Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firebox and boiler of No. 3822 were equally packed out too , as WSR Driver Dave Williams and Fireman Gareth Winter had the engine just right for the first four-mile assault on Crowcombe Bank . |
| 2 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 3 | Many course combinations are possible during the first three years , facilitating transfer between these three streams . |
| 4 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 5 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 6 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 7 | Quote of the Buxton Conference came from American Paul Piana , whose audio-visual about the first free ascent of the Salathe Wall on El Cap proved to be a masterpiece of comedy . |
| 8 | Sonorous For the first three months that Presentations 2.0 is on sale , it will come bundled with a SoundBlaster Pro sound card . |
| 9 | New residents are at their most receptive during the first six months . |
| 10 | For those prisoners who co-operate , the regime is semi-open after the first third of their sentence . |
| 11 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 12 | The fact that I had not done so put me too high for the first available field , but with insufficient height for the next one . |
| 13 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 14 | The University Card can be used exactly like any other credit card , in particular the card is currently free for the first six months . |
| 15 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 16 | Mortality was particularly high during the first six years . |
| 17 | Thus , where the tenant had been innocently misled into believing that he would obtain a long term , and had invested heavily in the property next door , whereas the landlord in fact had plans for immediate redevelopment , the Court of Appeal upheld an order for a break-clause exercisable after the first three years of the term ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) . |
| 18 | The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event . |
| 19 | Nothing had gone wrong with the first two pregnancies . |
| 20 | The last two are different from the first five visual elements in that , although they also convey information , they are not part of the interaction in the same way . |
| 21 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 22 | Cedar health Limited are offering a 500ml bottle of Equi-Strath free to the first five readers who write |
| 23 | We have a 100ml sample size of Dry Skin Relief to give away absolutely free to the first 2500 readers whose names are drawn from the postbag . |
| 24 | The ventral arm plates are axe shaped ; thin proximally but flaring out with a wide convex distal edge and only contiguous on the first few arm segments . |
| 25 | The ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motions gained even more significance when over 1,000 representatives to the Conservative party Conference signed a petition supportive of the first Parliamentary Motion . |
| 26 | Clubs had agreed a deal with Central for the first two months of the season , but it was thrown into doubt after some clubs said they were n't getting paid enough . |
| 27 | Higher rate of SMP is payable for the first six weeks of her absence . |
| 28 | That covenant specifies the rent payable for the first five years . |
| 29 | SSP is not payable for the first three qualifying days in a PIW . |
| 30 | SSP will not be payable for the first 3 Qualifying Days in any PIW ; these are the waiting days . |