Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quality of being meaningful and unified , which the second passage has but the first passage lacks , is known as coherence . |
| 2 | Parents usually notice that biting starts as the first teeth begin to emerge . |
| 3 | ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) . |
| 4 | The legend goes that the first church was started at the bottom of the hill , but during the night the walls were thrown down . |
| 5 | The Newton Personal Digital Assistants from Apple Computer Inc will be built around the Advanced RISC Computing Ltd ARM610 RISC : Apple says that the first version of Newton will be out early next year , and will be an electronic notepad , able to record and recognise handwriting and to straighten out rough sketches ; Cambridge-based Advanced RISC Machines , which is owned by Acorn Computers Plc , Apple and VLSI Technology Inc says that Newton has an object-oriented executive and that the memory manager in the ARM610 provides specific support for object-oriented data handling . |
| 6 | John Kydd , divisional organiser for the engineering union , says that the first statement is a lie and the second is a provocation . |
| 7 | Intel says that it will introduce personal computer add-in boards and software later this year , but refused to confirm a report in US PC Week that places the number of products at 20 and says that the first launch will be in April . |
| 8 | Mr. Beloff submits that the first question we have to answer is : is there any known rule of natural justice that a person who is not the subject of an administrative decision should nevertheless have the right to make representations before the decision is made ? |
| 9 | Faulty learning occurs because the first instances of it were inappropriately reinforced by the parents or other caretakers of the child . |
| 10 | Commenting on this , Sebba and Wootton ( 1984 : 8 ) write : The switch to Creole occurs before the first instance of " build " is " and this could be taken as a direct quotation of the man 's words , rendered in Creole because he is apparently a Jamaican : cf. |
| 11 | As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs . |
| 12 | Table 16–2 shows that the first Thatcher government was able to reduce marginal tax rates substantially , especially for the very rich . |
| 13 | Figure 3.3 also shows that the first cycles are richest in deep sleep and that REM sleep is concentrated towards the end of the night . |
| 14 | Our evidence which shows that the first glimmerings of our new paradigm emerged around 1860 and we expect that by 2010 the shift will be virtually complete , although it will take longer for its changes to affect everyone . |
| 15 | As the linker needle comes back with the second stitch in its hook , the latch of the linker needle closes and the first stitch goes over the latch of the linker needle and is cast off . |
| 16 | Compare the bank 's tenacity at taking away allowances with its reluctance to give salary increases when the first sign of adversity appears . |
| 17 | It will be recalled that the proceedings had been adjourned from June to August , and about that time of year it appears that the first appellant was offered employment in Italy . |
| 18 | Labov notes that the first type of approach appears to work best in working-class neighbourhoods while the second is more successful in middle-class neighbourhoods . |
| 19 | Emilio Botin , Santander 's chairman , asserts that the First Fidelity stake ‘ fits perfectly ’ with Santander 's other American alliances , a small shareholding in a financial group , Kemper , and a co-operation agreement with an insurer , Metropolitan Life . |
| 20 | If British Rail feels that the first stage of the channel tunnel rail link to Stratford and King 's Cross does not offer immediate opportunities for a freight route , there is something seriously amiss in its thinking . |
| 21 | It also indicates that the first resection was indeed complete . |
| 22 | Seán Mac Stíofáin indicates that the first time the leadership discussed the civil rights movement was when |
| 23 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 24 | The recent greening of the world means that the first clover of summer is greeted with an enthusiasm previously reserved for the cuckoo . |
| 25 | This means that the first set of questions about facts mentioned at the outset can now be answered . |
| 26 | An income tax plus an allowance OA implies that the first OA pounds of pre-tax income are still retained after-tax . |
| 27 | The Securities and Futures Authority proposes that the first £5m of any levy on its members would continue to be raised on a weighted , registered persons basis , taking account of the amount of business conducted with private clients . |
| 28 | This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front . |
| 29 | The game continues until the first player is back at the front . |
| 30 | Cash generation has assumed its full priority and Roger Shute , the chairman , reports that the first benefits of this policy have already been seen with bank borrowings reduced from £5.6million to £3.6million . |