Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't , I ca n't think whether it was foggy or not first thing , it was a little bit . |
| 2 | Houlston et al estimate the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer as 1 in 10 where the proband is aged under 45 at diagnosis , and 1 in 6 where two or more first degree relatives are affected . |
| 3 | The Qumran Psalms Scroll has proved that in the second or even first century B.C. the collection of the Psalms was still open to modifications . |
| 4 | ‘ Ecstasy hinted at how powerful the mind could be , and once first gear was mastered there was a second gear , and a third . |
| 5 | A.K. Chesterton , an important member of the leadership of the BUF and later first chairman of the Directorate of the National Front , was another for whom the war had profound significance . |
| 6 | Eclipsed by more dynamic colleagues , such as Anthony Ashley Cooper ( first Baron Ashley and later first Earl of Shaftesbury ) , Sir Thomas Clifford ( later first Baron Clifford of Chudleigh ) , and Sir William Coventry [ qq.v . ] , |
| 7 | Philip Miller much respected Hugh Percy ( 1715–1786 ) the second Earl , and later first Duke , of Northumberland , to whom he dedicated the sixth , seventh and eighth editions of the Dictionary , referring to many improvements to his estates and particularly to his plantations in ‘ a Country almost destitute of Timber ’ . |
| 8 | On Conference Sunday , Mr England was welcomed to his home church by his former neighbour , Mr R J Magowan , then Chairman of the Urban District Council and later first Mayor of Portadown . |
| 9 | All the interior walls were of matchboard and both first floor rooms had sizeable under-stairs cupboards . |
| 10 | Quality service is what sets us aside and under-pins the company 's place among the FTSE top 100 British companies , the second best company in Europe in a Financial Times survey , the eleventh most admired company in the UK according to the Economist , and now first place in the Business Enterprise Award of the Confederation of British Industries , as Company of The Year . |
| 11 | A scrappy and try-less first half left the scores level at 3-3 , but Llanelli took the lead eight minutes into the second half after Arwel Parry , the Pontypool full-back , made a complete hash of a restart from the 22 . |
| 12 | We 're the ones that have said to Jehovah I am dedicating my life to you , I am going to do this , do that and the other and it 's up to us as to whether we do it , so it requires effort , first , five , six , also says let us stay awake , keep our senses first Peter , five , eight keep your senses , be watchful and then first Corinthians , ten , twelve which I think the song was based on let him think that he is standing , beware , beware , beware that he does not fall , if you think things are going along nicely and you 're in a comfortable little corner , a little niche in the truth , and it 's just how you like it , and it 's just the way you want it to be and there 's the time we need to be aware because there 's an opening for Satan to get into to make us fall . |
| 13 | Just around the corner to the right and then first right and — ‘ |
| 14 | Despite some notorious examples of TNCs abandoning their Third World ( and sometimes First World ) workers without legal compensation , there is no evidence to suggest that TNC plants inside or outside of zones are statistically any more likely to close down than domestic companies . |
| 15 | up our road and very first house , number one , he had a big bit of garden |
| 16 | No , there were n't , Second World War yeah , but not First World War . |
| 17 | But then first day I was with them . |
| 18 | This is purported to walk the grave yard at certain times of the year , but firm evidence of this I 've not been able to find ; you always hear that someone else has seen it but never first hand . |