Example sentences of "[vb past] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the question , to sharpen up the one we posed in the first chapter , is not : ‘ How can I stop myself getting ‘ like that ’ ? ’ , as if ‘ like that ’ were a chronic condition into which one slowly but permanently sank . |
| 2 | As we mentioned in the first chapter of this book , egalitarian marriage is now widely promoted as an ideal , but recent research indicates that there is a wide gulf between what is said to be happening in terms of sharing in marriage and what actually happens . |
| 3 | The age distribution of known opioid users was similar to that found in the first survey , with 69 per cent being aged between 16 and 24 years ( compared to 75 per cent in 1984–5 ) . |
| 4 | The first point is that , of the five people generally named in any discussion of the generation gap theory , four are Free Presbyterians , which is a similar concentration to that found in the first generation of Paisley activists . |
| 5 | A new campaign team headed by John Wakeham , the Secretary of State for Energy and a close political associate , was appointed to replace what had generally been regarded as the ineffective one used in the first ballot . |
| 6 | It may be argued that this is essentially the approach that I used in the first chapter . |
| 7 | This cash outflow occurred in the first half of the year . |
| 8 | Although a fall in numbers occurred in the first year after charges were introduced , that was largely due to the building works , but the figures have increased and Welsh men are looking forward enormously to the addition to their national museum . |
| 9 | Episodes of intestinal obstruction usually occurred in the first year of operation but in seven patients admission to hospital with obstruction occurred after the first 12 months . |
| 10 | Well try the the one you tried in the first equation |
| 11 | A typical theoretical framework is that proposed in the first chapter of Bell ( 1991 ) , discussing the methodological requirements of translation . |
| 12 | First we need to start with the ‘ givens ’ of the situation — the objective features of the predicament which we reviewed in the first part of the last chapter . |
| 13 | In P3/T1 we pivoted in the first column because |
| 14 | The judge in the later case finds some relevant fact in that case of sufficient importance to justify a different approach from that adopted in the first decision . |
| 15 | Clinton needed five stitches in an eye cut he suffered in the first round , when he also badly displaced the knuckles on his left hand . |
| 16 | It has , not surprisingly , been at the forefront of critical enterprises which have considered literature 's different relations with history that we explored in the first chapter . |
| 17 | Inflation especially in the United States , the United Kingdom , Germany and Italy , accelerated in the first half of 1990 to an average of 4.7 per cent . |
| 18 | ‘ I would love to see how Leeds would handle the situation if we scored in the first minute , as they did at Ibrox . ’ |
| 19 | Paul Weston scored in the first half for Stockton , but it was not until the last five minutes that Paul Bromley crossed for their second try . |
| 20 | Indeed , is this not what you advised in the first place ? |
| 21 | ‘ The Collector ’ is arranged in three parts , each told in the first person by Clegg , Miranda , then Clegg again . |
| 22 | The consequences of such a reduction in the level of armaments ( and more generally of ‘ military preparedness ’ ) are considerable , for as I noted in the first edition of this book , if there is any generalization about the causes of war which is supported by some empirical evidence , it seems to be that which establishes a connection between an arms race and an increased probability of war ( Richardson , 1960 ) . |
| 23 | They were themselves a witness to the success of the ecclesiastical promotion of lay education in the faith although , in their case , it stimulated a sectarianism which exploded in the first quarter of the fifteenth century as a threat to both the doctrinal and social establishment of authority . |
| 24 | Those Roebuck penalties apart , the only other scores from the Australians came in the first half , when strapping winger Damien Smith barged his way through two tackles to notch the game 's only try . |
| 25 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
| 26 | United 's goal came in the first half … top marks for winger Max Nicholson … he kept control … kept his head and then smashed it home … low and hard … |
| 27 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 28 | Their goals came in the first half , Scot Sammy Johnston opening his account for the club and |
| 29 | In spite of the recession , reduced profits from property sales and a 50 per cent rise in interest charges to £3.5 million profit before exceptionals was down only 9 per cent to £22.1 million , of which £11.8 million came in the first half . |
| 30 | Atkins felt that Peterborough 's first goal , which came in the first minute of the second-half , should have been disallowed because Cambridge goalkeeper John Vaughan had the ball kicked out of his hands by sliding Peterborough midfielder John McGlashan . |