Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | I could pay , I would have to pay the first eighty somewhat and I would have to pay the first ninety , ninety somewhat on a pair of glasses |
| 32 | But although the saintly Tit for Two Tats would have won the first tournament if it had been submitted , it did not win the second . |
| 33 | But for Whelan 's late goal , Wembley would have staged the first all-Second Division FA Cup Final on May 9 . |
| 34 | But there again , he never sent her to the really big houses because , as he said , if there was anything going , the servants would have had the first pick . |
| 35 | He says now that if he 'd known what it would involve he would have taken the first plane out of town , but I was hugely relieved when he agreed . |
| 36 | BY the time you read this article we shall have completed the first training workshop on T.Q.M. designed for directors and a number of senior managers . |
| 37 | I would tend to favour the first method as you are less likely to let the compost get too wet . |
| 38 | Doumen would love to become the first French trainer to accomplish that remarkable double . |
| 39 | ‘ You will have guessed the first , ’ he resumed , masticating the thick coils of smoke , ‘ namely that I wished to inculcate you a little further in the understanding of my true nature , a little further but not too far — keep 'em guessing is my motto . |
| 40 | When the Guggenheim Museum reopens on 28 June , Thomas Krens , its director , will have realised the first stage in his ambitious plan of expansion , seeking to establish new stations in North Adams , Massachusetts , Bilbao ( see The Art Newspaper No.17 , April 1992 , p.5 ) and Salzburg , and to enlarge The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice . |
| 41 | Erm so federalism is a fairly important principle in American government and that principle , essentially , is , and most of you I hope will have done the first year course politics and policy making where I talked about federalism in general terms that federalism is based upon the notions that in the same territory you can have more than one government and that those governments er are of equal status . |
| 42 | Dr Yun-Cheung Kong at the Chinese University predicts that , within a year , scientists will have isolated the first natural contraceptive chemical . |
| 43 | But one will have taken the first step , and the second and the third , towards providing readers with pleasant entertainment . |
| 44 | If your car is lost , stolen or damaged , you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost . |
| 45 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 46 | If your car is lost , stolen or damaged , you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost . |
| 47 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 48 | If your car is stolen or damaged as a result of theft or attempted theft you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost . |
| 49 | You will have to pay the first £75 of the cost if the repair or replacement is carried out by any other repairer . |
| 50 | No merchant will imagine that you will agree to pay the first price he suggests . |
| 51 | As the two mid-price discs are available separately , Elgarians may care to sample the first which includes the most ambitious of the Harmony Music ( in four parts , the first lasting nearly 12 minutes ) , the five Intermezzos and two descriptive slow pieces , then perhaps moving on the second . |