Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A presidential candidate could win election on the first round only by gaining an absolute majority of the votes cast by at least one-quarter of registered voters ; otherwise the election would be decided by a second-round run-off between the two candidates with most votes . |
| 2 | Sir Bryan had made par on the first hole by sinking a long putt and his tail was up . |
| 3 | Joint borrowers enjoy protection on the first named party to the account , usually the main earner , but cover is available on both at additional cost — please ask your branch for details . |
| 4 | The campaign was dominated by the radical-conservative contest between Yeltsin and Ryzkhov and the questions of how many votes the Russian Communist Party could mobilize on Ryzhkov 's behalf and whether Yeltsin would secure enough votes to win election on the first round . |
| 5 | This is a split in two by the prominent crack of Scylla ( VS 4c ) — a fine , ever steepening line until a traverse left avoids the obvious direct finish ( E2 5c ) : one of only four lines on the crag to have used aid on the first ascent . |
| 6 | A heading entitled ‘ New Actions ’ includes information on the first European Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution . |
| 7 | So , straight away , Terry Nation sat down at his typewriter and began work on the first phase of any TV writing project , the story idea . |
| 8 | Another famous event is the Car Rally ( Rally Vinho da Madeira ) which takes place on the first weekend in August . |
| 9 | With the rise-fall tone we find a similar situation : if the tonic syllable is followed by a single syllable in the tail , the ‘ rise ’ part of the tone takes place on the first ( tonic ) syllable and the ‘ fall ’ part is on the second . |
| 10 | If there was a resolution on the agenda today to increase the subscription , and I hasten to add there is n't , but if there was then that increase by convention would take effect on the first of January nineteen ninety four but the full value of the increase would not reach our income and expenditure account until the year nineteen ninety five to ninety six and this means that we are not well placed to respond to short-term financial problems . |
| 11 | Four key members of my original team joined me from Hawker Siddeley and we started work on the first batch of 25 robots . |
| 12 | To mark the occasion , a commemorative tree-planting ceremony will take place on the first day of the championships . |
| 13 | That is probably the worst one day figure which happened , as I say , combination of war and the snow , when the shops were pretty well closed off , and yes we certainly saw figures that , on a day for day basis to last year , they were seventy five per cent down , but cumulative I mean the position 's much better than that erm nowhere near that sort of figure , and erm we are very confident that the summer market for overseas holidays will recover steadily and we 'd be very surprised if , by the end of September , we 're more than five or six per cent down on summer holiday bookings compared to last year , and we 're confident enough to have brought back our campaigns and our advertising starts this week , and we 've even been confident enough to announce to our staff that their annual salary review will take place on the first of April as scheduled . |
| 14 | Margaret Elder was giving evidence on the first day of the fatal accident inquiry into drugs deaths in Glasgow . |
| 15 | For example , when words which should have stress on the first syllable were said with stress on the second syllable , they were misinterpreted . |
| 16 | If they manage to lure a victim within reach before dropping the illusion , the Daemonettes will automatically gain surprise on the first round of hand-to-hand combat . |
| 17 | probably a cup final and they 're still playing football on the first of May . |
| 18 | If you sell all or part of your business when you retire , you may not have to pay tax on the first £150,000 of capital gain with a further exemption allowed of one-half of gains between £150,000 and £600,000 . |
| 19 | In the United States , for example , people began to pay tax on the first slice of their income at 14 per cent , then 16 per cent for the next band , and so on . |
| 20 | Mr McTear , 48 , gave evidence on the first day but proceedings were stopped short on Wednesday , second day of the hearing . |
| 21 | Peter Rogers gave way on the first count but was unmoved by the second . |
| 22 | Mr Braithwaite said work on the first stage of the new road was on schedule to start at the end of this year or early in 1993 . |