Example sentences of "[adv] the first and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was ‘ a foreign substance which can be felt by touch under the skin of the neck ’ , which was presumably the first and fatal bullet fired by Abbas Mohamed . |
| 2 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 3 | The New Cambridge Modern History , vol. 13 : Companion Volume , especially the first and last chapters , which indicate the startling variety of directions in which historical thought and writing are going . |
| 4 | ‘ I think , for perhaps the first and only time in his life , William had been trying to shake off his obsession , and he did it by getting as far away from temptation as possible . |
| 5 | Interestingly enough , Laplace included it in only the first and second editions of his book The System of the World , and left it out of later editions ; perhaps he decided that it was a crazy idea . |
| 6 | The first ventral arm plate is pentagonal , subsequent ones are rounded pentagonal with an obtuse proximal angle and a convex distal edge , only the first and second ventral arm plates are contiguous . |
| 7 | Myres believed that ‘ it should be possible to extract … some valuable information on the origin and distribution of the settlers , their relationship to the pre-existing population , their social and economic development , and their notions of religion and of decorative art ’ ( 1969 , p. 11 ) , although only the first and last of these aims were satisfied to any degree via the pottery . |
| 8 | Dr Mumby was found guilty of only the first and last charges , for which he was admonished . |
| 9 | This would make them respectively the first and fifth most popular tourist arractions in the world , with the ones in between being the three existing Disney theme parks . |
| 10 | If it is obvious that there is plenty of room to land ahead , that is always the first and best choice . |
| 11 | To qualify for the second child sharing reduction , both the first and second child must share a room or an apartment with two full-fare paying passengers . |
| 12 | The piloting of general SVQs still has 18 months to run , and SCOTVEC continues to plan more events and written guidance to help centres offering both the first and second batches of general SVQs . |
| 13 | In conversations which involve speakers of both the first and second generations it is mainly the behaviour of the second generation speakers which is of interest , for it is these individuals who have " stylistic mobility " between London English and Creole and can be assumed to be using the two codes differentially ( though not necessarily consciously ) in a strategic way . |
| 14 | BVRD Both the First and Last versions have been reduced from their original values . |
| 15 | BVRD Both the First and Last versions have been reduced from their original values . |
| 16 | Dressed alike in dark suits , the female Cholmondeleys , and male Featherstonehaughs are integrated with completely unisex choreography for both the first and last sections of the evening 's journey into alchemy . |
| 17 | This should be resisted by the tenant as not only will the term be slightly diminished ( by almost three months where , for instance , the certificate date is a few days before a quarter day ) which could be relevant for a comparatively short term lease , but also the first and subsequent rent review dates will be that much sooner , which at a rent of , say , £100,000 per year , increasing to £140,000 per year ( in an inflationary market ) on the first rent review , would add £10,000 per quarter to the rent . |
| 18 | Traditionally the first and principal line of attack is that existing domestic law is better or , if not better , is at least well known and understood . |
| 19 | Presumably they all have accommodation costs , for example , and if these amount to a little over £26 a week ( including council tax ) , then the first and fourth examples would qualify for civil legal aid without payment of any contribution . |
| 20 | if there is only one entry in the data being scrolled , then the first and last entry markers described above are combined to form a single marker representing the two , ( the SINGLE marker ) . |
| 21 | If you do , make a third column and ask the LH to say the first and second words in the " different " column , then the first and third , etc. , as you tick off in the third column the ones that are now different from the new no. 1 . |
| 22 | The winners will go to Boldon next Saturday , when the first and second rounds will be played , followed by rounds three and four at Seaton Carew the following day . |
| 23 | Hall said that he could not see why the first and second prize-winners had been passed over , as a Gothic building would have nothing in common with the nearby Treasury Chambers and Whitehall . |
| 24 | He now asked Manners why the first and second prize-winners in the competition had been passed over and Scott appointed , and requested that MPs should be given the opportunity to see all three designs displayed together before any further steps |