Example sentences of "and [adv] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Founded in 1583 , the University has a distinguished tradition of learning and of innovation , including examples in the Arts ( Edinburgh established the first Chair of English Literature in Britain ) , in the Sciences ( with the UK 's first Chair of Agriculture and latterly the first Chair and Department of Artificial Intelligence ) and , of course , in Medicine and the other professions . |
| 2 | The Ambassador , Benedetti , was on leave and so the First Secretary of the Embassy was entrusted with seeing Bismarck in order to put the question to him . |
| 3 | As previously stated , rural land cover was not an important consideration , and so the first component image was discarded , together with the last three , leaving components 2 , 3 and 4 . |
| 4 | This corresponds to a 1 symmetry , and so the first overtone of a b 1 vibration is an a 1 transition . |
| 5 | ( 10.68 ) It follows from this and ( 10.66 ) that , and so the first term in ( 10.64 ) must necessarily be included in these solutions . |
| 6 | It can be shown that and so the first term on the right-hand side of eqn ( 20.7 ) represents the transfer of energy between wavenumbers . |
| 7 | ‘ But it is mite dung that people become allergic to , and so the first thing to get rid of is the dung . |
| 8 | Such relations occur in hierarchies , but for a proportional series all the structuring relations must be ‘ one-to-one ’ , that is to say , each relation must be such that for any element there is just one other element to which it can stand in that relation , and only the first element can stand in that relation to the second . |
| 9 | The mechanical output power per phase is simply the product of the phase current and the induced voltage ( Fitzgerald and Kingsley , 1952 ) : As the system is assumed to have an inertia large enough to prevent significant changes in velocity , the time.varying components of mechanical output power are of no interest and only the first term of Eqn . |
| 10 | The comedy-writer Statius Caecilius was a Celtic speaker by birth , an Insuber from northern Italy ( St Jerome , Chron. a. 1838 , p. 138 Helm ) , and apparently the first writer the proud city of Milan ever produced . |
| 11 | How was Norway Chamberlain 's fault and not the First Sea Lord 's ? |
| 12 | For statistical reasons and because of the ever changing pattern of pedestrian and vehicular movement at treated sites and elsewhere the first Plan argued for an annual ‘ gross ’ target reduction of 60 casualties . |
| 13 | There was , indeed , found to be a greater right field advantage in verbal ability and thus the first hypothesis was supported . |
| 14 | Labour council leader John Williams said the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate and High Row was long overdue and just the first step in a town improvement strategy . |
| 15 | During this period Meldola discovered the first oxazine dyestuff ( Meldola 's blue ) , and also the first alkali green ( viridine ) . |
| 16 | That was n't what you said , that was n't what you said , and probably the first person to put your granny in a home . |
| 17 | He was the first to recommend skiing as a sport to the Norwegians themselves and probably the first man to ski in the Alps . |
| 18 | Paula was amazed by the security arrangements that were necessary to ensure that the new season 's collections remained exclusive — the windows at the rear of the premises were heavily barred and practically the first thing she had to do on commencing her employment was to sign a contract promising that she would not breathe a word about the designs she saw . |
| 19 | And now the first STV general election is being held , the voters in the polling booths are busily writing 1,2,3,4,5 … instead of marking the customary X , and the sun is shining . |
| 20 | Pallister survived a traumatic start at Old Trafford to win FA Cup and European Cupwinners Cup medals , and now the First Division championship is within United 's grasp . |
| 21 | Having read with interest the saga of the Ashley Court Hotel , and now the first instalment on the Valley Hotel ( Caterer , 11–17 July ) , it strikes me that the Povahs and the Cassons should combine their marketing , accounting and food systems skills . |
| 22 | Walking through the village on any racing day one would hear conversation like , " What do you know today Fred " and the reply would bring forth such words of wisdom as " Watch Richards in the 2.30 " , or " Back top weight " for these men had a language of their own and in the evening , meeting over a pint the locals would discuss the downfall of the favourite or starting prices and often the first greeting one would get on opening the door of the bar was " How did you get on today " Tich " " , and often the reply was " First and second , Fred " . |
| 23 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 24 | It was patented in Germany sixteen years later as an appetite suppressor ( and then the First World War happened … ) . |
| 25 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |
| 26 | They talked to each other again , and then the first horse made clear signs for me to follow him . |
| 27 | Lectures often began as early as 5 or 6 a.m. in the summer ( 7 a.m. in the winter ) , and sometimes the first lecture went on for three hours , no provision being made for any food before 10 a.m . |
| 28 | No amount of reallocation makes the total reduce and yet the first reaction to bad numbers is almost always a rush to blame someone else on one 's own side ! |
| 29 | I eventually made it into the Yorkshire second XI and ultimately the first team . |
| 30 | And sadly the first time he flew without me he perished , leaving Bob Pointer and myself wondering why events in our puny lives are so ordained and arranged as to inflict the maximum hurt at a time like that . |