Example sentences of "[vb base] [that] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , important exceptions , and they clearly suggest that a first stage must be to see people 's housing experience in relation to the whole of their lives , in particular their lives in employment . |
| 2 | Others suggest that the first Hereford ancestor was a cow called Silver who , with her calf , was bequeathed to Benjamin Tomkins by his father Richard in 1720 , and indeed Benjamin 's son , Benjamin the younger , became the great improver of the breed in the 1760s . |
| 3 | I suggest that the first thing is erm comments on what recommendation you will be thinking of making to the church in regard to the visit of er Mr and Mrs . |
| 4 | Okahata and his colleagues suggest that the first step in our perception of smells occurs when odorous substances are absorbed by the lipid bilayer of a cell . |
| 5 | In the 1960s there is evidence that the process of equalisation began to slow down somewhat and statistics suggest that the first oil shock of 1973 actually reversed the trend altogether with disparities tending to widen . |
| 6 | In a field landing it often happens that on the final approach or even during the hold off you realise that the first part of the field is not as smooth as it is further along . |
| 7 | Yet , when will he and others of like mentality realise that the first rule of the road must always be to give priority to unprotected people , whatever the circumstances ? |
| 8 | The old zeks , the long-term men , they say that the first months in the camps are the hardest . |
| 9 | The old ones say that the first morning , the first experience of dawn in the camps , is the greatest test . |
| 10 | Lippmann 's view , like J. S. Mill 's , was that the electors have the right to choose their rulers or government , but beyond that they should leave government to govern without interference or pressure : " Their duty is to fill the office and not to direct the office-holder. " ( p. 46 ) A not dissimilar view was put forward by Bernard Crick , who said of referenda , the power to recall representatives and other devices for popular intervention : " They forget that the first business of government is to govern … |
| 11 | The numbers mean that the first bulb flashes every 12 seconds , the next every 8 seconds , and the third every 6 seconds . |
| 12 | These observations show that the first absorption band of at 37 900 cm -1 consists of two electronic transitions . |
| 13 | Astronomical computations show that the first day of the two calendars agreed in the year 2773 BC , and it has been concluded that this was when the Sothic calendar was introduced . |
| 14 | Leaked " think-tank " proposals in 1982 show that the first Thatcher government at least contemplated replacing tax funding by some form of continental health insurance . |
| 15 | I hope that the first step towards that will be taken tonight . |
| 16 | In my own case I know that the first link produces the last through the intermediate link , and could not produce it without . |
| 17 | — " We know that the first bicycles looked like that because they 've got one in the museum . " |
| 18 | I remember that the first time I came to Semer Water was as a boy on my bike . |
| 19 | If we go back to the education example , and suppose that the first vote is between L and M , then if the rich vote sincerely L wins , and in the second round H defeats L. On the other hand , if the rich had voted for M in the first round , then M would have gone on to win in the second round . |
| 20 | It could be asked what is disappointing about Harlow , and I suppose that the first thing that strikes one is the design fault so far is the road work , the road network is concerned and er , and the inadequacy of the road , for roads for modern traffic . |
| 21 | I note that the first thing that the Labour party would do in my Department , if it came to power , would be to change the name of MAFF to FAFF . |
| 22 | Note that the first statement of the theme is always at least a third as long as the whole , while contrasting sentences are never very prolonged , and are sometimes quite brief . |
| 23 | Most students find that the first job does eventually come along , and even that elusive Equity card is attainable . |
| 24 | Students usually find that the first term 's work is relatively gentle . |
| 25 | I have tried them all and find that the first method suits me best . |
| 26 | Some writers express humility in a particularly strange way : when they wish to express an opinion but feel that the first person singular is too assertive , they use the plural ( ‘ we submit ’ ) . |
| 27 | In case librarians and information scientists feel that the first stage of Taylor 's processes of adding value is not very challenging , I feel that I should spend a few moments indicating the considerable complexity of the publicly available information resource potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 28 | No those 15 trucks and trailers will move from Assab to Desai and they should arrive in Dessi this morning , and then in Desai they 'll have to be transferred to er a certain amount of food to smaller trucks , and we think that the first group of trucks will be just perhaps 5 trucks that will really test the road from Desai up to Waldia in the area controlled by the rebels to see if there really is a safe passage agreement and to see if er there are bridges out on that road or whether there are land mines left on the road , to see if it is actually possible to move food across those lines . |
| 29 | I think that the first thing that one would have to say is that we work for the Ministry of Defence , and not the Ministry of War and therefore we are about defence , we 're about the maintenance of peace , erm this you know maintaining of justice etc etc . |
| 30 | The precise origins of the Mage Wars have been lost in the fogs of Time , but disc philosophers agree that the First Men , shortly after their creation , understandably lost their temper . |