Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , as if objecting already to the place where it would take its first breath , it kicked against her stomach wall quite forcibly . |
| 2 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 3 | As I have already explained , it will present its first report to my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister around the end of January next year . |
| 4 | PROGRESS in setting up a new retreat centre in Falkland in Fife which was initiated by Church of Scotland deaconess Lynda Wright has been much swifter than anticipated with the result that it will welcome its first guests from the beginning of April . |
| 5 | Well , so nothing , if the novel you have written is a good one and if nothing that you have done in the way of title , type of story , original laying-out of the situation has not broken that contract with the reader which says , " This will be a crime novel , it will entertain you first of all though it may cause you a little to think " . |
| 6 | Observers however believe it will ship its first product before the end of the year after a lengthy alpha and beta test cycle . |
| 7 | Observers however believe it will ship its first product before the end of the year after a lengthy alpha and beta cycle . |
| 8 | It will have its first performance four months before The Voyage and is based on the Portuguese explorations of Brazil , Japan , China and India which took place in the decade from 1490 to 1500 . |