Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second stage of development will be considered after the first stage has been operating for two to three years . |
| 2 | Boeing said that no planes would be built until the first firm orders were placed by customers , signalling the start of a bitter fight with the Airbus consortium for orders . |
| 3 | Tears streamed down her face ; they had done since the first sound of his voice . |
| 4 | He reports , for example , exactly what the committee has done since the first report was published . |
| 5 | The problem there is that users that do adopt OS/2 2.0 whole heartedly run the risk of finding themselves in the same fate of neglection that 8100 users suffered after the first glow of perceived success began to fade . |
| 6 | ‘ Fifty Years Ago ’ on page 19 reports the joy that was felt when the first three African bishops of modern times were appointed . |
| 7 | Such arrangements may also be adopted as a first tentative step towards full merger ; ( 2 ) where the aim is to pool resources with a view to lowering overhead costs and achieving administrative savings . |
| 8 | A settlement at Witham in Somerset may have been disturbed when the first Carthusian house in England was founded in the late twelfth century in the apparently empty Selwood Forest . |
| 9 | As such it is seen as the first part of a larger work , to be completed by sequel works of a similar kind but which will be separately specified and will be covered by separate agreements in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Clause 14.1 . |
| 10 | One or two events which will be of more than a passing interest to Lothian Highways ' staff have occurred since the first edition of NETWORK was published . |
| 11 | But the news broadcast after the first missile attack failed to mention it . |
| 12 | To administer the second dose , succuss the original bottle and repeat the process , so that the second dose is a little more succussed and diluted than the first . |
| 13 | The two numbers should not be compared because the first refers to words which have the same word boundaries , and the second refers to words in the same region . |
| 14 | In 1956 , shortly after AEA 's formation , a major civil milestone was reached when the first commercial reactors in the world were inaugurated at Calder Hall . |
| 15 | They investigated the rate of autoshaped pecking controlled by the first of two keylights presented serially and were able to show that the rate was elevated when the first element was an inaccurate predictor of its consequences . |
| 16 | It is not known when the first procession was held , but it almost died out in the middle of this century . |
| 17 | This process has been accepted and developed since the first typesetting systems which produced galleys were introduced — indeed an identical process was used with lead type but in an upside down and back to front sort of a way . |
| 18 | However , there will be , for a very long time , others who will believe that their interests and ambitions can best be served if the First Choice were to be retained as the basic guide to human development . |
| 19 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 20 | Less than ten minutes have passed since the first shot . |
| 21 | Despite huffing and puffing about a series of decrees to be issued immediately after the referendum , a fortnight passed before the first measures were announced . |
| 22 | A vast amount of preliminary activity , including the collection of quotations and the selection and training of staff , had to be undertaken before the first material went to press in 1965 . |
| 23 | The problem had arisen because the first plan used had a river running through the property — what no-one had realised was that the course of the river had changed , leaving a piece of land unconveyed . |
| 24 | Historically , evolution has been a process of radiation , with a considerable amount of time for lines to have diverged having elapsed since the first mammals appeared ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 25 | Having thus briefly examined the background against which the enormous post-war growth in higher education has taken place , we will now examine in detail those developments which have occurred in the three years that have elapsed since the first edition of this book appeared in 1979 . |
| 26 | The first problem here is that the brevity of Scaevola 's response ( even by his standards three words is modest ) leaves it unclear whether he means that the debtors are not freed from any liability , or whether it is just that they are not freed from liabilities contracted after the first will was made . |
| 27 | Four months elapsed before the first section was satisfactorily completed . |