Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Film reviewers have a simple rule for sizing up new movies : ‘ If nothing happens in the first ten minutes , ’ they say , ‘ nothing 's going to happen . ’ |
| 2 | For the clubs , as ever , the issue is money , most of which goes to the First Division . |
| 3 | It is at this point that the second contradiction — between working class and bourgeoisie — which differs from the first in expressing an opposition of interests rather than an incompatibility of structures , assumes great importance . |
| 4 | It may be convenient for the last record to have a pointer which points to the first record in that list , in which case the list is a circular list , ring or chain ( see Figure 5.11 ) . |
| 5 | Similarly it seems unlikely that the reader will bother to construct a three-dimensional , photographic representation of ‘ the baby ’ which cries in the first sentence and which is picked up in the second sentence . |
| 6 | The committee , which meets for the first time next Tuesday , is expected to end its deliberations in January . |
| 7 | So from the relationship that developed during that period we developed the collaboration which features in the first section of Passion . |
| 8 | Still adhering to the old fashioned measurement by piece ( a cask which in Champagne contains 205 litres ) , the 2,666 litres of must , as it comes through the pressing operation , is separated into three portions in order of quality : the cuvée , which amounts to the first ten pieces ( 2,050 litres ) ; the premiere taille , which includes the next two pieces ( 410 litres ) ; and the deuxième taille , or the last piece ( 205 litres ) . |
| 9 | The reason for the two limbs of this rule is purely technical to ensure that there is neither an exclusion of damages for breach of duty , nor an exclusion of any duty which exists in the first place . |
| 10 | There are three different rates of income tax : the new 20 per cent rate introduced in the 1992 Budget which applies to the first £2,000 of your taxable income ; the 25 per cent basic rate tax which applies to the next slice of taxable income between £2,000 and £23,700 ; and the 40 per cent higher rate tax which is levied on all taxable income over £23,700 . |
| 11 | The poem which appears in the first volume is relatively simple in its advice . |
| 12 | However , these studies started in 1969 , which coincides with the first report of the role of the domestic cat in the life cycle of toxoplasma . |
| 13 | This is often set at 21 days after the posting of the offer document , which coincides with the first closing date of the offer . |
| 14 | It is a slim wooden rod which slips into the first ring of each curtain on the leading edge and , when not being used , hangs out of sight . |
| 15 | As previously announced , new single ‘ Teeth Grinder ’ , which serves as the first taster from the LP , is issued through A&M on October 19 . |
| 16 | ‘ We are working towards completing the study early next year , ’ said Ron Pattinson , ‘ which rounds off the first part of our overall survey into the Russian oil business . |
| 17 | Professional Studies in the early years of schooling is a course which extends throughout the first three years of the degree . |
| 18 | CHILDBEARING AGE ( PERIOD ) — The reproductive period in the life of women , which begins with the first menses ( the age at menarche ) and ends with menopause , when menstruation ceases . |
| 19 | The young woman feels curiously as though she is only playing at house once more when she goes into the first flat or home that she can truly call her own . |
| 20 | The following example comes from the interview with Sally Jordan , a factory worker and a dustman 's wife ; she belongs in the first group of working-class women whose early positive or non-committal response turns into predominantly negative feeling : |
| 21 | This can be reduced a little if she goes in with all she needs for the first few days : a clean dressing-gown , slippers , a change of night clothes and bedjacket and all the toilet articles and other small items she is likely to want . |
| 22 | Thus , the LAD needs to contribute enough ( but no more than enough ) innate knowledge for the child to learn the grammar of a language from the utterances which she hears in the first four or five years of life . |
| 23 | When she attends for the first time , she assesses the patient : if he is out of bed and eating his breakfast , for instance , she observes whether he can feed himself , or whether he needs help ; whether he has perceptual problems ; how good his balance is while he is sitting ; whether he is limited by spasticity ; what his posture is like ; and then whether he is capable of standing and walking . |
| 24 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 25 | Ireland 's challenge will be led by Brief Truce , who runs for the first time since accounting for both Rodrigo de Triano and Arazi in the St James 's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot . |
| 26 | Nothing compares to the first contact . |
| 27 | In particular , examples have been found of periodic behaviour occurring at higher r than chaotic for the same values of b and P. Changes are not necessarily in the direction of greater randomness the further one goes from the first instability of steady solutions . |
| 28 | It is to the Standard that one looks for the first record of all . |
| 29 | I think , assume everything starts on the first beat of the bar as well . |
| 30 | From the atria one passes into the first peristyle which has an Ionic colonnade and a central fountain . |