Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 2 | The guidance will bring together for the first time all the relevant existing guidance into one statement and has already been the subject of previous consultation in a green paper . |
| 3 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 4 | erm , you do n't give up at the first little hurdle . |
| 5 | Now fitted with the superior 2.9-litre engine , the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year — 48 per cent falls are the norm . |
| 6 | Uniforum Asia ‘ 92 conference will run concurrently with the first Asia Pacific Networking , Open Systems & Workstations ( NOW ) exhibit August 25–27 at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore . |
| 7 | The next series will run concurrently with the first set , and will be held in Tees-side . |
| 8 | The problem is not to find an alternative to a system that once worked well but no longer does ; the problem is to make it work efficiently for the first time in its 3,000-year history . |
| 9 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 10 | Each makeshift arrangement concealed a human larva that would emerge again at the first signs of dawn . |
| 11 | The family may look forward to the first visit home , assuming that everything can go on exactly where it left off . |
| 12 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 13 | There are two other necessary ingredients , which will normally arise automatically from the first ingredient , self-replication itself . |
| 14 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 15 | But young couples are often surprised , even shocked , by the ferocity of the rows that can suddenly blow up in the first year or two of marriage . |
| 16 | ‘ How did you meet up in the first place ? |
| 17 | It will return tomorrow with the first in the annual series of company performance league tables . |
| 18 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 19 | The internal Labour pressure group that will meet officially for the first time in Stirling aims to unite and organise women from both wings of the party as well as from the constituencies and trades unions . |
| 20 | So you 've had a sharp increase in our shareholders ' funds during the six months and a reduction in our net debt which may not be quite as er substantial as you expected but it is the combination of on the one hand the proceeds of Elsivir less some reinvestment which Frank mentioned , we put a little more money in B S B and the minority interests and we do have traditionally in the first half an adverse net movement of funds from operation about ninety five million and then we had thirty two million odd er of simply revaluation as a result of translating our dollar debt at er the one sixty as opposed to the year ending rate . |
| 21 | ‘ If you believe that , why did you stay here in the first place ? ’ |
| 22 | Why does go down in the first place ? |
| 23 | Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble . |
| 24 | If the second measurement did not tally exactly with the first , it meant that there was something wrong with the patient 's stomach . |
| 25 | You can almost tell just from the first time they 're doing their marking . |
| 26 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | WHILE the Ipswich fans taunted ‘ You 're going down with the Arsenal ’ , Town star John Wark predicted that troubled Manchester United could still walk off with the first Premier League Championship . |
| 28 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 29 | Two more previews to go , and then , at seven o'clock on the Thursday ( early so that the critics could get their copy in ) , the curtain would go up on the first night proper of The Hooded Owl . |
| 30 | The crypt ( which could go back to the first basilica to be built on the site , in the ninth century AD ) , should be completely restored within a year . |