Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central News South has been to South America to see at first hand the lives that Oxfam hopes to improve . |
| 2 | Open plan staircase leads to first floor . |
| 3 | Open plan staircase leading to first floor . |
| 4 | Now it is open and defenceless against the machetes which slash down the undergrowth for tinder. — when the tinder is dry the fires can be lit to burn off the remaining forest to make way for agriculture or ranching ( in many areas this ‘ slash and burn ’ forest clearance happens without first even removing the usable hardwood ) . |
| 5 | Although lateral eye movements appear at first sight to offer a simple and straightforward way of assessing which hemisphere is active at a given Instant , the evidence relating eye movements to hemisphere function is at present rather insubstantial . |
| 6 | VISITORS to Middlesbrough Council 's Southlands Leisure Centre saw at first hand that the world of fun and sport was literally on their doorstep . |
| 7 | Teams : Rugeley MG All Stars and Team Uniprint tied for first with Rugeley MG Blue third . |
| 8 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 9 | Even a computer-literate user brought up on a different type of mainframe may find the nested screens in CMS and the XEDIT editor offputting at first . |
| 10 | The formality of the dining-room furnishings seemed at first to change his mood from ease to starch , but it appeared to me after a short while that he was troubled rather by indecision as to which side I was now on , them or us . |
| 11 | Apple Computer Inc added three models to the Performa personal computer line aimed at first time computer buyers : the Macintosh Performa 405 , 430 and 450 are expected to cost between $1,300 and $1,850 ; the Performa 400 models include a facsimile modem from Mountain View-based Global Village Communication Inc , automatic bill paying and Apple Club Performa support services . |
| 12 | CONNER PERIPHERALS WARNS OF FIRST QUARTER RESULTS |
| 13 | The dog-handled pot-lids from Mochlos , for example , seem to show a particular dog relaxing on a particular afternoon in the hot bronze age sunshine ; the crowds in the miniature frescoes seem alive with the excitement of the spectacle they are witnessing , and seem to have been caught mid-shout ; the hoopoes in the Pilgrim Hostel fresco seem at first glance to have fallen from the pages of some bronze age edition of Audubon . |
| 14 | The European Patent Office has got itself into a mess over these issues because it has proceeded to patent life forms without first examining properly whether the EPC , when interpreted as it was originally intended , actually allows the patents the patent office has granted . |
| 15 | Treatment centres focus on first things first : alcohol and drugs may cause immediate threat to life itself in some sufferers , as can anorexia or bulimia or other forms of addiction in others . |
| 16 | Grappelli 's swinging , fluid style seems at first to be leaving his young guitar/bass duo behind , however well before half-distance they are fully warmed-up ( say by Just one of those things ) and thenceforth come into their own with sympathetic accompaniment and youthful aplomb . |
| 17 | Ben sat forward , but this time Hal got in first . |