Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many biologists , and in particular the American Llyn Margulis , suggest that the first eukaryotic cell was formed through a symbiotic association of different prokaryotes ; by a coming-together of bacteria . |
| 2 | Okahata and his colleagues suggest that the first step in our perception of smells occurs when odorous substances are absorbed by the lipid bilayer of a cell . |
| 3 | Others suggest that the first Hereford ancestor was a cow called Silver who , with her calf , was bequeathed to Benjamin Tomkins by his father Richard in 1720 , and indeed Benjamin 's son , Benjamin the younger , became the great improver of the breed in the 1760s . |
| 4 | In the 1960s there is evidence that the process of equalisation began to slow down somewhat and statistics suggest that the first oil shock of 1973 actually reversed the trend altogether with disparities tending to widen . |
| 5 | I suggest that the first thing is erm comments on what recommendation you will be thinking of making to the church in regard to the visit of er Mr and Mrs . |
| 6 | Most economists expect that the first real signs of an upturn will not appear until second-quarter figures are available . |
| 7 | We expect that the first of the new authorities will be in place by April 1994 . |
| 8 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 9 | Yet , when will he and others of like mentality realise that the first rule of the road must always be to give priority to unprotected people , whatever the circumstances ? |
| 10 | The old zeks , the long-term men , they say that the first months in the camps are the hardest . |
| 11 | The old ones say that the first morning , the first experience of dawn in the camps , is the greatest test . |
| 12 | Lippmann 's view , like J. S. Mill 's , was that the electors have the right to choose their rulers or government , but beyond that they should leave government to govern without interference or pressure : " Their duty is to fill the office and not to direct the office-holder. " ( p. 46 ) A not dissimilar view was put forward by Bernard Crick , who said of referenda , the power to recall representatives and other devices for popular intervention : " They forget that the first business of government is to govern … |
| 13 | and he 's attitude was in the end well if you do n't want the education as it comes , we 'll teach you the education that you want and the first thing was |
| 14 | The first is that the book is written for engineers ; project management is for many the first form of management they encounter and the first form to which they are appointed . |
| 15 | In the way it is said that the Tour de France does not really begin until it reaches the Alps , the cognoscenti contend that the first 63 holes are jockeying for position . |
| 16 | The numbers mean that the first bulb flashes every 12 seconds , the next every 8 seconds , and the third every 6 seconds . |
| 17 | Astronomical computations show that the first day of the two calendars agreed in the year 2773 BC , and it has been concluded that this was when the Sothic calendar was introduced . |
| 18 | These observations show that the first absorption band of at 37 900 cm -1 consists of two electronic transitions . |
| 19 | Leaked " think-tank " proposals in 1982 show that the first Thatcher government at least contemplated replacing tax funding by some form of continental health insurance . |
| 20 | I hope that the first step towards that will be taken tonight . |
| 21 | They say that first impressions count and the first thing you notice about the new Dan 486DX/50 is that it 's heavy . |
| 22 | ‘ I keep the subject constantly before me , and wait till the first dawnings open slowly by little and little into the full and clear light . ’ |
| 23 | It was , then , transparently clear that the first linguistic component of the name was not the English fyrs = furze ( or forsc =frog ) , but the Latin forestarius = forester , and that the name as a whole meant ‘ of the forester 's holding , or enclosure ’ . |
| 24 | We meet as the first polls are coming in , but Hicks is rightly confident of a Clinton landslide . |
| 25 | Admissible algorithms guarantee that the first spanning path found will be the highest scoring . |
| 26 | In my own case I know that the first link produces the last through the intermediate link , and could not produce it without . |
| 27 | — " We know that the first bicycles looked like that because they 've got one in the museum . " |
| 28 | I remember that the first time I came to Semer Water was as a boy on my bike . |
| 29 | Then since we assume that the first , parallel coupled , part of the assembly moves with equal strain e in each part , we have the equations The same form of equation but with different constants is found if we use the mechanically equivalent form of the three-element model given in Figure 3.2 ( b ) . |
| 30 | It could be asked what is disappointing about Harlow , and I suppose that the first thing that strikes one is the design fault so far is the road work , the road network is concerned and er , and the inadequacy of the road , for roads for modern traffic . |