facilitating transfer between these three streams . |
| 14 | Although amendments to the published general SVQ specifications will not be possible during the first year , we will be consulting on whether the specifications should be added to for the second year . |
| 15 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 16 | This is quite normal for a first treatment , Eileen reassured me , as toxins such as caffeine and E-numbers are eliminated . |
| 17 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 18 | And I was very upset for the first day , then I started settling down . |
| 19 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 20 | Quote of the Buxton Conference came from American Paul Piana , whose audio-visual about the first free ascent of the Salathe Wall on El Cap proved to be a masterpiece of comedy . |
| 21 | I 'm due off the first tee at ten past twelve . |
| 22 | When Europeans saw the animal alive for the first time , they christened it the mountain goat because of its unusual agility on narrow , icy ledges . |
| 23 | Sonorous For the first three months that Presentations 2.0 is on sale , it will come bundled with a SoundBlaster Pro sound card . |
| 24 | ‘ But you 've taken me so deep I feel as though I 'm complete for the first time . |
| 25 | This is usual for the first week after a strike but it would not surprise me if things began to happen later in the week . |
| 26 | A study at the unit was carried out on 80 women under the age of 40 who were pregnant for the first time . |
| 27 | New residents are at their most receptive during the first six months . |
| 28 | For those prisoners who co-operate , the regime is semi-open after the first third of their sentence . |
| 29 | He says that he was told his father was alive after the first crash … by the time he 'd had the second crash in the rescue boat he was dead . |
| 30 | ‘ The chorus has got to happen within the first 30 seconds , it 's got to be memorable after the first play and it 's either got to make you feel reflective or happy . ’ |