Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 2 | Alec Monk , formerly international advertising controller at Nestlé , refused to approve any commercial in which the brand name failed to appear in the first seven or eight seconds , and in which it was not repeated several times . |
| 3 | Ledgered bread failed to catch for the first hour but a switch to three bronze maggot on a size 14 hook presented over the far side found chub to 2 lb 8 oz from peg one . |
| 4 | Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax . |
| 5 | I do n't want to jump into the first movie that 's offered to me . |
| 6 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 7 | The volume of business with overseas customers improved in the fourth quarter of 1991 and the recovery is expected to continue into the first quarter of this year . |
| 8 | CUMMINS Engine , the U.S. diesel engine maker with a plant in Darlington , claims it should be returning to profit in the first quarter of this year . |
| 9 | To do that operation , you are expected to wait until the first of the month to start planning the month . |
| 10 | It may be thought unwise to present a young a artist in repertoire as familiar and well-recorded as this , but one only needs to listen to the first minute of track one , the F major Sonata , to realise that Haefliger is in complete command and has something unique to offer , namely youthful energy , dash and charisma . |
| 11 | I want to play in the first competition match and then make sure of my place in the NSW team . |
| 12 | of the value of the scholarship and not bother to apply in the first place , but the major scholarship was worth at its maximum a hundred and fifty pounds |
| 13 | The welcome feature about SuperCalc 5.5 's Fast Graphing facility is that when you include text that you want to use as the first and second titles and as the graph legend in the range you highlight , they will automatically be added to the chart that results when you click on the icon GPH . |
| 14 | The Kurd , whom she had expected to flee at the first shaking of the ground , was staying with them . |
| 15 | ( There is presumably no reason IBM ca n't , like the services , make new offers to those it particularly wants to keep after the first time . ) |
| 16 | He tried to relax for the first time . |
| 17 | Erm , Mr explained the reason for changing this but basically it 's to , to swap us again and that it will read that for one , that for ninety four to ninety eight the standard of grass cutting be seven occasions per year and the county surveyor in consultation with the Chairman be authorized to accept tenders from suitable contractors and the contracts be let to commence on the first of March nineteen ninety four . |
| 18 | 2 Answer the questions that the journalist will need to ask in the first paragraph of the release and develop the various points in order of importance . |
| 19 | The Biblical Commission responded with a letter which came to serve as the first part of an encyclical , Divino Afflante Spiritu , published by Pius XII on 30 September 1943 . |
| 20 | The lift came to rest at the first floor and the door slid open . |
| 21 | As for tomorrow 's race , Jeremy ca n't realistically expect to finish in the first ten first time out . |
| 22 | Short , left-handed and aggressive , he was an opener who hit the ball extremely hard , played every shot in the book with great relish and was always looking to attack from the first ball . |
| 23 | Well indeed , and er , having got in , I suppose they proceeded to entertain your father with the music he did n't particularly want to hear in the first place ? |
| 24 | Show how the " translate and test " instruction described on page 117 can be used to search for the first comma . |
| 25 | According to the judge , the ‘ decency clause ’ another compromise with Congressmen who threatened to dissolve the NEA was so vaguely worded that it tends to impinge on the First Amendment 's guaranteed right to freedom of speech . |
| 26 | Whoever received and processed a buy order would gain both the commission and a client , without having had to prospect in the first place . |
| 27 | They begin to appear in the first quarter of the eighteenth century , a remnant of the funerary effigy , though it is not recorded that nobles , apart from those of royal blood , ever had them ( Cromwell and General Monck excepted ) . |
| 28 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 29 | A woman who has recovered from a stroke or head injury may decide she would like to work for the first time , as part of the challenge of overcoming her illness . |
| 30 | So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt . |