Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . |
| 2 | Usually we would be satisfied with the results of one or other of the first two techniques . |
| 3 | Silver production had been lower than average in the first seven months of 1989 . |
| 4 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 5 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 6 | DEC and IBM will follow along with support for Chinese and Korean in the first quarter . |
| 7 | You know you have to do something but are unclear and afraid of the first step . |
| 8 | Humphrey Lyttelton recounts : ‘ We brought along with us a strong contingent from Camberwell Art School , and John Minton , now recognised as a distinguished painter , was among the most formidable and dangerous of the first school of dancers . ’ |
| 9 | I write to confirm that the Economic Development Committee at their meeting on 5 November approved your application for a loan of £300,000 under the above scheme , on condition that the existing loan is repaid in full , and subject to a first charge in favour of the Council over the whole of your existing and proposed premises at Penicuik . |
| 10 | Now by the usual rule for differentiation of determinants , unc is linear and homogeneous in the first minors of{ gd } ( |
| 11 | ‘ Halziel and Lingary , ’ he says , staring at me , and he looks really concerned , worried and harried and tired for the first time ; yes , it 's all change here in Paddington Green . |
| 12 | RIVER WEAVER : Usually a good starter and busy for the first few days . |
| 13 | We say that if food is good and wholesome in the first place , we do n't need irradiation . |
| 14 | The antecedent and consequent of the first sentence do not , in this context , function to express disapproval either of polygamists or of Solomon . |
| 15 | He advocated the combined system and regretted that , at the very moment when state aid was going to be available for the education of the deaf and dumb for the first time , oral teaching was recommended by the Report of the Royal Commission . |
| 16 | Middlesbrough were edgy and frustrating in the first half against a Bristol side without promotion or relegation pressure . |
| 17 | For Pound 's animus against Virgil was deep-seated and virulent from the first , and it persisted . |
| 18 | Building materials were scarce and expensive in the first decades of the nineteenth century , and stucco could cover a multitude of sins , including poor stone or brickwork . |
| 19 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 20 | There is something small and pitiable and mean-spirited about the first ; but the second is a universal spirit whose love is noble and all-enveloping . |
| 21 | The main concern over the century was to shift as much as possible from the first to the second form . |
| 22 | We 'll need as much exposure as possible in the first couple of years , but it worries me that there 's no independent ‘ father figure ’ capable of speaking for the whole game and making sure it does n't ‘ do a snooker ’ . ‘ |
| 23 | hesitation , a great deal of divided effort as near as life as possible in the first instance . |
| 24 | If you have only one funnel , test the other soils as soon as possible after the first is finished . |
| 25 | Yeah the minutes of the meeting of the nineteenth of February nineteen ninety two , that 's an awful long time ago erm , and it is proposed to bring into force byelaws for district and parish council-owned land upon or as soon as possible after the first of April nineteen ninety two . |
| 26 | She had thought of him as Roman since the first moment she had known his name . |
| 27 | The novelty of the decision lies in the characterisation of the husband as principal in the first degree acting through the innocent agency of the third party . |
| 28 | The company convinced the academics that ‘ equivalent professional experience ’ should be viewed as equal to a first degree . |