Example sentences of "[conj] [art] first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't discover the first snail or the first nettle that sprouted up on this planet . |
| 2 | Or the first twist or turn . |
| 3 | I did that the first excuse and Lee , yeah , yeah office ! |
| 4 | The second possibility that Nikolaev committed the murder under the guidance of the NKVD seems to be more likely that the first possibility because so many people seem to have conveniently neglected their duties but I still think that it is not the most likely . |
| 5 | The Leningrad historian , R.G. Skrynnikov , has suggested , though not without challenge , that it was in 1582 rather than 1581 , that the first foray or ‘ expedition ’ of cossack conquistadors under the leadership of ataman Yermak Timofeevich scored an unspectacular military victory over the tiny Tatar princedom of Sibir , then ruled by Khan Kuchum , thus laying the foundations for what was to be the irresistible Russian Drang nach Osten . |
| 6 | It could be asked what is disappointing about Harlow , and I suppose that the first thing that strikes one is the design fault so far is the road work , the road network is concerned and er , and the inadequacy of the road , for roads for modern traffic . |
| 7 | I note that the first thing that the Labour party would do in my Department , if it came to power , would be to change the name of MAFF to FAFF . |
| 8 | we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that , |
| 9 | Strega turned the second lap at 475mph , six miles per hour faster than the first lap and six miles per hours slower than Rare Bear 's 1991 winning speed . |
| 10 | It was , he contended , the first manifestation of the child 's sexuality ; its roots lay a good deal earlier than the first birthday and the very experience of the " oral " relationship of early feeding provided the basis of relationships — for many people long after infancy . |
| 11 | Otherwise under section 46(2) the accused should be brought before a magistrate as soon as is practicable and in any event , not later than the first sitting after he has been charged . |
| 12 | This is far less crude than the first example and propels the argument forward by its incorporation . |
| 13 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 14 | When all that was available was the free-fall bomb , air-delivered systems were essential to the deterrent , but , once the first land and sea-launched ballistic missiles were to hand , it was possible to have weapons systems that operated from comparatively safe sanctuaries and , in the case of Polaris , from the virtually impenetrable depths of the sea . |
| 15 | LiPuma et al provided the first evidence that person-to-person transmission may occur . |
| 16 | Aideen Rodgers , the baby of the Irish team , provided the first point while Irish champion Eavan Higgins came up with half a point , finishing all square with Scottish No 1 Catriona Lambert in the top match and Eileen-Rose Power finished birdie , birdie par to win her match by one hole . |
| 17 | Seeking a name , John Fawcus opened a book and the first word that caught his eye was ‘ cryptic ’ So , as established institutions are apt to spring from casual beginnings , was born the club that has prospered peripatetically ever since . |
| 18 | he , he , he , he said hard , right , so he can fucking , he said I 'll , I 'll take these and the first man that comes up fucking bashes it and then James er John James gets them all and when he wakes up , just as he 's about to wake up John James thinks right and he fucking lays down on the ground and he wakes up and sees all these clowns all over the place |
| 19 | It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene . |
| 20 | It is quite simple to add a piece of decoration to a stocking stitch garment and the first question that arises is , how much ? |
| 21 | It was past their supper time already , and the first question that arose was whether Jennifer should sit at table with them . |
| 22 | Gas and oil pipelines were already being laid and the first oil and gas field at Eckofisk was more or less ready to come on stream at that time . |
| 23 | A written reply last week confirmed that the average waiting time between the making of an application and the first visit or inspection is about nine weeks . |
| 24 | It was the furthest north I had ever travelled and the first thing that struck me was the strangeness of the dialect . |
| 25 | He added : ‘ There are a lot of kids living under adverse conditions and the first thing that goes is their confidence . |
| 26 | It 's so , I mean , wake up Christmas morning and they put a tray out , the first thing they do on , the last thing at night , Christmas Eve they put a big tray out and on the tray they got it 's a called and they 're like chocolate biscuits , they 're like biscuits , right , and that gets with every member of the house , say there 's ten in that house , that that gets lined round the outside of the tray , right , and then inside of that 'll be now a circle of the wine , and then they have like whatever drink they got in the middle and the first thing that happens Christmas Eve morning is they get up and that gets poured and the tray goes round , if you sit down |
| 27 | It was one of the most marvellous events of my life and the first time that any of my work had ever been put on public show . |
| 28 | It knew the nights when I was more drunk than others and the first time that I turned my back . ’ |
| 29 | This purchase of a ‘ shell ’ company was the first time that the manoeuvre had been executed and the first time that a bookmaking company had been floated on the Stock Exchange . |
| 30 | The audience influences the style by indicating the seriousness , formality , or otherwise that the publication should adopt and the first area that this affects is the way the text is laid out on the page . |