Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 2 | of those employed in its industry would be sacked in the first year . |
| 3 | Problems should be referred in the first instance to the Supervisor . |
| 4 | The prize will be given to the first correct entry ( which should be sent to by ) and we 'll print the answers in the next issue . |
| 5 | The guide provides three simple checklists of what information should be given at the first appointment , during and at the end of the case . |
| 6 | Porter might wish to question how such groups with non-related SBUs came to be formed in the first place . |
| 7 | She had a violent impulse to summon Murphy and go at once to Trelorne and find Michael Swinton , and so strong was this inclination and the need to explain to him that she was personally so very Lyddy before she realized that such an action was only a perfect sequel in childish impetuosity to her former one of agreeing to be painted in the first place . |
| 8 | So unless we train ourselves to find alternatives then the better answers that might be hidden behind the first answer are lost to us . |
| 9 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 10 | It must be recalled in the first place that in Reg. v. Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , Ex parte Agegate Ltd . |
| 11 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 12 | Tyrothricin can reasonably be regarded as the first antibiotic to be established as a therapeutic substance . |
| 13 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 14 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 15 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 16 | In so far as it explained his personal ideology to the French people , it may be regarded as the first speech of de Gaulle the politician , as opposed to de Gaulle the symbol . |
| 17 | If the final syllable is of this type , the stress will usually be placed on the first syllable . |
| 18 | Otherwise , the cursor will be placed at the first field which does not satisfy either of the above two conditions . |
| 19 | ‘ It is riveting stuff , especially to be treated to the first performance of a production that has attracted such rave reviews . |
| 20 | The patient should be treated within the first 6 hours of the onset of symptoms ; the longer you delay therapy the greater the risk of haemorrhage into the area of myocardial infarction following thrombolysis . |
| 21 | ( After their first mention candidates will be designated by the first letter(s) of their surnames . ) |
| 22 | In retrospect it seems extraordinary that some of these could be prescribed in the first place . |
| 23 | In fact , we do run a project which looks at the ways science can be taught in the first school , which has been very surprising to me and many of my colleagues by what can actually be done with children in the ages of five to seven . |
| 24 | In fact , we do run a project which looks at the ways science can be taught in the first school , which has been very surprising to me and many of my colleagues by what can actually be done with children in the ages of five to seven . |
| 25 | Once you remortgage , tax relief will be limited to the first £30,000 of your loan . |
| 26 | It was an appalling mistake for the city to be attacked in the first place . |
| 27 | The whole child , within the context of family and school could be considered for the first time , not just the offence . |
| 28 | The preoccupation with the study of artefacts in isolation has a number of causes : the need to provide a chronology ; the absence of frameworks of thought by which grave-goods might be considered in the first instance as part of a mortuary ritual ; and , particularly from the nineteenth century , obsession with artefacts . |
| 29 | All applications will be considered in the first instance by one of six regional short listing panels , each regional panel will consist of a professional recruitment consultant and two people independent of government and I shall select those I wish to appoint as members of police authorities from the short list . |
| 30 | In these ‘ policed provinces ’ crime was to be reported in the first instance to headmen who would in turn notify the police of serious offences . |