Example sentences of "[Wh adv] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the methodology of modern laboratory science and of modern industry , whereby the first step in analysis always consists of breaking down continuous unity into innumerable separated discontinuities , certainly goes too far . |
| 2 | THERE TO STAY : HOW THE FIRST WOMEN ENTERED THE EDINBURGH CASE ROOMS |
| 3 | We can see also how the first sentence has a second phrase using syncopation , which is a distinct change from the first phrase . |
| 4 | Note too how the first sentence rests on D ( part of the dominant chord ) , thus inviting continuation , while the second ends on C , confirming finality . |
| 5 | After the therapist has introduced him/herself , explaining something about their profession , and the actual referral process , they might continue by explaining how the first session will proceed . |
| 6 | but gradually the knitting craft , the guilds and the productition pro production from these cottage crafts began to die down because these machines are , anyway that 's the history of it , that 's how the first machines came to light . |
| 7 | It is not clear what happened next , and there is some dispute about how the first amphibians actually breathed . |
| 8 | A picture in TODAY revealed how the first truck ran straight over Adam 's Renault 25 , crushing the roof like a cardboard box . |
| 9 | The final score and here 's how the first division stands now . |
| 10 | Notice how the first step of looking through the window is less threatening than the second one of opening the door . |
| 11 | When you land on the icescape you can imagine how the first men on the moon felt . |
| 12 | How the first Kit Everard won the love of an islander and how she saved him and his brave band of pioneers . |
| 13 | I remember his telling us how the first time he encountered stress incontinence was as a young boy standing at the foot of the ladder while a little old country woman handed him down apples from the tree . |
| 14 | The first paragraph , for example , comes from p. 10 and the second from p. 13 ; and all the connections Leech and Short make between these pages have been lost , with the result that it is not clear how the first paragraph leads to the second paragraph . |
| 15 | Another interesting mid-price reissue comes from Sony Classical and features the late Leonard Bernstein , not only performing Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony with the New York Philharmonic , but also talking about how the first movement evolved from the composer 's sketches . |
| 16 | ( Perhaps this was where the first shock to people in the field arose 0 as one said , ‘ we were expecting an all-singing Branson man and what we got was , although he could be very charming , a quiet , distinctly unvibrant and very determined person ’ . ) |
| 17 | A number of these countries are those where the first stages of industrialisation — the establishment of heavy industry and low cost manufacturing of relatively low added value products — are well underway and a firm base of markets within the industrialised world has been established . |
| 18 | Coun. Jim Skinner ( Lab ) said it was particularly fitting that the launch should take place in Darlington , where the first nursery provision in the country was made by Quakers . |
| 19 | An alternative expression is evidently unc where the first factor is doubly degenerate ; the remainder are simply degenerate , giving as before a total degeneracy n . |
| 20 | The PVO increased its show of strength , choosing as a special focus the little town of Tantabin , 40 miles from Rangoon , where the first BNA action against the Japanese had been staged in 1945 . |
| 21 | The fighting cast a long shadow over the UN peace-keeping operation in Croatia , where the first infantry units arrived over the weekend . |
| 22 | The edge of the test card is where the first strip contains only background . |
| 23 | Employees in the leisure department have worked extremely hard to bring this prestige event to Stockton and we end up with a situation where the first person of the town is kicking us in the teeth . ’ |
| 24 | This is where the first problems may occur . |
| 25 | Finally , and unsurprisingly , the attempted questioning of noun phrase and verb together while " leaving behind " the adjectival property will again produce an incoherent result , as in ( 27 ) where the first sentence is ungrammatical while the second is grammatical but associated with the wrong sort of answer : ( 27 ) what did the raiders do dead ? what should I do longer ? |
| 26 | The first is where the whole of the programme is provided by and taught at a major centre , as in the case of Bristol Polytechnic ; the second is where the first year is provided extra-murally at a number of associated centres , while the second year only is provided at the main centre , as the case of Portsmouth Polytechnic ; and the third is where both the first and second years are provided at the main and associate centres as at Plymouth Polytechnic and Cornwall Technical College , Camborne . |
| 27 | Nonetheless , even if it is insisted that some degree of regularity is normally required , there are situations where the first transaction entered into by a supplier can be treated as being made in the course of business , for example , one-off adventures integral to a business activity . |
| 28 | And without another word he left the table , went out of the kitchen , presumably through the scullery , and into the backyard ; and when the sound of the door shutting came to them , Mick turned with a laugh towards Joe , saying , ‘ I bet you 're wondering where the first part of grace before meals went . ’ |
| 29 | Along intermediate axes where the first layer interatomic spacings are longer , incident trajectories can make more direct collisions , resulting in off-specular scattering . |
| 30 | It remained to be seen whether these four armies could be united before Negus Mikael could blockade Ras Lul Seged and Fitaurari Gelli in Ankober and advance into the plain of Debra Berhan where the first battle was expected to take place . |