Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] to [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 2 | This means that garment workers in the Third World who benefited from the search for cheap labour by the TNCs in the past , can no longer assume that their jobs will always be safe from relocation back to the First World ( Elson , in Elson and Pearson , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | students of bones , a jocose reference back to the first description of Mrs Podsnap ( OMF i 2 ) as a ‘ fine woman for Professor Owen , quantity of bone , neck and nostrils like a rocking horse … |
| 4 | Accordingly , payments made in consideration or in consequence of , or otherwise in connection with , the termination of the holding of an employee 's office or employment , or any change in its functions , may be eligible for relief from income tax up to the first £30,000 , provided such payments are not otherwise chargeable to tax under Schedule E ( see ss148 and 188 TA 1988 ) . |
| 5 | We combine these by choosing just a few random points in them , say two or three , and copying from the first string up to the first point ; then copying from the second up to the second point ; then copying from the first again ; and so on , switching between them at each point . |
| 6 | The case method had become adopted as the dominant method of legal study in the elite American law schools in the period up to the First World War . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , the Premier — and the Fourth right up to the First . |
| 8 | The Wolfenden Report also opened television up to the first openly gay programme , Granada 's 1957 ‘ Homosexuality and the Law , A Prologue to the Wolfenden Report ’ . |
| 9 | It roots very easily , and propagation is done by taking the cuttings and planting them , embedding the stalk up to the first node , that is the point where the next set of leaves grow . |
| 10 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 11 | This has led to some repatriation of the apparel industry from the Third World back to the First . |
| 12 | I have played all the way through to the First Division , where we lasted only one season before relegation . |
| 13 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 14 | An interesting feature of the mill at Lower Glenastle is an earth ramp up to the first floor . |
| 15 | The only way up to the first floor from inside the works was via a ladder , which had started life as one of The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade escapes , probably acquired by Mr. Farr during his service as a fireman in the early years of the century . |
| 16 | He puffed his way up to the first floor and , finding the outer door open , knocked on the inner one . |
| 17 | He led the way up to the first landing , where Charlie had had his bedsit . |
| 18 | Prompts and options are on a ‘ loop ’ : eg tapping the ( Right ) direction key at the last prompt takes the cursor back to the first . |