Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note : Average speed is given for first driver only . |
| 2 | This extract is taken from First Foal by Jane van Lennep published by J.A . |
| 3 | To make up these leaf forms , each motif is prepared by first cutting out two rectangles of suitable size having the grain running obliquely at about 45° which are then edge-jointed and taped together . |
| 4 | The vacuum cleaner was welcomed at first because it meant no longer having to do the stairs with a stiff brush . |
| 5 | The bond issue was handled by First Boston Corp . |
| 6 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 7 | Twenty micrograms of total RNA was used for first strand cDNA synthesis in a mixture containing 1 Taq polymerase buffer ( Promega ) , 1mM dNTPs , 40 Units RNasin ( Promega ) , 100 pmoles downstream primer and 200 Units Superscript ( Gibco-BRL ) . |
| 8 | This associative procedure is achieved by first stating the model to be attached and then indicating which of its nodes have to be positioned upon another specified node ( on another model ) . |
| 9 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 10 | Meciar was replaced by First Deputy Premier Jan Carnogursky , the former dissident lawyer and leader of the Christian Democratic Movement ( CDM ) , a junior partner in the ruling coalition . |
| 11 | Route finding can also be difficult so caution is urged on first acquaintance . |
| 12 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 13 | The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 . |
| 14 | The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 . |
| 15 | Results of searches are normally dispatched by first-class mail the day they are received if the application is received by first post . |
| 16 | Transfer 's fifth show is based on first hand accounts of women working in the health services . |
| 17 | On receipt by congress , the budget is dealt with first by a variety of committees . |
| 18 | Variceal haemorrhage in cirrhotic patients carries high early mortality ranging from 31.6 to 63.3% , even when balloon tamponade , drugs or emergency sclerotherapy are used as first line treatment . |
| 19 | Analysis on a turnkey system was performed by first establishing the two functions describing the rotation of the left-hand arm and the jack . |
| 20 | Physiotherapy was chosen as first reserve occupation . |
| 21 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |
| 22 | This time stroke play was used with first place going to Eddie , second to Andy White and third to Ian McCulloch . |
| 23 | That particular ghost was said at first , because she 'd lived in a hulking great castle with fields and forests and things , and when she saw it again it was a council estate and , as I said , a supermarket . |
| 24 | Similarly , the availability of new technology is limited at first to narrow distribution channels such as direct sales nd systems integrators , typically proportional to the complexity of the stuff . |
| 25 | The need for hard copy was met at first by initiating , via the VDU keyboard , an instruction to print remotely in the Data Processing Centre . |
| 26 | Disease was measured by first hospital admission rates since endometriosis can be diagnosed with accuracy only at laparotomy or laparoscopy . |
| 27 | The LASMO PC network was extended at first to Broadwalk House and the Aberdeen office , then , in the wake of the Ultramar deal , to Moorgate and Chiswick . |