Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling a few exaggerated grimaces just before you go through the door will help you make the first important smile . |
| 2 | And if , one day , the pick-up does catch on over here with the vigour of Ray-Ban shades , Zippo lighters and Levi jeans , it will make the last great fashion car , the Golf GTi , look about as silly as velvet loon pants . |
| 3 | You can not treat the second that way ; it simply affirms for some people a principle it denies to others . |
| 4 | Does anyone want the last hot chestnut ? ’ |
| 5 | Labour would not win the next general election on its own and should accept electoral reform , David Owen , SDP leader , told a Plymouth meeting . |
| 6 | From the time of the Falklands War , it was certain that the Tories would win the next general election , and that Mrs Thatcher would gain new stature as Prime Minister . |
| 7 | It will win the first division championship , just as my right hon. Friend will certainly win the next general election . |
| 8 | As question marks over Mr Major 's future grew at Westminster , Mr Heseltine said Mr Lamont 's speech would be forgotten very quickly and Mr Major would win the next general election . |
| 9 | To achieve this a user can reference the next approved version of a module in anticipation of that module 's approval . |
| 10 | Once this run is completed , Offline will automatically update the next Offline run start time by adding the interval to the current start time . |
| 11 | Because we observe changes in Hox expression in neural crest and motor nerves as well as in the early neural epithelium , multiple groups of cells that will enter and populate the first branchial arch may have adopted a second branchial arch identity . |
| 12 | Together , Hunter and McColgan could help achieve the first British team success since the English women 's squad triumphed at Neuchatel , Swotzerland , in 1986 . |
| 13 | In December 1963 it discussed whether or not it should contest the next local government elections but no decision was taken . |
| 14 | Soon he would smell the first sour tang of winter on the sea breezes . |
| 15 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 16 | If the new arrangements are adequately funded and properly implemented , they will comprise the first major government initiative to foster care at home rather than in institutions . |
| 17 | Oh you 'd better do the last one Doctor |
| 18 | As part of this learning exercise , a team from Brunel University has been asked to monitor and evaluate the first six field sites . |
| 19 | However , it did mark the first major overhaul of the Treaties of Rome , it reformed EC institutions to some extent and it succeeded in keeping the members united . |
| 20 | The investigation is being led by Det Supt Eric John , and the murder inquiry will mark the third unsolved killing in the Lothians in the last five weeks . |
| 21 | The 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States will be staged at nine venues and will feature the first indoor stadium ever used in the tournament 's history , the Silverdome in Pontiac , Michigan . |
| 22 | Guy's/St Thomas 's Hospital could become the second major centre , although it faces competition from the Royal Brompton/Chelsea and Westminster for the provision of paediatric cardiac services , and from St George 's linked to the Royal Marsden ( Sutton ) for cancer services . |
| 23 | If Sinn Fein do not hold the vacant seat , the DUP will become the second largest party in the Guildhall with five representatives . |
| 24 | In January , after a three-year C$58 million expansion and renovation , the Art Gallery of Ontario ( AGO ) will become the seventh largest art museum in North America . |
| 25 | The announcement by Gray , 49 , caused widespread consternation amongst political commentators as his successful 12-year congressional career had led many to predict that he would become the first black Speaker of the House . |
| 26 | In New York , television computer projections suggested Mr David Dinkins , a Democrat , would become the first black mayor of the city , beating the Republican , Mr Rudolph Giuliani . |
| 27 | It is possible that by the mid-1990s — barring a few suburban services — Canada will become the first industrialised country to abolish passenger trains completely . |
| 28 | PETER SCHMEICHEL arrives in London for the first time this season convinced Manchester United can become the first Premier League champions . |
| 29 | Northamptonshire will become the first official touring team to play in South Africa when their pre-season tour starts in Natal on March 24 . |
| 30 | Deprived of the usual dash of digital and chemical additives , it could become the first easy-listening album for the post-E , no power generation . |