Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lower level of subsidence claims was reported and , apart from the Perth floods which cost the Homeowners account $3m in the first quarter , the account continued to benefit from the absence of severe weather losses . |
| 2 | WHY IS IT EASIER TO LOSE WEIGHT IN THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO ? |
| 3 | This makes it easier to lose weight in the first few weeks , at a rate which can be up to 4lb per week . |
| 4 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 5 | Table 2.1 gives additional information about these two broad industrial areas , showing that it is in the retail trade and the hotels and catering industry in the first of these , and public administration , education , medical services , " other services to the public " , recreational and cultural services and personal services in the second , where the proportion of temporary workers is greatest and/or where an important share of the temporary workforce is to be found . |
| 6 | Good professional advisers will remind their clients that one of the usual reasons people want money in the first place is to gain the freedom to live where they like . |
| 7 | Good advisers will remind clients that one of the reasons people want money in the first place is to gain the freedom to live where they like |
| 8 | According to the draft rules , a candidate would need to win at least 200 out of 300 votes to secure election in the first round or in a second round five days later . |
| 9 | The Democratic Convention also won the mayoralties of the important cities of Brasov , Constanta , Ploiesti , Sibiu and Arad ( having won Timisoara in the first round , with 64 per cent of votes ) . |
| 10 | The work has voices in the first two movements , but is essentially for solo organ , dazzlingly played by Gaston Litaize , who clearly enjoys himself of the magnificent beast which lives in the church of St. Francois-Xavier in Paris . |
| 11 | Their ability to attract custom in the first place relies heavily on ( a ) comprehensive , colourful and well-produced catalogues , and ( b ) the use of part-time agents , usually housewives , working on a commission basis . |
| 12 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 13 | In July 1990 , the then New Zealand Minister for Tourism and Disarmament and Arms Control , Fran Wilde , visited Fiji in the first direct contact between the two countries since the coups of 1987 . |
| 14 | The 24-year-old Bromborough plus one man moves in at the expense of Royal Liverpool 's Ian Farrall , who is the only one out of the team which beat Cumbria in the first league match at Seascale . |
| 15 | Unpublished figures from Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) , Greenpeace says , indicate that 22,580 tons of toxic waste entered Britain in the first six months of this year . |
| 16 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 17 | It had been laid out some fifty years before by one of those famous Scottish golfers who had dominated golf in the first couple of decades of the century . |
| 18 | Something around fifteen per cent have mixed ability in the first three years . |
| 19 | There are still very few schools that have mixed ability groups in all of their first three years , but more and more schools are introducing some mixed ability groups in their first three years and about thirty per cent have mixed ability grouping in their first year now , something around fifteen per cent have mixed ability in the first three years . |
| 20 | This number is seen to be much higher in the later 1970s and in the 1980s , supporting the view that more and more school-leavers were then finding it increasingly difficult to obtain jobs in the first six months after leaving school . |
| 21 | Although , as discussed in Chapter 4 , most search consultants encounter difficulties in attracting candidates on behalf of clients who insist on remaining anonymous for at least the initial stages of the search , many clients see this as a real plus in using headhunters in the first place . |
| 22 | Bill Filip , president of the Advanced Workstation Division says RS/6000 business has grown 50% in the first half of this year over the corresponding period last year , putting it right on course to achieve its target , he believes . |
| 23 | As for the children of the unskilled workers , relatively few of them secured entry in the first place , and even those tended to do badly : only one in twenty survived to enter for two subjects at A level . |
| 24 | Well , at that point we 've got to three o'clock and the end of the term , erm I 'll take up Totem and Taboo , and its more forward lis looking aspects in the first lecture of er , next term , and I wish you all a happy Christmas , and new year , and hope you have a good , a good vacation and look forward to seeing you here again , the first Thursday of next term . |
| 25 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 26 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 27 | Is not the question more one of how we select and appoint committees in the first place ? |
| 28 | Clearly , if an animal is to learn to do X by operant conditioning , it must occasionally do X in the first place ; otherwise X could never be reinforced . |
| 29 | So I put teddy in the first |
| 30 | They promote health and help prevent illness in the first place . |