Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To which the great shambling John Wayne figure replies : ‘ By stopping him getting on base in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 3 | So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) . |
| 4 | It was held that property in the incomplete ship passed on payment of the first instalment but that no property passed at that time in some materials which were Lying in the ship yard and might be used in the ship 's construction . |
| 5 | To those leaving we say thank you for your efforts during an especially difficult past two years and to those coming on board for the first time we wish you every success in the future . |
| 6 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 7 | In 1886 Douglas Fox and James Brunlees [ q.v. ] were knighted on completion of the first tunnel under the Mersey which , along with the railway linking Birkenhead with Liverpool , they had jointly engineered . |
| 8 | The statement says : ‘ On completion of the first phase in September , 1989 , the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources hired MPL 's expatriate employees and dismissed MPL , leaving a claim by the British company against the Government of Ghana which is currently under discussion between the two parties . |
| 9 | In an experiment at Stamford school ( S. Smith 1984 ) , it was shown that , whereas girls ’ mathematics scores were equal to those of the boys on entry in the first year , by the end of the year , boys were scoring more highly . |
| 10 | Hence unc on extraction of the first factor . |
| 11 | 50% ( fifty per cent ) on signature of this Agreement 25% ( twenty five per cent ) on receipt of the final version of the Program following Beta testing 25% ( twenty five per cent ) on publication of the first packages of Reading for English |
| 12 | When he was about 3 years old , he put on make-up for the first time . |
| 13 | as if to illustrate his point , the early volunteers on site for the first passenger services of the year on Saturday , April 11 , were the ladies . |
| 14 | He agreed to be on site for the first weekend , while Dave would be present during the week and for the second weekend . |
| 15 | The movie , starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds , is released on video for the first time on September 21 — with the original preview trailer and a deleted sequence of Reynolds singing You Are My Lucky Star . |
| 16 | And why did you go out on strike in the first place ? |
| 17 | We have arranged a special offer : Country Living readers will be admitted free on presentation of the first page of this article ( or take along the March issue if you do not wish to cut your magazine ) . |
| 18 | As you play through this you should notice how the D note is held on top of the first three chords , and also the subtle rhythmic variations which occur on the F chords in bars 3 and 4 … |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Kevin Keegan yesterday praised unsung hero Kevin Scott as Newcastle prepared to put even more distance between themselves and the chasing pack on top of the First Division . |
| 20 | If we can now persuade more birds to come and perch on top of the first lot we can in principle build up the wire to any thickness we choose . |
| 21 | We are still six points clear on top of the First Division with a game in hand . |
| 22 | A wash of a bluer version of the grass and tree colours was applied last , on top of the first dry coats of colour on the banks and water . |
| 23 | In hexagonal close packing , a second layer sits on top of the first layer so that each sphere in the second layer is in contact with three spheres of the first layer ( see figure 3.22 ) . |
| 24 | He presented 23 soldiers with campaign medals on behalf of the First Battalion the Staffordshire Regiment . |
| 25 | Other new awards on offer for the first time this year included Practical Word Processing . |
| 26 | There are still places open at the free Wednesday Workshop ( 7–9pm ) , and Mrs Freda Weaver , one of six volunteer tutors , says a City and Guilds Number Power certificate is on offer for the first time . |
| 27 | In the east , women could have free abortion on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy . |
| 28 | On recruitment to the first study 92 healthy subjects rated their mood and performed various tasks ( a variable fore period simple reaction time task , five choice serial response task , repeated numbers detection task , free recall test , delayed recognition memory test , logical reasoning test , focused attention task , and categoric search task ) that have been described previously . |
| 29 | To record this guide-track , you set the tape to a start-mark and the tape recorder to record-pause ; the video tape is set on play-pause on the first frame of picture . |
| 30 | LOU REED : ‘ The Bells ’ / ‘ Growing Up In Public ’ mid-priced reissues of the former Velvet Underground leader 's '79 and '80 LPs on CD for the first time |