Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 2 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 3 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 4 | For example , a recent act of Parliament has for the first time enabled citizens to own and operate radio stations . |
| 5 | The male looks after the first and the female the second . |
| 6 | In particular , I am pleased to note a number of important developments stemming from action points in the first Plan . |
| 7 | The monument stands on the first cross-roads in front of the Carmel Road entrance to West Cemetery . |
| 8 | The poet writes in the first person singular as a man talking to a loved one about the inevitable advent of his death , and yet the matter discussed here is not so much death as the gradual disappearance of life . |
| 9 | Our study describes for the first time the secretory and circulatory changes occurring with the progression of pancreatitis induced by caerulein infusion . |
| 10 | The availability of sequence data from two mosaic genes of P.wickerhamii mitochondria allows for the first time a comparison of algal intron positions with those from fungi and liverwort . |
| 11 | This result allows for the first time , sequence analysis of EF1β and δ proteins , both present in the same complex . |
| 12 | The club meets on the first Wednesday of the month at . |
| 13 | Easy rock leads to the first bulge , where a swing left under the overhang gains a glorious hand-jamming crack . |
| 14 | In early February 1991 Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland had all begun negotiations on association agreements with the EC , which was offering a 10-year transition period to mutual free trade in two stages with asymmetrically large EC tariff cuts over the first five years in all sectors except agriculture , steel and textiles — the very areas where the three countries most desired access . |
| 15 | Although the same group of physicists has found good evidence for the production of B mesons at CESR before , this latest result shows for the first time the explicit decay of B mesons into less-rare , longer-lived particles ( Physical Review Letters , vol 50 , p 881 ) . |
| 16 | In conclusion , this study shows for the first time that reduced fetal growth is followed by higher death rates from cardiovascular disease in adult life . |
| 17 | Taking enforcement action requires in the first place techniques to bring deviance to light . |
| 18 | Catholicism is presented as a potential remedy , but the philosophy of indeterminacy appears for the first time in this novel as a rival discourse . |
| 19 | Cotton wool falls into the first category . |
| 20 | Its onset coincides with the first appearance of Zea pollen . |
| 21 | What evidence is there of this kind of behaviour at football matches before the First World War or in the inter-war period ? |
| 22 | If the searched-for item is less than the mid-point ( for words this means the searched-for item comes earlier in the alphabet than the item at the mid-point ) , then the search continues in the first half of the structure , if it is greater , the search continues in the second half of the structure . |
| 23 | Asked about how the two parts of the exhibition about fifty autograph works in the first part followed by a section on debatable works by pupils and followers were connected , Dr Brown agreed that the two parts were , in fact , rather distinct . |
| 24 | They found that the main response occurs with the first hour . |
| 25 | They will have 17 days between the moment when the last result is known and April 27 , when the new Parliament meets for the first time , to gather sufficient support from MPs from minority parties to form a government . |
| 26 | When the new Parliament meets for the first time on Monday , April 27 , the first task facing MPs will be to choose a Speaker . |
| 27 | Within manufacture , the precise form of division depends in the first instance on the historical precursors of the capitalistic form of production in the given branch of industry — whether the ‘ manufacturer ’ ( a ) draws together previously separate trades into one workshop to produce a common product or ( b ) splits up a previously unified craft production process into its component tasks . |
| 28 | The arrow points from the first node a of the pair ( a , b ) towards the second , b . |
| 29 | I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property . |
| 30 | Beta testing starts during the first quarter of 1993 , with commercial availability expected by year-end . |