Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her marriage in 1137 to the heir to the French throne seemed at first to be an ideal match . |
| 2 | There is an excellent chapter ‘ Must I exercise ? ’ which boasts a complimentary piece written from first hand experience , on the Medau method . |
| 3 | The entire German Army attacked at first light on 28 August . |
| 4 | It does n't lay down rigid guidelines to be followed , it just suggests erm penalties for average offences committed by first offenders of average means , and it provides a starting point for magistrates to think about . |
| 5 | It had not been an easy concept to grasp at first , but ‘ we 're getting better at being businessmen , ’ Mr. Lockley said . |
| 6 | When personal representatives sell without first effecting registration of their title , proof thereof and of the death of the registered proprietor must of course be lodged : a copy of the grant of probate or letters of administration certified as a true copy by the seller 's conveyancers ( when acting for a buyer you should make this requirement the subject of one of your requisitions on title ) is sufficient evidence . |
| 7 | The garish shirt that caused a myotonic goat to faint at first sight may have little effect once the animal has grown used to its owner 's poor taste . |
| 8 | ESSEX school students of all ages now have a unique opportunity to study at first hand the integration of wildlife and landscape conservation with modern farming techniques . |
| 9 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 10 | To the novelist , that alteration in domestic mores seems at first sight to have had more significance than the increasing diversity of styles . |
| 11 | Curtis ' incipiently multiracial ideas seemed at first rather startling to some other members of the Round . |
| 12 | You got the staircase in there but you will have got ornamental wrought iron leading to first floor archway to your dining room . |
| 13 | Professional Draw is equally at home with creative or technical illustration and the interface shows that a great deal of thought about usability has gone into it , although the sheer weight of features and refinements for precision illustration make it a complex package to master at first . |
| 14 | Most of the existing shares came from First Financial Management Corp , Atlanta , Georgia , which acquired 2.4m shares in connection with FIserv 's acquisition of Tomahawk Holding Inc and its Basis Information Technologies Inc unit . |
| 15 | Bredbury 's solid start ends in first defeat |
| 16 | The traction — is referred to a set of coordinates which in classical elasticity are in the undeformed material , but in large-strain elasticity may alternatively be in the deformed material Consider at first the classical theory ; if the traction — acts on a surface with normal n then we write for the components of the traction , and the scalar product — . |
| 17 | The professional competencies required of first and second level nurses are commensurate with the level and duration of initial nurse training , and these are examined more closely in Chapter 7 when discussing changes in nursing practice generally . |
| 18 | You ca n't , you have to , people with temporary contracts have to first |
| 19 | The function of early Anglo-Saxon pottery seems at first glance to be obvious . |
| 20 | Back in the changing rooms , the only drink to celebrate at first for financially pressed Oxford was tea … |
| 21 | Includes impressive archaeological treasures dating from first arrival of man in Ireland c. 7000 BC until late 17th century . |
| 22 | The musico-dramatic form known at first as tragedia rappresentata in musica , favola recitata in musica , favola rappresentata in musica recitativa , and similar designations ( but not till around 1640 as opera scenica or opera musicale ) had quickly escaped from the antiquarian dilettanti . |
| 23 | The Saint 's views on Rovers appear in Matchday , a new magazine devoted to first division football . |
| 24 | This afternoon , Kevin Tamati , last seen demonstrating an ability to talk fellow television commentators into submission , finds himself the object of Granada 's broadcast as his new charges look for first points from Leigh . |
| 25 | ‘ The abolition of PRT for new fields sounds at first blush like good news for North Sea developments and hence the Scottish economy . |
| 26 | And with every new subscription received by first post on Friday 7th April we guarantee 5 free entries in the Communist Party 's 1989 Grand Draw " Facing Up To The Future " . |
| 27 | Peloponnesian and Cretan sculptors work at first not in marble but in local limestones ; later sometimes in marble imported from the Cyclades , but the softer and more readily available stone is long used everywhere for building and for architectural sculpture . |
| 28 | The characteristic network structures of these different types of community are also relevant to the manner in which change may come about , in so far as urban growth tends at first to weaken strong pre-existing rural networks . |