Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter uses the first measure to give an outline indication of how big a part credit , overall , plays in consumer spending , and how that has changed over time . |
| 2 | This is illustrated by the RR format of instruction on the IBM 370 range , shown in Figure 3.8 ( a ) , where the result replaces the first operand . |
| 3 | The photograph shows the first lifeboat boat to be lifted in the new hoist , the Watson class Joseph Soar ( Civil Service No. 34 ) , as part of the proving trials by the contractors , Laings . |
| 4 | The deal marks the first venture by Peabody , already the biggest US coal-mining company , into the Pacific Rim . |
| 5 | The deal marks the first time a Test match will be shown live , in full , from the sub-continent . |
| 6 | Hence the current study forms the first part of a contextual recognition system . |
| 7 | Any higher level processing must begin with orthography , hence this study forms the first part of a contextual system . |
| 8 | The argument from analogy concedes the first half of this but denies the second , claiming that we have at least some evidence to the contrary . |
| 9 | If the horse jumps the first fence stickily , a smack on landing will sharpen him up . |
| 10 | Some organisations pay the whole cost ( especially where long distances are involved ) ; others expect the employee to pay and some state that the employee pays the first £ x and the company pays the rest . |
| 11 | Freemasonry claims the first loyalty of men . |
| 12 | Gary Stretch makes the first defence of his British light- middleweight championship against Rochdale 's Derek Wormald at the London Arena tonight , knowing it could lead to a lucrative world title eliminator against Leicester 's Chris Pyatt . |
| 13 | Bedford , Massachusetts-based Progress Software Corp says the first products from its collaboration with Object Design Inc , Burlington , Massachusetts , will be available at the beginning of 1993 . |
| 14 | It could be implied in the operation code whether the first or second store address is to receive the result , but in practice any particular computer uses always the first address , or always the second address , as the destination : for example the SS ( two address ) format of the IBM 370 range uses the first address as the destination . |
| 15 | Yes , I hope so too , but , I have the feeling that the next , the next time we looked I do n't remember it having green peddles the first time you found it |
| 16 | To justify its ways , this week the council releases the first draft of its National Arts and Media Strategy . |
| 17 | Waggoner supports the first theory , but has little time for the whiners . |
| 18 | The appearance of this beautifully-produced book from the small New York publishing company Timken marks the first monograph on the Danish nineteenth-century artist Christen Købke . |
| 19 | In a narrow sense my main interest is the period in which the Kaiser ruled over Germany , which of course includes the First World War . |
| 20 | Our new size Journal represents the first format change since 1976 when the former tabloid paper became an A4 magazine . |
| 21 | Under the ASB approach , if the seller bears the first £5 of losses on £100 of securitised assets , a net asset of £5 is shown . |
| 22 | The group meets the first Sat in the month . |
| 23 | Philip Brannon 's charming drawing of the FORT AT PEVERIL POINT shows the first pier ( 1859 ) in the background . |
| 24 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 25 | The marriage relationship takes primacy , so that one 's spouse becomes the first source of support for married people . |
| 26 | In this way glycine becomes the first amino acid in the protein , being carried into position on the ribosome assembly line by its tRNA . |
| 27 | This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast . |
| 28 | Half the crowd expect a punk band and half are curious old gits who remember organ bands the first time around . |
| 29 | Kant answers the first questions by contending that we can not strictly speaking know that there is such a moral law . |
| 30 | Aspects of the work of Marslen-Wilson and Tyler ( 1980 ) which we discussed in Chapter 6 ( see section 6.5.1 ) strongly suggest that clause interpretation begins as soon as a listener hears the first part of the clause . |