Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half lives of these radicals are measured in nanoseconds — they literally destroy the first thing they bump in to . |
| 2 | Perhaps use the first names and put out the meaning of the first names of the |
| 3 | At the foot of the card Survage scrawled : ‘ Happy New Year ’ , in Russian and underneath : ‘ Long live Nice : Long live the first night of the New Year ’ . |
| 4 | But , as Taylor shows , in the value-adding spectrum , they only comprise the first stage of a four-stage process . |
| 5 | ‘ Just say the first thing that comes into your head . ’ |
| 6 | They normally appoint the first directors . |
| 7 | Perhaps , in spite of the fact that she did need the money , what she ought to do was just catch the first plane back home . |
| 8 | ‘ Just catch the first flight home . |
| 9 | By taking a peerage he ruined the political career of his elder son , who had become Unionist MP for Plymouth in 1910 and was elevated to the Lords in succession to his father in 1919 , but also created the opportunity for his daughter-in-law , Nancy ( later Viscountess Astor , q.v. ) to win her husband 's seat at a by-election , and thus become the first woman to sit in the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Right , jus just do the first bit again . |
| 11 | We just do the first thing and then we do the second thing . |
| 12 | And so generally buy the first thing that actually fits . |
| 13 | We already have the first stage of economic and monetary union — the exchange rate mechanism — and it is already doing great damage to Britain . |
| 14 | Transfer to the BA Hons Irish Studies is possible for students who successfully complete the first year of the Diploma of Higher Education in Irish Studies ( see page 151 ) . |
| 15 | Always bring the first needle to D position and make sure that the weaving yarn is caught in the guide so that it can be directed correctly into the path of the main carriage . |
| 16 | ‘ I still remember the first name you told me . ’ |
| 17 | But you always remember the first time . |
| 18 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 19 | The universal availability of the mass media has been rapidly achieved through relatively cheap transistor radios , cassette recorders and televisions , which now totally penetrate the First World , almost totally penetrate the urban Second and Third Worlds , and are beginning to penetrate deeply into the countryside in every country . |
| 20 | The authors usually use the first method . |
| 21 | For many couples children clearly remain the first consideration . |
| 22 | Today he has also become the first man to drive across Langjökull , and the first to drive across Drangajökull . |
| 23 | I double take the first glimpse |
| 24 | In their writings we also see the first attempt to express the reality of the mystical life in the English language . |
| 25 | Over a third of the ‘ Eminence ’ output is new recordings , so we also have the first appearances on discs of Litton , Hough and Iŝan Edwards . |
| 26 | I dimly recall the first broadcast performance of this piece in the 1940s and rarely lose an opportunity of hearing any new recording of it . |
| 27 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 28 | Now Fishwatch the first scheme of its type in the country has been launched by angling policeman sergeant Tony Biggs . |
| 29 | In return his father rages at him for his inability to become a ‘ real ’ man , and demands as the only acceptable proof that Lucio has regained his masculinity that he attack the very next man he sees and sexually assault the first woman ( iv . |
| 30 | I do n't know whether that will actually happen , because Guild really have the first option , but I was hoping there 'd be a way that we could cooperate and perhaps Eggle could do the British end of it . |