Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb -s] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , if it does the first out 'll be the dockers and railwaymen . |
| 3 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 4 | Quinn can give the bookmakers a caning today if he scores the first goal of the game . |
| 5 | Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds … |
| 6 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 7 | I think it should be remembered that that public support actually was against a requirement of one thousand nine hundred dwellings , which is not quite the proposal being put forward by the County at the moment , but it is clear that there seems to me n not to be any public or great strength of public objection to the sort of proposals that are now before you in this enquiry , and it also seems to me that the reasons behind erm that that public support are essentially because it meets the first requirement of paragraph P P G thirty three , that the alternative expansion of existing towns or villages will represent a less satisfactory method of providing land for new housing that is needed , I think that is the essence of the public support , and so first of I think you can say that that 's that means that first criteria , and certainly it seems to meet the second automatically because it an expression of public preference . |
| 8 | Baffling because it is all so new and strange , and exciting because it brings the first hint , the first distant suggestion that for women an independent economic identity is possible . |
| 9 | It still has to deal with sagging demand in its two vital markets — the UK and the US — while it develops the first of four new models for the late '90s . |
| 10 | The CEGB know it , the local authority know it , we know it , you know it , and the inspector appointed to carry out the inevitable inquiry will know it before he hears the first evidence . |
| 11 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 12 | She smiles as she meets the first customers of the day . |
| 13 | The hard copy formatter opens one or more volumes in the hard copy directory for each charge code specified in the configuration file , when it finds the first module which is associated with the given charge code and which has not been hard copied . |
| 14 | The hero was being filmed taking his 10-month-old baby to the pool when he gets the first indication he is going to be threatened . |
| 15 | As he reaches the first solo stage , therefore , the pupil must either achieve a standard of flying which does not leave room for criticism , or he must learn to accept the particular instructor 's comments as fair and helpful . |