Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half lives of these radicals are measured in nanoseconds — they literally destroy the first thing they bump in to . |
| 2 | But pointing out limitations in a writer can sometimes seem arrogant , or at least condescending , as in this extract : At times Eliot is too confusing , too abstract and too well read , but his poems initially only demand a first response or simply an appreciation of the words , their structure , sound and order . |
| 3 | Perhaps use the first names and put out the meaning of the first names of the |
| 4 | Hot enough to sit out in the Piazza studded with big brown and green palms against the rose-coloured stucco of the buildings and perhaps try a first ricotta ice-cream . |
| 5 | At the foot of the card Survage scrawled : ‘ Happy New Year ’ , in Russian and underneath : ‘ Long live Nice : Long live the first night of the New Year ’ . |
| 6 | But , as Taylor shows , in the value-adding spectrum , they only comprise the first stage of a four-stage process . |
| 7 | ‘ Just say the first thing that comes into your head . ’ |
| 8 | They normally appoint the first directors . |
| 9 | Higher degrees are available to those who already hold a first degree ( especially a first-class or upper-second-class honours ) . |
| 10 | Perhaps , in spite of the fact that she did need the money , what she ought to do was just catch the first plane back home . |
| 11 | ‘ Just catch the first flight home . |
| 12 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 13 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
| 14 | Right , jus just do the first bit again . |
| 15 | We just do the first thing and then we do the second thing . |
| 16 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate aplicants who give evidence of equivalent academic capability are also considered . |
| 17 | Entrants normally require a first degree but non-graduate applicants who give evidence of comparable academic capability are also considered . |
| 18 | And so generally buy the first thing that actually fits . |
| 19 | If you already have a first degree , the OU offers the opportunity to take a higher degree — MKA , MBA , MSc , BPhil , MPhil or PhD — either taught or by research . |
| 20 | This is a one-year teacher-training qualification for those who already have a first degree . |
| 21 | The University offers excellent opportunities for further study to those who already have a first degree or equivalent qualifications . |
| 22 | We already have the first stage of economic and monetary union — the exchange rate mechanism — and it is already doing great damage to Britain . |
| 23 | Transfer to the BA Hons Irish Studies is possible for students who successfully complete the first year of the Diploma of Higher Education in Irish Studies ( see page 151 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Wirral still await a first win but battled hard against Caldy before going down by two wickets in the last over . |
| 26 | ‘ I still remember the first name you told me . ’ |
| 27 | But you always remember the first time . |
| 28 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 29 | The universal availability of the mass media has been rapidly achieved through relatively cheap transistor radios , cassette recorders and televisions , which now totally penetrate the First World , almost totally penetrate the urban Second and Third Worlds , and are beginning to penetrate deeply into the countryside in every country . |
| 30 | The authors usually use the first method . |