Example sentences of "[vb base] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 2 | Hartlepool 's Procession host the first show at the Empire in Middlesbrough on Monday ; Hug take the tour to Newcastle Poly on March 2 , and on March 5 the Poppyfield bring it to Perry 's in Darlington where the Autumn Divers will also be on the bill . |
| 3 | Push the first length of pipe into the ground or fit a pipe shoe and bracket |
| 4 | Always bring the first needle to D position and make sure that the weaving yarn is caught in the guide so that it can be directed correctly into the path of the main carriage . |
| 5 | Turn your attention to the text , and highlight the first heading . |
| 6 | Highlight the first block , and make it italic , fully justified and indented half an inch from the left . |
| 7 | Highlight the first block of text and get rid of the italics . |
| 8 | For many couples children clearly remain the first consideration . |
| 9 | Approaching Lothern the first thing a mariner sees is the Glittering Tower , a great lighthouse filled with thousands of lamps , situated on a rocky isle in the mouth of the treacherous waters of the Straits of Lothern . |
| 10 | The celebrations that marked United 's third major Cup — four if you count the European Super Cup — in two calendar years could just be a rehearsal if they land the First Division title in the next three weeks . |
| 11 | If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable , then you must submit to the second . |
| 12 | ‘ If the records make the first hypothesis unacceptable … |
| 13 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 14 | Scientists make the first plant-animal hybrid |
| 15 | Quite often it is the clearing banks which make the first move by announcing a base rate change before the Bank alters its intervention rates . |
| 16 | It is the profusion of flowers which make the first impression on visitors although fruit and vegetables are grown as well . |
| 17 | No erm well I , I mean the first day er in the , the mor |
| 18 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 19 | Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job ! |
| 20 | you mean the first half of the table ? |
| 21 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 22 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 23 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 24 | But I mean the first step is always the hardest . |
| 25 | Here we encounter the first attempt to undo the category of ‘ man ’ , an enterprise which has caused more distress than most in the recent history of the social sciences . |
| 26 | All these examples involve the first sub-maxim of Quantity , which appears to be the important one , in which the provision of full information is enjoined . |
| 27 | Replace the first piece of knitting on the machine . |
| 28 | For many young academics they provide the first step in the ladder of publications , now an essential requisite for career advancement . |
| 29 | These results underscore the importance of the telomeric repeat nucleotide sequence for efficient recognition as functional telomeric DNA in vivo and provide the first step toward the development of an artificial chromosome cloning system for filamentous fungi . |
| 30 | These collections , along with decorative arts and a number of period rooms , occupy the first floor , parts of which will not reopen until later this year . |