Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] first [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Separate information is available for utilization of mental hospital beds which distinguish between first admissions and all admissions . |
| 2 | There was a silence for the first time it occurred to first form that the spider might of been put there on purpose , they looked at one another . |
| 3 | At the moment it is the ultimate loser who pays the costs even if he or she happens to have won at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 4 | Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties . |
| 5 | The fact that timing of the first births is closely related to age at first marriage or union is documented in Fig 1 . |
| 6 | Third party claims were considered at first instance and in the Court of Appeal . |
| 7 | Particular provisions were made for first offenders and for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts . |
| 8 | The Opposition believe that we should consider alternatives and the ability of magistrates to say that something must be done with first offenders and that an alternative can work . |
| 9 | Gunning the engine , Trent slammed into first gear and eased the motor cycle diagonally upriver . |
| 10 | ITALY 'S ruling Christian Democrats appear to have suffered their most severe setback in any general election since the Second World War , according to first results and projections last night . |
| 11 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 12 | The difference between the two kinds of training is not as great as would appear at first sight because it turns out that task training has in common with skill training an emphasis on the perceptual side of human functioning . |
| 13 | The impossibility of replication in police investigation is not as crippling as might appear at first sight because it is far less important , or even necessary , in the criminal context than in science . |
| 14 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 15 | The most important areas of gallery space , again as apart from state institutions , offered to first impressionists and later to expressionists , were provided by Paul Cassirer . |
| 16 | Eliot is able to recall Shakespeare closely enough to suggest at first sight that an ironic contrast is aimed at , but also to present the possibility that the allusion functions as the poetic equivalent of a legal fiction . |
| 17 | Now get into first gear and go forward very slowly ! ’ |
| 18 | Virtually the whole movement comprises a double canon which begins as in the second violin and viola parts given in Example 90 ( these parts first being played by first violin and viola ) : The point at which our example begins is the first entry of the full orchestra , with the first and second violins in one canon and the violas and basses in another . |
| 19 | Some time must be found for first thoughts and to allow flashes of private insight . |
| 20 | The flying winger has already been linked with First Division and Scottish clubs , following a string of excellent performances for the Boro . |
| 21 | I said , we 'll have to first time and yet it 's all he wants and he was gon na take a day 's pay off . |
| 22 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 23 | However , although it seems at first sight that prospects for prevention associated with life events are bleak , there are nevertheless a number of realistic possibilities , and it is important to go through these . |
| 24 | The time lags between first use and daily use show a similar distribution , with 72 per cent of interviewees becoming daily users within a period of six months after initial use . |
| 25 | But certainly when we first went into first aid and we used to get regular calls in personnel all about , oh where 's the first aid ? |
| 26 | A number of activities have to be organised by the following morning so that the TA NCOs from all three detachments can be trained and tested in a variety of skills , from working on a range and map reading to first aid and driving . |
| 27 | VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep . |
| 28 | The left side of his face , in the region of the jaw articulation , looked at first sight as though it had been smashed by a blow , but Wycliffe recognised it as the wound of exit of a bullet which had probably ricochetted inside the skull . |
| 29 | In the above two examples , entries would be retrieved under first author and under class-mark . |
| 30 | After all , policy makers rarely start from first principles but borrow and adapt structures and procedures which they see operating effectively elsewhere . |