Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at the first " in BNC.

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1 The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country .
2 Other than the dark-coloured car seen at the scene of the second murder , and a dark green car seen at the first , we have nothing whatsoever to go on . ’
3 One of the finest of the towers commemorates Gregorio di Gregorio , a third generation patrician of the early thirteenth century — heir to a succession established at the first high point of San Gimignano 's revived prosperity , in the middle of the twelfth century .
4 Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis .
5 But it is going to be necessary because , by the time the later subjects come on stream , there will certainly be a need to look at the first ones again , such as maths and science .
6 This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding , and giving candidates a range of choice , not only of questions that will do them most credit , but of answers that will best suit the circumstances described .
7 This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding .
8 When you press the Enter key , DOS looks at the first word in the string of characters you 've typed in and compares it to a list of command names stored in the file called COMMAND.COM .
9 According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 22 , evidence produced at the first day of the trial " implicated Tanay and other top brass " .
10 There was a much smaller association between adversity measured at the first interview and symptoms at the second .
11 It starts pattern knitting at the first point cam .
12 It sounded as though the lift stopped at the first floor but immediately the sounds resumed and it was rising , she thought , to the second floor .
13 The lift stopped at the first floor where they glimpsed Jeffrey Archer saying goodbye to a departing guest .
14 Its important to realise that the carriage begins to pattern knit at the first point cam , not at the edge of the knitting .
15 But the 11-year-old pointer was lucky that odds-on favourite Ocean Link fell at the first , bringing down another fancied runner Material Girl .
16 Secondly and/or alternatively , it is argued that even if this is a case where the conventional Cyanamid principles fall to be applied , the mother 's claim to interlocutory relief falls at the first hurdle , namely the establishment of an arguable prima facie case .
17 The guys at ADM Computing suggested at the first meeting that I save a few quid by opting for a Phillips Brilliance monitor instead of the NEC I 've coveted for a year .
18 ANDRE AGASSI will claim a slice of unwanted history if his Wimbledon defence falters at the first hurdle next Monday .
19 Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open .
20 This section looks at the first two of these applications .
21 Tap Newline , ( Shift+Enter ) , at the end of every line of a table starting at the first line of column headings , if any , and include any clear lines within a table ( eg the clear lines in the Table of Task 20 )
22 Rowing Red Alligator over its hurdle as The Banshee falls at the first .
23 Enter the sleeve shape with the cuff measurement required at the first x and the top width ( which is often the same as the back width ) , at the second x .
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