Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [vb infin] the first " in BNC.
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1 | Also any major life event is stressful and this experience may precipitate the first symptoms of anxiety . |
2 | Students who wish to enter a combined course must complete the first year satisfactorily , with passes in two units in each of the two subjects which they wish to combine . |
3 | LOTHIAN schools may become the first in the country to introduce a blanket ban on staffroom smoking . |
4 | The shotgun may kill the first but it will scare away most if not all of the others . |
5 | As a pattern making and using system the mind must accept the first acceptable answer . |
6 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
7 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
8 | Through it , Donna could see the first of many wax tableaux showing famous film stars . |
9 | A poor man who entered into a partnership could complete the first stage in a year to fifteen months ; he could start a partnership with a poorer man in two or three years . |
10 | It had been hoped that the removal of exchange rate fluctuations between EC currencies would constitute the first stage toward monetary union , but the widespread acceptance of floating has made this aim more difficult to achieve , although the European Monetary System has had some success in this respect . |
11 | The finding of high plasma n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids concentrations would support the first part of this hypothesis ; that is , the increase in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis . |
12 | Northamptonshire will become the first official touring team to play in South Africa when their pre-season tour starts in Natal on March 24 . |
13 | The government of the Republic of Hungary will become the first East European administration to adopt an open system strategy across the board , saying it intends to use X/Open Group Co Ltd 's XPG brand in procurement and is to join X/Open 's user council : a government action plan on information technology has been put togther with the assistance of the European Commission and individual national governments within the EEC . |
14 | Information sessions will cover the first year of the pilot and one college 's experience of offering the additional assessment . |
15 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |
16 | For solar flares , a system of early warning satellites around the Sun could detect the first sign of trouble . |
17 | Angel could see the first light in the east . |
18 | Russia could get the first half of its share ( half , in turn , of the total of up to $1 billion ) as early as May . |
19 | If suitable offers are received for the work being put out to tender today , Scotland will become the first country in the world with a fully-integrated national road management system using electronic roadside signs to warn and divert drivers on major routes and new , in-car navigation systems to beat urban traffic problems . |
20 | Anything that falsifies the second will falsify the first , but the reverse is not true . |
21 | AT LEAST three records will be established in today 's 138th University Boat Race — Cambridge 's Dirk Bangert will become the first German to row in the race , Andy Probert , their 38-year-old cox , will be the oldest ever competitor and Oxford 's Boris Mavra will be the first Yugoslav Blue . |
22 | Graduates from fixed wing models will find the first type the most natural way to go , but they can become dangerous if you get into trouble or become disorientated . |
23 | Readability will remain the first principle of Cobol , no matter what paradigm fashion dictates it must embrace . |
24 | LLANELLI will become the first Welsh club to earn match receipts of £100,000 when the Heineken League leaders take on champions Swansea today . |
25 | WELSHMAN Robbie Regan will make the first defence of his European flyweight crown against Hitchin 's Danny Porter at the National Ice Rink , Cardiff on January 19 . |
26 | All accepted entries will be examined and the judges will award the first prize to the entrant they consider has shown the greatest skill and judgement in placing the eight letters in the order most likely to appeal to a typical IDEAL HOME reader . |
27 | Brussels-based ODA Consortium will publish the first release of its Open Document Architecture toolkit for EDI on March 31st next year . |
28 | Most parents can identify the first phase of interaction with their child , that is they can see what the child is doing that is irritating and they see how they react , but rarely do they then follow through the interaction to see what happens at the end . |
29 | A footprint in a muddy field could provide the first real lead for police hunting the man who 's become known as the horse ripper . |
30 | Believe it or not , Paul Newman is on hand to play the President and Susan Sarandon may play the first lady . |