Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sipped the wine , picked at the first course and let James Hamilton carry the conversation . |
| 2 | She had looked at the first lines but now she was n't reading any of it . |
| 3 | Those results would suggest that the other tumours were in fact new tumours , rather than persistent tumours which had been missed at the first cystoscopy . |
| 4 | In situations like this , it was not our practice or the practice of Labov 's fieldworkers in Philadelphia to interrupt proceedings in order to renegotiate permission to record ; in Belfast such permission was sought at the first contact with each household . |
| 5 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 6 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
| 7 | Interestingly the clinical diagnosis of colonic carcinoma made at the first attendance was correct in four of five cases and incorrect in nine of 88 cases suggesting that clinical features are of help in this diagnosis . |
| 8 | I revised a relatively brief article in line with the referees ' comments only to receive a new set of comments which raised points that could have been made at the first submission . |
| 9 | In a few areas a detailed election manifesto has been adopted at the first meeting of a newly elected council as a basis for council policies ( Fudge 1981 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ Flittern said , folding himself onto the bench beside her , ‘ we could perhaps tempt you with a bottled rogue amorous thought , distilled at the first quarter of the moon , and salted with a spark of starlight . |
| 11 | In the autumn of 1852 he photographed in Russia , and the results were shown at the first exhibition of photography at the Society of Arts , when he gave the address . |
| 12 | There was a much smaller association between adversity measured at the first interview and symptoms at the second . |
| 13 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 22 , evidence produced at the first day of the trial " implicated Tanay and other top brass " . |
| 14 | Water conditions can be corrected at the first sign of any trouble with far less chance of an annoying , expensive and let's face it , cruel loss in the tank . |
| 15 | Not only had the reception of The Family Reunion been altogether more favourable than the ill-started attempt in 1939 , but both this play and Murder in the Cathedral were to be performed at the first Edinburgh Festival in the following year . |
| 16 | True to form we were disqualified at the first change-over between David and me . |
| 17 | This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding , and giving candidates a range of choice , not only of questions that will do them most credit , but of answers that will best suit the circumstances described . |
| 18 | This level of examination goes beyond the groundwork laid at the First Level by testing more complex writing and understanding . |
| 19 | Official spokespeople claim the band had not planned to perform on the night , although NME 's source said : ‘ They were definitely going to do the gig , but it was pulled at the first sign of the news breaking . ’ |
| 20 | They had arrived at a first floor landing . |
| 21 | The match hinged on the confrontation between Christy O'Connor Jnr and Mark James and it was effectively settled at the first hole . |
| 22 | This is generally observed at the first meeting and to a somewhat lesser extent at subsequent meetings . |
| 23 | Suppose that an anti-Conservative voter could know his first-preference candidate had been eliminated at the first count , and how other anti-Conservative candidates had fared . |
| 24 | Their argument can be illustrated by assuming that in an STV constituency election the sole Green candidate is eliminated at the first count . |
| 25 | These problems were discussed at the first meeting of the Montreal Protocol Parties in Helsinki in May 1989 . |
| 26 | It may include three courses taken at the first year level only , or a second double or less frequently a second treble , ie |
| 27 | Pink tablets to be taken at the first sign of symptoms and Yellow tablets that only need to be taken if symptoms persist . |
| 28 | Had the hernia been strangulated , action would have had to be taken at the first sign of trouble . |
| 29 | As a requirement for entry to most courses in thefaculty , SCE applicants must offer passes in four Highers at BBBB , taken at the first sitting ; if taken over two sittings , slightly better grades are required . |
| 30 | GCE applicants must offer passes in three A-levels at grades BBC , taken at the first sitting . |