Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 On the one hand , such action would simply rekindle the international outcry that resulted in the postponement of the ‘ harvest ’ or cull in the first place .
2 Compare the the text at the beginning with hers , the the the Middle English text with hers , and tell me , is there anything which she has caught well , or anything which she has missed out , or look at the first sentence , is she right there ?
3 Salary is paid by the province or state for the first year after which the employer accepts responsibility .
4 Design right lasts for 15 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was first recorded in a design document ( which includes storage in a computer ) or an article was made to the design , unless articles have been made available for sale or hire within the first five years in which case the right lasts only a further 10 years .
5 Then , when we actually visit that place for the first time , a subconscious memory is triggered and we are convinced that we knew instinctively what it would look like .
6 In discussing the interactions of mental illnesses and brain failure Gray and Isaacs ( 1979 ) showed that illnesses such as depression , psychosis and neurosis do continue to occur in old age but are more likely to recur than appear for the first time .
7 Winters are wild enough to curtail many of the outdoor pursuits that attract in the first place .
8 It is the speaker 's intention and the addressee 's successful location of the intended referent that matter in the first usage , not the exact aptness of the description , so that we could call this usage speaker reference ( as opposed to semantic reference ; Donnellan , 1978 ; Kaplan , 1978 ) .
9 This supposition is , I think , based on the simplistic idea that the natural conditions of language learning through use that obtain in a first language setting and in naturalistic contexts for second language acquisition can be directly replicated in foreign language classrooms .
10 Such expansion in a small business is particularly dangerous at this stage of its development in terms of potential survival given the number of small firms that fail in the first two years .
11 Turn left from the entrance and wait on the first corner .
12 The wise veterans nod their heads and wait for the first whistle .
13 Greenough and colleagues showed that preterm babies who did not require respiratory support had a high prevalence of wheeze and cough in the first year of life .
14 So can we just ignore that for the moment and focus on the first sheet deliberately
15 The home season will have a top-level start with the South Pacific contest ( involving Auckland , Wellington , Canterbury , Fiji , New South Wales and Queensland ) and the CANZ contest ( Otago , Canada , North Harbour , North Auckland , Waikato ) in March and April , and finish with the first semi-finals and final of the National Championship .
16 Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement .
17 IT was claps , crackles and pop at the first night of a new comedy venue in Darlington .
18 Even today there are those who have doubts about the great burst of prosperity and splendour in the first half of the fourth century manifest in the great villas .
19 Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative .
20 I fetch water — an easy job , just grab a kettle , head for the cliffs and fill from the first stream you fall in — and offer it to Tor .
21 In a simple case , where your seller 's solicitor is at a considerable distance , or where there is perhaps already an examined abstract or epitome of the greater part of the title , you may postpone this examination until immediately before completion , in which case strike this item out of your pre-completion agenda and rely on the first item of your completion agenda .
22 Only the terror of being caught by the creature — I could all too clearly imagine myself being hurled from the roof — drove me to climb over into space and feel for the first rung of the ladder .
23 Should he get back into Oxford and try for a First and a Rugby Blue ?
24 ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’
25 Initially there are eight permutations — individual peace and love of collecting stamps makes lack an introverted Boy , whereas social peace and erotic love makes what the Hippies meant by Peace and Love in the first place .
26 But the development of a child 's body and mind in the first three years of life is absolutely vital — any stunting of growth in these years can not be made up for in later life .
27 She had a burning desire to pack her case and leave on the first mode of transport she could find — she would even settle for a donkey if there was one .
28 In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour
29 Maximilian said , and Edward looked at him with interest and regard for the first time .
30 The agreement , signed in Beijing by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade ( CCPIT ) and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation ( KOTRA ) , bilateral trade and serve as a first step towards the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries .
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