Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] on the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government came under heavy pressure from the Law Society of Scotland to retain the contributory band to ensure that applicants were not encouraged to waste police and court time by using legal aid procedures to delay an eventual plea of guilty on the first day in court . |
| 2 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 3 | King drew first blood when he took the opening set 7-5 , thanks mainly to counts of 3 on the first and third ends , but Corsie 's reply was immediate : a 7-1 second-set triumph in five ends . |
| 4 | We even sold over £100 worth of '78s on the first day of the sale ! |
| 5 | England clinched the series with a workmanlike victory at Auckland — a win which had seemed unlikely when the visitors were 91 for 6 on the first day . |
| 6 | If the postman knocks on the door to delivery the only parcel you 've received in the past three years , you can guarantee it will be at just before eight on the first Saturday morning you 've had a chance to have a proper lie in for months . |
| 7 | Row 5 of our example spreadsheets shows that our professional spent from 14.56 until 15.12 on the first task listed and given that he charges for services by the hour what we require in column E , Duration , is a fraction of an hour . |
| 8 | When Lady Maud Hoare flew from Britain to India in 1926 on the first ever flight from Croydon to Delhi she had to reduce the amount of luggage with which she usually travelled quite drastically . |
| 9 | NEW ZEALAND pace bowler Danny Morrison grabbed five wickets for 37 runs as Australia collapsed to 139 for nine on the first day of the third and final Test in Auckland . |
| 10 | There was a drop of about six feet to the top of the window beneath , and an equal drop to that on the first floor . |
| 11 | Four years before the Americans had won three games to one on the first morning . |
| 12 | He came up with them to Four on the first floor , Tom 's room . |
| 13 | Lancashire opener Atherton had gone comfortably to 39 on the first day of the championship clash with reigning champions Essex at Old Trafford , when he hooked a Steve Andrew bouncer to Salim Malik at backward square leg . |
| 14 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 15 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening following receipt of the form . |
| 16 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 17 | The procedure will usually be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 18 | The spokesman for the First World War Veterans ' Association , Trafford joined up at 15 on the first day of the war , giving his age as 18 . |
| 19 | At 03.50 on the first day of the attack , 12 infantry divisions went forward in heavy mist . |
| 20 | In Perth , a sixth-wicket partnership of 136 between Martin Crowe ( 87 ) and John Bracewell ( 86 ) lifted New Zealand to 271 for seven on the first day after they slumped to 97 for five against Western Australia . |