Example sentences of "[adv] at the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will make a report to me daily at the first hour of night . |
| 2 | Peter Dutton , Corporate Recruitment Manager at Procter & Gamble 's UK head office in Newcastle , wrote : ‘ We do not use Headhunters at all , because we have a policy of recruiting only at the first level of management ( usually graduates direct from university ) and filling all more senior management positions by promotion from within . ’ |
| 3 | The strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage exists only at the first level of information . |
| 4 | The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar . |
| 5 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 6 | So at the first encore , Katell played two surprise cards but if one — a searing performance of Jacques Brel 's ‘ Me Pas ’ with guest pianist , The Man Seezer — worked , the other — a shapeless version of Ian Dury 's ‘ Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ’ — flopped . |
| 7 | Old enemies now competing together at the first ever international games for disabled ex-servicemen . |
| 8 | They are boring , grey-coloured , hamster-like devices that scurry away at the first sound of our Michelin Interroutes ; I suppose I would leg it too if some mad giant was riding his bike over my roof . |
| 9 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 10 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 11 | Two species of butterfly fish have been observed to swim slowly backwards at the first hint of trouble , making their false eyes seem even more real . |
| 12 | Bryan Thomson 's match was already at the first tee when Patrick strolled up with the bag of clubs over his shoulder . |
| 13 | So we 'll put a we 'll put a bank in , very deliberately at the first level |
| 14 | The card is still at the first row . |
| 15 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 16 | In the case of a board for an islands area or division of an islands area , the members were to be elected at a meeting of the islands council to be held between May 16 , 1977. and June 30 , 1977 , and thereafter at the first meeting of the council after every ordinary election . |
| 17 | Once at the first theatre , Dinah dismissed it , and gave the man too small a tip , for the first time in her life ; he scowled and spat as he drove off , and this disconcerted her ; never again , she swore , would she be short of money . |
| 18 | Also at the first session MPRP member Jambyn Gombojav was elected as Hural Chair . |
| 19 | ‘ Once or twice , ’ she admitted , as her next bowl ran straight at the first , making contact with a gentle ‘ klok ’ . |
| 20 | He shot straight at the first one , who fell back into the trench , but by then he could only watch the other three take aim . |
| 21 | But all the time they forage they are alert , ready to withdraw instantly at the first hint of danger . |
| 22 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 23 | Look carefully at the first gate , then walk through it . |
| 24 | No wonder the ‘ troops on the ground ’ are cynical , for they know ‘ real work ’ is for young officers and is something to leave behind at the first opportunity ! |
| 25 | B : yes A : turn left at the first roundabout … |
| 26 | He nearly rang Fred up , but he would be seeing him tomorrow at the first night . |
| 27 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 28 | I was pleased to renew friendships made over two years ago at the First Congress of Black Catholics , and it was a joy to be again in a crowd of African , Afro-Caribbean and Asian Catholics where for once I was not the only black face in a sea of white ones . |
| 29 | ‘ Stair has his spyes in every quarter and even at the first posts on the several roads , ’ complained one irate conspirator , but often their work was easy for , as Bolingbroke observed , the most secret plans were a subject of gossip ‘ among women over their tea ’ . |
| 30 | She was almost at the first port of call — one of Luke 's list . |