Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also any major life event is stressful and this experience may precipitate the first symptoms of anxiety . |
| 2 | Students who wish to enter a combined course must complete the first year satisfactorily , with passes in two units in each of the two subjects which they wish to combine . |
| 3 | The shotgun may kill the first but it will scare away most if not all of the others . |
| 4 | As a pattern making and using system the mind must accept the first acceptable answer . |
| 5 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
| 6 | To qualify , the 3 digits revealed on your seal must match the first three digits of the Early Reply Bonus code on your Prize Draw Eligibility Record . |
| 7 | A poor man who entered into a partnership could complete the first stage in a year to fifteen months ; he could start a partnership with a poorer man in two or three years . |
| 8 | For solar flares , a system of early warning satellites around the Sun could detect the first sign of trouble . |
| 9 | Angel could see the first light in the east . |
| 10 | The trimpot used to set the first stage gain , should be set at maximum resistance and the multi-turn zero offset trimpot to the centre of its range before this check . |
| 11 | Anything that falsifies the second will falsify the first , but the reverse is not true . |
| 12 | Readability will remain the first principle of Cobol , no matter what paradigm fashion dictates it must embrace . |
| 13 | Brussels-based ODA Consortium will publish the first release of its Open Document Architecture toolkit for EDI on March 31st next year . |
| 14 | A footprint in a muddy field could provide the first real lead for police hunting the man who 's become known as the horse ripper . |
| 15 | Once in nineteen times your opponent will get the first pair correct , so you will only win nine to one , but the main point is that , as soon as you begin your turn , you play faultlessly . |
| 16 | Within the community the question is which site will win the first , and both inside and outside there is the question of ‘ How much of my money will be sacrificed to support the CIT ? ’ — areas of science that have no immediate connection to fusion nevertheless get funded from the same sources , such as the Department of Energy . |
| 17 | Monie will lead the first New Zealand side into Australia 's Winfield Cup in 1995 . |
| 18 | The superstition that the third light from a match brings bad luck apparently originates from the first world war , when German soldiers in the opposite trench would notice the first light , take aim at the second and fire at the third . |
| 19 | DEC says its results for this quarter will reflect the first growth in its business for eight quarters . |
| 20 | This sawn surface will become the first face of the section , and it is lapped with paraffin oil and 600F Carborundum on the precision lapping machine . |
| 21 | I think that the instructor should treat the first flight on a particular glider as if it was the first flight of the day , and on subsequent flights he should just check for full and free movement and that the surfaces are moving fully . |
| 22 | It follows an editorial policy that believes foreign news should lead the first three pages , that matters of national interest should be philosophically debated in the newspaper 's columns , and that half a page of sport either side of the weekend is enough . |
| 23 | The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it was hoped that next week would see the first dairy farms released from the restriction orders . |
| 24 | For example , the following code sequence would invert the first 20 characters on line 0 starting a column 0 . |
| 25 | All subsequent sections of colour for the background must be designed in multiples of two , but the last section , where the upper portion of the pattern will join the first section , must also be an odd number . |
| 26 | The main area or areas of complaint will indicate the first tables to consider . |
| 27 | Mac-on-Unix house Quorum Software Systems Inc , a hit at last year 's UniForum , this week will stage the first public , albeit belated , showing of its Equal end-user product at the Silicon Graphics Inc and Sparc International booths . |
| 28 | Mac-on-Unix house Quorum Software Systems , a hit at last year 's Uniforum , this week will stage the first public , albeit belated , showing of its end-user product Equal at the Silicon Graphics and Sparc International booths . |
| 29 | In association with business adviser Grant Thornton , the paper will publish the first in an annual series of league tables showing the top companies by turnover and employment in Merseyside , Cheshire , West Lanchashire and North Wales . |
| 30 | An oval orbit would falsify the first but not the second , whereas any orbit that falsifies the second will also falsify the first . |