Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she should spare a first glance , let alone a second , on this man was almost incredible . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister should answer the first part of that question , but not the second . |
| 3 | A court in Aix should make a first ruling this month whether Vasarely or Debbasch is legally in control of the Vasarely Foundation . |
| 4 | Other Unionists , including Law himself , were less sure , even though they shared their colleagues " concern about the political and economic situation ; nevertheless it was agreed to go ahead , but that Lloyd George should make the first move . |
| 5 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 6 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
| 7 | This is not considered in much detail by Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) ; however , they do suggest that the acoustic-phonetic information needed to define the word-initial cohort must include the first vowel of the word . |
| 8 | If the family should choose the first method , for example , ensuring that a life-story book is provided , then the child has the option of an identity outside his or her adoptive family . |
| 9 | It is not compulsory to provide any module names , but for each one specified , you must provide a First Issue No and a Last Issue No . |
| 10 | For every module name entered , you must provide a First Issue No and a Last Issue No . |
| 11 | It is not compulsory to provide any module names , but for each one specified , you must provide a First Issue No and a Last Issue No . |
| 12 | You must provide a First Issue No and a Last Issue No . |
| 13 | The new discipline of industrial archaeology , which emerged in the 1950s , was largely inspired by Rolt 's writing , and it was entirely appropriate that he should become the first president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology when this was founded in 1973 . |
| 14 | A brother or father 's brother of the bride should meet the first group ; a sister or mother 's sister of the bride the second group ; a cross-cousin of the bride the third group . |
| 15 | BRITAIN should hear the first US election result around 11.30pm tonight . |
| 16 | All candidates for admission to a taught postgraduate course should have a first degree in an appropriate subject , or a qualification or experience which is acceptable as equivalent . |
| 17 | It wo n't be easy , but we must take the first steps now . |
| 18 | Students who wish to enter a combined course must complete the first year satisfactorily , with passes in two units in each of the two subjects which they wish to combine . |
| 19 | The Americans , reluctant to be accused of seeking ‘ domination ’ , and cautious about giving the Europeans a ‘ blank cheque ’ for costly military assistance in future , insisted that the Europeans should take the first steps towards defending themselves . |
| 20 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 21 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |
| 22 | In a standardised approach to the immediate resuscitation of a casualty a quick assessment of the airway , breathing , and circulation ( which includes opening the airway ) should allow the first aider to decide whether the problem is unconsciousness alone , disturbed or absent breathing , or cardiac arrest . |
| 23 | Smoke detectors may give the first alarm but detection is often by smell and by seeing smoke and flames . |
| 24 | Yes er , well I think we might , I 'll answer the second question but we 'll , we 'll , we 'll answer the first question but we 'll ask Michael , who 's right here to , to comment on entertainment . |
| 25 | As soon as I 've collected my things from the boat I 'll catch the first plane home and — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We 'll catch the first flight to Frankfurt after we 've picked up our bags from the Mayfair . |
| 27 | I 'll send the first prisoner down to you when they arrive . |
| 28 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 29 | I thought it would be up to seven weeks after my back operation before I was playing again , and I feared I might miss the first month of the season . ’ |
| 30 | So you do n't actually mention that if you do n't leave now you 'll miss the first act of the play , and he 'll be furious . |