Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there has been a good deal of solid research on the changing nature of the mining industries in the Third World , once entirely and now less entirely dominated by First World TNCs . |
| 2 | In addition , when applied two or three days prior to going on holiday , protective filters leave the skin better prepared for first exposure to the sun while preserving the natural qualities of the skin . |
| 3 | Parts 1 and 2 examine cellular structure and function to cover material usually taught in first year cell biology courses , while Part 3 , on the behaviour of cells in multicellular animals and plants , is valuable for more advanced students . |
| 4 | So the newcomer need not be totally submerged at first contact with CAD systems suppliers . |
| 5 | First degrees are normally awarded at honours and ordinary ( or pass ) levels , with honours degrees further divided into first class , second class ( upper and lower ) and third class . |
| 6 | Cautioning was originally intended for first time young offenders and those , like this man , guilty of a minor crime . |
| 7 | Our advice for the first launch is — hands together , arms outstretched ( but never above your head as is so often attempted by first time flyers ) and as the kite rises , sustain an even line tension . |
| 8 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 9 | Too often , however , producers have not even got to first base , because the requirements for evolving strong scripts have been so poorly understood . |
| 10 | A second point to be noted in this , and in a large number of other conversational fragments , is that personal topics are frequently introduced through first person reference in one form or another . |
| 11 | ‘ As a mountain rescue doctor my first responsibility is to make sure the other members of the team are as well trained in first aid medicine as possible . |
| 12 | The Reichs Archives speak of the day 's fighting being ‘ one of the most heroic ’ of the entire battle , an adjective not infreqently used by First World War officialdom when casualties had been particularly hideous . |
| 13 | The Second Vice-President , Guillermo Ford Boyd , leader of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement ( Morilena ) , was duly confirmed as First Vice-President . |
| 14 | Here it is important to see that the traditional category of plural is not symmetrically applied to first Person in the way it is to third : we does not mean plural speakers in the same way that they means more than one third person entity ( Lyons , 1968 : 277 ) . |
| 15 | This is important because it is directly relevant to understanding the mechanism of a type of eruption not yet observed at first hand by any human being , but one that would make the Mt Pelee eruption pale into insignificance if an example were to occur today . |
| 16 | The old lady was not mentally impaired on first impression . |
| 17 | There were twenty minutes of extra time played , in which a kid called Martin came on — he had never played in first grade before — and scored the clinching try for Canberra . |
| 18 | The two ‘ old lags ’ , who have read all about sex , have the most daring conversations about an experience they have never known at first hand . |