Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | En- Janice Cairns as Butterfly tries must be received by first post on Wednesday , November 29 . |
| 2 | The aim of this book is to create a broad , multidisciplinary framework for thinking about what students are taught and ought to be taught on first degree courses . |
| 3 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |
| 4 | Although reveille had been at 0400 hours , the landing would not be made until first light at 0850 . |
| 5 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 6 | The shape of this 30ft by 45ft design seemed to make it appear wider and not all features could be seen at first glance . |
| 7 | The integrand can be expanded to first order in : . |
| 8 | The War Artists Advisory Committee was set up , not only to stimulate and artistic record of war and related activities , but also to help ensure that at least some of the artists would be saved from First World War carnage . |
| 9 | An arrestable offence is : ( 1 ) an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law ( murder , treason ) ; ( 2 ) an offence for which a person of 21 or over may be sentenced on first conviction to imprisonment for a term of five years ( This covers common law and statutory offences ) ; ( 3 ) those offences listed in section 24(2) , e.g. Theft Act 1968 ( ss. 12(I) and 25(1) ) ; Sexual Offences Act 1956 ( ss.14 , 22 and 23 ) ) . |
| 10 | There are a few instances , however , when even TNF needs further simplification , and these are looked at in Section 3.8 which may be skipped on first reading . |
| 11 | Shipment of a pre-release version of Matisse 2.2 on the KSR1 is planned for fourth quarter 1993 , with the final release to be shipped in first quarter 1994 . |
| 12 | The cotton can be fixed by first coating the board with glue size or a coat of PVA glue . |
| 13 | It also occurred to me today that perhaps one of us in the Glasgow Office ought to be trained in First Aid . |
| 14 | If there is a significant urethritis , this can be adduced by first sample can be spun down and the solid matter can be stained and microscopically examined . |
| 15 | In the above two examples , entries would be retrieved under first author and under class-mark . |
| 16 | Its two halves are asymmetric and can not be folded to be superimposed without first turning one of them over . |
| 17 | A warrant may be issued at first instance if the court is satisfied by evidence on oath that a summons is unlikely to secure the attendance of a reluctant witness ( MCA 1980 , s97(2) ) . |
| 18 | But everyone should be fighting for first team places , especially as we are going to Wembley . |
| 19 | However , given the readiness of our subjects to talk at length about their drug use , the time limits placed on the research , and the possibility of a number of informants being sentenced and/or convicted before the second interview took place , it quickly became clear that the majority of interviewees would probably be seen only once and that in-depth interviews should be conducted on first contact , if that suited the informant . |
| 20 | In this context , reduced unit costs and higher productivity can be the difference between the success or failure of an infill , and can not be achieved without first RATE project management . |
| 21 | ( It will be found in Volume I of Hume 's Treatise which should be read at first hand , as we are not trying to do it any justice here . ) |