Example sentences of "[vb pp] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The image of hope which had thus arisen in Williamson 's mind was soured by the reality of his second obsession : the sheer horror of his experience on 1 July 1916 , when 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme . |
| 2 | As with most stress rules , there are exceptions , for example ‘ honest ’ , ‘ perfect ’ or , both of which end with two consonants but are stressed on the first syllable . |
| 3 | The admission by Hammersmith and Fulham was disclosed on the first day of a case brought by Anthony Hazell , the local district auditor . |
| 4 | Force a page break with the cursor located on the first letter of the first paragraph |
| 5 | The Accommodation Service is located on the first floor of the Tower Building . |
| 6 | An unused kitchen located on the first floor of this block , provided the necessary space for a new Staff Room , Kitchenette and Toilets , with supplementary Staff Toilets , Lockers and Resources Area being located in the link to the three storey block . |
| 7 | It is likely that there were windows of appearance located on the first floors of the Minoan temples , overlooking both West and Central Courts . |
| 8 | Christina went to her own office , which was located on the first floor of the reception building . |
| 9 | At least 37 deaths were reported on the first of three days of polling . |
| 10 | Police urged racegoers to be on their guard after six separate incidents of forged £20 notes were reported on the first day . |
| 11 | ‘ Once she was a hit , we could have sat on the first contract and made more money from her . |
| 12 | With a piercing whine and a cough , the engine caught on the first ignition . |
| 13 | They can take some getting used to and a bit of furtive fumbling is to be expected on the first few occasions . |
| 14 | Walking into the ISDN User Show at Wembley , North London the other day , the first four stands belonged to communications magazines : cynics might see this as evidence that the technology is still at the hype and talk stage , but most exhibitors seemed pleased by the degree to which visitors ' questions had progressed past the ‘ what is ISDN anyway ’ stage to the ‘ how much does this box cost ’ phase ; some 900 visitors attended on the first day , the second seemed rather busier and at some of the conference sessions , notably British Telecommunications Plc 's ‘ where are we now ’ presentation , it was standing room only … |
| 15 | And the two things that I had noticed on the first day were still left hanging there … |
| 16 | Rome , for instance , was sited on the first crossing of the River Tiber , controlling the route from Latium to Etruria ; Corinth was a colonial power in the archaic period thanks largely to her position on the Isthmus ( p. 95 ) ; and explanations of the greatness of Byzantium , from Polybius book iv to Gibbon , have begun with geography . |
| 17 | In the upshot , however , the government decided on the first option proposed in its discussion document , namely the establishment of an advisory body dominated by local authority representatives , the Welsh Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education ( WAB ) . |
| 18 | She thought with a rush of gratitude of the letter she had had from Gay , in answer to the one she had written on the first night of the holidays . |
| 19 | I have , in any case , written on the first part elsewhere . |
| 20 | A short history of the company is also written on the first page . |
| 21 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 22 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page . |
| 23 | BACKSPACE is pressed when the cursor is positioned on the first input field of the page ; |
| 24 | To get accepted on the first training course is difficult enough . |
| 25 | Founded by Muz Murray , who was featured on the first issue 's cover breaking out of an egg , Gandalf 's Garden distilled the essence of the time 's peace , love , mysticism , and delusion . |
| 26 | In Switzerland 15% will be levied on the first SFr70,000 and in Hong Kong 15% on the first HK$400,000 . |
| 27 | Thus , where all taxes are levied on the first generation ( ) , as assumed by Diamond 11965 ) . |
| 28 | The first letting tax , as its name implies , was a tax levied on the first letting of shops , offices , or industrial premises . |
| 29 | Last year , the Chancellor broke from the simplified two-tier tax rate by introducing a 20p rate to be levied on the first £2,000 of taxable income . |
| 30 | ‘ Your employer ? ’ he said gently , not probing , remembering what she had said on the first day . |