Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is tempting to see this as the first occasion when the judges insisted on independence on this principle . |
| 2 | The fact that three quarters of those prescribed medication thought it to have been very or fairly effective may be thought to vindicate this as a first line approach , but side effects from anticholinergic drugs are common , and important diagnoses ( for example , a neurological condition ) may be delayed . |
| 3 | His name was Dave Brown and he eventually went on to establish one of the first clubs in the country to be licensed as an openly gay establishment . |
| 4 | All very innocent , if a little unfortunate in timing , unless one is a Daily Mirror journalist prepared to fire one of the first shots in the election campaign and print the picture pointing out Mr Major 's unfortunate choice of venue . |
| 5 | ‘ It never occurred to me not to do that in the first place , ’ she said . |
| 6 | It makes far more sense to do two for the first day , then you can judge how many you can get through in a day from those two . |
| 7 | Now we have to repeat that with the first team . ’ |
| 8 | Referring to Western society Gerth and Mills state that life chances include ‘ Everything from the chance to stay alive during the first year after birth to the chance to view fine arts , the chance to remain healthy and grow tall , and if sick to get well again quickly , the chance to avoid becoming a juvenile delinquent and very crucially , the chance to complete an intermediary or higher educational grade ’ . |
| 9 | If I did n't feel that way , I would n't have wanted to get involved in the first place . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps it 's better not to have any in the first place , ’ Merrill remarked idly , braking at a crossroads . |
| 11 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 12 | Longman the least seasonally biased of the three struggled to break even in the first half and this removed the normal pattern of Longman 's half-year profits helping to offset the first half losses of the other two businesses but before we get too depressed er I point out that Addison Wesley s sales were up by eleven percent and the size of the first half loss reflects the company 's decision to gear up in advance er , for what we w believe will be a very strong er , second er , half performance . |
| 13 | He says it will make enough to break even in the first year . |
| 14 | McCann came from behind to take each of the first two sets before Robertson began to find his touch . |
| 15 | On the erm there wo n't be the first aid room over the we 're looking to move that to the first floor . |
| 16 | Under normal circumstances , understudies would be expected to attend all the rehearsals to familiarise themselves with the production , but , because Alex and Charles knew the play so well , they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off , which would save both them and their replacements the embarrassment of the early stumbling rehearsals while the newcomers were trying to memorise the lines . |
| 17 | Only out on the water with Pedro panting in the prow had she dared to admit that for the first time in her life she had felt herself a prisoner at the Hall . |
| 18 | According to Professor Morag Timbury of Glasgow Royal Infirmary ‘ acyclovir seems set to become one of the first effective anti-viral agents that can be given systemically in safety . ’ |
| 19 | He read English at Cambridge — ‘ actually I spent most of the time reading opera ’ and went on to become one of the first crop of the Arts Council 's pioneering Arts Administration course , which was ‘ a bit Heath Robinsonish then , but still a wonderful grounding ’ . |
| 20 | Expertise in the medium of song may have led Bedyngham to become one of the first composers , along with Walter Frye and Guillermus Dufay , to experiment with the technique of building a Mass cycle not on plainchant , but on a model taken from secular music . |
| 21 | Labour council leader John Williams and Mr Milburn yesterday produced a declaration arguing for Darlington to become one of the first unitary authorities under local government reform . |
| 22 | But although recycling and reuse are extremely important and something we can all support , the real solution to the waste problem is to try not to produce any in the first place ! |