Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most scientists expect that it will show , as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki , that low doses of radiation have no detectable effect on humans or animals in the first years after an accident . |
| 2 | Applications or nominations for the first award should be sent to the international affairs officer , RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London , to arrive no later than Friday 29 May 1992 . |
| 3 | To increase the chances of success , Louis offered Henry two teams of mediators ; if he did not like the methods or conclusions of the first set , he could turn to the second . |
| 4 | Small investors will pay less than institutions for the first instalment though how much less will not be known until June 29 after the international offer closes . |
| 5 | Small investors will pay less than institutions for the first instalment , although how much less will not be known until June 29 after the international offer closes . |
| 6 | He decided that operations in the first instance were to be confined chiefly to level driving at Paddy Etid ( the Levers Water side of the grant ) , and also to cross-cut to the Bonsor Vein both in , and below , Red Dell . |
| 7 | With a smothered curse he pulled her into his arms and began to kiss her , using a more powerful argument than words as the first touch of his mouth on hers sent everything out of Leonora 's head other than the fact that she loved and wanted this man to the point where she was almost ready to believe that she 'd been mistaken . |
| 8 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Jan. 30 reported that figures for the first nine months of 1991 showed Japan to be Vietnam 's second most important trading partner , after Singapore . |
| 9 | This is what the UK SMC seeks to exploit by setting unusual , but meaningful problems that pupils in the first years of secondary school want to solve . |
| 10 | In the ensuing debate , Alan Shatter , TD of Fine Gael , author of a book on family law , pointed out the better provision being made under the projected divorce law for a first wife than existed at present , and that children of the first marriage would maintain their present rights , though they would have to share with children of the second marriage . |
| 11 | However , as is widely attested , irrespective of minimum wages , women do tend to earn less than men in the First as well as the Third World . |
| 12 | He said that residents of the first floor flats , which had not been flooded had been told that they would have to return as soon as possible . |
| 13 | There are underprivileged individuals and groups in the First World , as well as in the Third and Second Worlds . |
| 14 | The general value of practical placements and projects during the first degree stage is becoming more widely recognized . |
| 15 | They are , in short , symbols of eminence and are normally granted only to peers and knights of the first class of the orders of chivalry — although some baronets also have armorial supporters . |
| 16 | The clouds have dropped down over the mountain so that the evangelicals and charismatics on the first contour above the town have vanished into the mist . |
| 17 | It will include access ramps for the disabled , new heating , fire alarm and fire detection systems and toilets on the first floor . |
| 18 | Walnut was used for the bodies and necks during the first few years of production but later Gibson switched to mahogany as this proved to be a more stable material , with less material wastage during the timber selection procedure . |
| 19 | Though greeted with courtesy and politeness by the First and Second Elders , the intrusion of more humans onto the Sense-Sphere is covertly opposed by the City Administrator . |
| 20 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 21 | In 1892 , the union 's expenditure exceeded its income and reserves for the first time . |
| 22 | sought certain orders and declarations against the first defendant , Pantell S.A. ( ‘ Pantell ’ ) , the second defendant , Swiss Atlantic Holdings Ltd. and three other defendants who were all solicitors . |
| 23 | Anxious children showed a slightly different pattern : there were often marked increases in fears and worries during the first year of life of the sibling . |
| 24 | The prefects and captains of the First Eleven , exercising terrific authority for the good of the school , are rewarded , not just with acquiescence but with — blind devotion . |
| 25 | A further promotion will be run on the Pedigree Chum and Whiskas calendars which will be sold through pet shops and supermarkets for the first time ever . |
| 26 | UEFA 's appeals committee will hear Tbilisi deny that they tried to bribe the referee and linesmen before the first leg in Georgia three weeks ago . |
| 27 | Armour and weapons from the First Crusade were closer in style to those of the Norman Conquest . |
| 28 | At Phaistos , some of the pithoi and store-rooms from the First Temple Period survive , projecting 5 metres further to the west than the storage area of the later temple , and extending under its West Court . |
| 29 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
| 30 | We have to go to Livy and to minor sources for evidence of the conflicts inside the Roman ruling class and between Romans and allies in the first half of the second century B.C. Polybius does not seem to have noticed the feuds inside Rome which accompanied what may appear to us the most uncontroversial aspect of the Roman expansion in Liguria and in Piedmont . |