Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOUTS of nausea and vomiting that accompany the first months of pregnancy may be good news for the mother , according to two new theories on the cause of morning sickness . |
| 2 | Lakatos offers Marxism and Freudian psychology as programmes that satisfy the first criterion but do not satisfy the second , and modern sociology as a programme that perhaps satisfies the second but does not satisfy the first . |
| 3 | According to Les Echos that could not be corroborated with information from Bull , employees that choose the first option will get three months salary for agreeing to reduce their work time for two years . |
| 4 | Turn your attention to the text , and highlight the first heading . |
| 5 | Turn in the sides again and make the first 7.5cm ( 3in ) fold in the hem . |
| 6 | they would terminate the contract and refund the first instalment . |
| 7 | At that time — at least to start with — we could pick up some of those who had been the least successful in their school careers , often because they had turned their backs on the opportunities open to them , and provide the first steps towards training and employment . |
| 8 | These results underscore the importance of the telomeric repeat nucleotide sequence for efficient recognition as functional telomeric DNA in vivo and provide the first step toward the development of an artificial chromosome cloning system for filamentous fungi . |
| 9 | From the outlet , fit the first bracket 1m along , against the string line ( allowing for the thickness of the gutter ) and fit the first length of guttering to the outlet and the supporting bracket . |
| 10 | We 're holding an arm-wrestling and spinach-risotto evening at the Cock and Pullet in Poplar and we 'd very much like you to do a twenty-five minute cabaret and cut the first slice of a twelve-metre onion quiche , baked by MOLES , you know , Mothers of Optometrists Lesbians , Esperantists and Social Security Clerks . ’ |
| 11 | They emanate from a time about 300,000 years after the Big Bang and show the first signs of fluctuations in the density of matter in space . |
| 12 | Toss the first ball in your right hand towards your left one and as it peaks throw the ball in the left hand towards the right and catch the first ball in your left . |
| 13 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 14 | On the following evening , her plan laid , Joan again found an excuse to retire early and put the first part of the scheme into action . |
| 15 | This week Interex , Hewlett-Packard Co 's user group , will be having its annual meeting in sultry New Orleans and HP is expected to take it into its confidence and announce the first implementation of the PA-RISC 7100 chip in a new single-processor non-Unix business system dubbed the HP 3000 Series 987 . |
| 16 | Brought up , and read the First line . |
| 17 | Brought up , and read the First time . |
| 18 | Brought up , and read the First time . |
| 19 | Brought up , and read the First time . |
| 20 | If bandage-type insulation is used , start at the tank and tie the first wrap , pressing it in close contact with the tank |
| 21 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 22 | While the morphology of the single crystals grown from dilute solutions may be more regular and resemble the first model , for polymers that are crystallized from the melt ( and this is by far the more important procedure technically ) the mass of evidence tends to favour a form of the switchboard model . |
| 23 | To illustrate the way word-processors use embedded symbols , type a paragraph of text and indent the first line with a single tab . |
| 24 | Most of his staff are currently on strike because they have n't been paid for two months , so Soliz is going personally to open the new group and give the first lesson . |
| 25 | H. P. I 've seen inspectors go round the police huts and examine the First Aid Kit . |
| 26 | to join the triangles to the shelf cover , place the right sides together and pine the first triangle to the centre of the shelf cover . |
| 27 | We rendezvous every morning near Blackfriars Bridge and get the first jobs over the radio . |
| 28 | In chapter 3 , we examine the emergence of the first handheld CD-ROM systems and preview the first palmtop CD-I player , due for launch in 1992 . |
| 29 | For example , in Namibia , UNTAG not only had to ensure that the ceasefire was observed ; it also went on to tackle a programme of repatriation , and oversee the first elections for the new state . |
| 30 | Mountain View , California-based portable communications devices developer Eo Inc duly announced its partnership with AT&T Co , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Marubeni Corp to design , build and market the first generation of what it is calling personal communicators . |