Example sentences of "[prep] first [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the rapture of first love and the obsessiveness of courtship ( sweet old fashioned word ) and marriage , it is a class act which can retain that rapture through the rigours of parenthood , child care and mortgage repayment . |
| 2 | To manage these Thomas Cromwell invented two totally new institutions , the Court of First Fruits and the Court of Augmentations . |
| 3 | Recent legislation has had some effect in keeping rents within reasonable bounds , and in providing security of tenure for tenants against landlords ; and under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 many residential tenants now have a right of first refusal where the landlord proposes to dispose of his interest in the property . |
| 4 | ‘ Cept there 's more goin' on in the evenin 's with First Aid and the like . ’ |
| 5 | The Northwick Park study drew attention to a relationship between duration of untreated illness before first admissions and the probability of relapse ( Macmillan et al. , 1986 ) . |
| 6 | An in–depth assessment from first principles and a cost/benefit analysis are not needed for every job . |
| 7 | According to Dromey and Taylor , it was clear from first day that the police : |
| 8 | In first time and a better fish , we even joked it was bound to be another twenty ! |
| 9 | Another 10 weeks of practical experience , combined with courses in first aid and the applied use of equipment , will take some high-flying trainees to the rank of first assistant manager . |
| 10 | Sir Douglas Lovelock supervises capital assets amounting to roughly £3 billion in his role as first Commissioner and a further £630 million in his capacity as chairman of the CBF . |
| 11 | The Chief of the Air Staff and a crew from RAF Odiham with a Chinook helicopter lifted the coach from Blackpool beach providing useful publicity for First Leisure and the Association . |
| 12 | The Torridon Mountain Rescue Team took Mr Nicholls to the Scottish Natural Heritage field centre at Kinclochewe for first aid and a hot bath . |
| 13 | A quick but careful briefing would , in most cases , prevent incidents such as someone lifting a wing without first checking that the other wing will not come down on to another glider 's canopy . |
| 14 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 15 | Registered foreign lawyers are required to pay a fee ( £280 for 1991/92 ) on first registration and an annual fee of an amount equal to two thirds of the current practising certificate fee in order to remain on the register . |
| 16 | Now there 's a title which says what it is , but booksellers should beware of Longman 's Think Ahead to First certificate where the sequel ( Think First Certificate ) was published first . |
| 17 | There was a silence for the first time it occurred to first form that the spider might of been put there on purpose , they looked at one another . |
| 18 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |
| 19 | Eliot is able to recall Shakespeare closely enough to suggest at first sight that an ironic contrast is aimed at , but also to present the possibility that the allusion functions as the poetic equivalent of a legal fiction . |
| 20 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 21 | The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs . |
| 22 | This is true also in respect to the accelerated decline in age of women at first union and the high frequencies of early teenage pregnancy . |
| 23 | VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep . |
| 24 | Local residents were given an opportunity to present evidence at first hand when the Committee sat in Cardiff . |
| 25 | One might think at first blush that a passing reference to a person that all your readers will have heard of would serve to authenticate your story . |
| 26 | This really helps you get to grips with the program , which is vital , given that it 's aimed at first timers and the documentation is n't the best in the world . |