Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , where rent is payable quarterly in advance on the usual quarter days a term of " seven years from 25 March " will be construed as beginning at the first moment of 25 March , so that the first payment of rent will fall due on the first day of the term and the last payment of rent would be made in respect of a complete quarter , which ends at the last moment of the term . |
| 2 | Since the commission was set up in the First World War they in nineteen ninety five they said it would break even for the first time and agreed the last and thirties and forty come to maturity in which incomes are expected to double by twenty , twenty two . |
| 3 | Exactly and if , if you can break even in the first |
| 4 | ‘ If a woman did not become pregnant after the first transfer attempt , any frozen embryos could be thawed and transferred in a subsequent menstrual cycle , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Demand is growing , so the sight of wild boar wallowing in the mud could become commonplace for the first time since the sixteenth century . |
| 6 | The rule is expected to come into force in 1988 when post-1939 buildings will become eligible for the first time . |
| 7 | One January 20 , he promises the front door of the White House will swing open for the first time in nearly 30 years , as Bill , wife Hilary and 12-year-old daughter Chelsea pop down to McDonald 's and do a little shopping . |
| 8 | What we tend to do we get bored after the first two thousand and we start writing people letters . |
| 9 | It is far better to never get unhealthy in the first place ! |
| 10 | Although Short ( 28 ) will play black in the first game , colours will alternate from then on . |
| 11 | Singing constantly from a prominent post or in flight , they show off their beautiful spring black , white , grey and buff spring plumage in the hope it will prove irresistible to the first passing female . |
| 12 | The loser should remain liable for the first instance costs , which would have been incurred in any event . |
| 13 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |