Example sentences of "on the first [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well le , shall we take a vote on the first word and then decide whether it 's a park , a sports field or a a sports park or whatever ? |
| 2 | ‘ Once she was a hit , we could have sat on the first contract and made more money from her . |
| 3 | But his official estimates of the effects of a 2,500-megaton attack were 36 million deaths on the first day and 72 million by the 60th day , without reckoning on the effects of a breakdown of organized services . |
| 4 | Jamie Osborne rode again yesterday despite giving up later rides on the first day and will be fit to partner Whats The Crack . |
| 5 | Durham ( 286–2 dec ) drew with Oxford University ( 105–2 ) THIS match assumed merely academic interest yesterday , after only two hours ’ play on the first day and none on the second . |
| 6 | Starting from the clubhouse on the first day and walking along the edge of the wood we came to a piece of natural grassland studded with patches of purpose tufted vetch and orchids growing among the unmown grass . |
| 7 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 8 | Even if a job spreads over several days , the first half hour rate should be charged on the first day and not on the others . |
| 9 | MCC also squandered the marvellous start provided by Fordham and Briers on the first day and so relinquished the initiative . |
| 10 | Fifty mls on the first day and then 40 , 30 , 20 , 10 . |
| 11 | Commission rates on dealing start at 1.65% on the first £7,000 and then on a diminishing scale , with a minimum of £20 on both sale and purchase . |
| 12 | The main road still uses the bridge on the first tier and one can walk along the full length of the water channel ( 168 ) . |
| 13 | If he does this then a sociological perspective has been brought to bear on the first idea and the researcher is ready to go on to the next step , which will be one of limiting his ideas to a feasible scheme of work . |
| 14 | So I started to write a variation on the first bar and told her to go on in the same way and to keep to the idea . |
| 15 | Retail sales were up 1.4pc over the past three months , consumer expenditure was up half a percent on the first quarter and there were indications that consumer confidence had shown a sharp rise in May . |
| 16 | Ballyfolion was forced to check on the first bend and Hyland said the dog cramped in the closing stages . |
| 17 | They queued patiently for lifts and ascended through a " Titanic cobweb " to find a choice of Parisian , Alsatian , Russian and Anglo-American restaurants on the first level and a bird's-eye view of the Seine sparkling beneath . |
| 18 | Ninety-six per cent of the voters followed his lead on the first question and two-thirds on the second . |
| 19 | I could double up on the first hit and get better odds . ’ |
| 20 | The horse hurt himself on the first jump and despite leading for much of the way round never really mastered the race . |
| 21 | When seen in hospital she was far less depressed than on the first occasion and did not feel she needed further help . |
| 22 | The next Microprocessor Forum is set for October 13–15 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel near San Francisco Airport : the not-to-be-missed event promises to have the goods on the first IBM and Apple Computer Systems Inc 's PowerPC chip , previews on Intel Corp 's P5 , Motorola Inc 's 68060 and Tsunami , and the first embracing discussion of Hobbit , ARM , the next-generation Intel SL and pocket electronics in general . |
| 23 | Lots selling for above that figure will be charged at 15% on the first $50,000 and 10% for the remaining amount . |
| 24 | There were six bedrooms on the first floor and a further two in a small staff flat above , and from every window a different view of the adjacent hills and woods . |
| 25 | This was once known as San Carlo 's Stable because of the archbishop 's mules were kept on the ground floor , the horses of the higher clergy on the first floor and hay for the animals on the upper floor . |
| 26 | The house had become far too large and expensive to maintain for Aunt Lou and so it had been altered , the top half being made into a separate flat on the first floor and a studio apartment created in the former attics . |
| 27 | The CID team will have a large open-plan office on the first floor and another room on the first floor can be used for major incidents . |
| 28 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 29 | The defendants were the owners of a public house which was run by a manager and his wife , who had a licence to live on the first floor and to take in paying guests . |
| 30 | Whereas the original promotional scheme used by Better Shoe Ltd cost eight times more money and reached at its best a response rate of 11% , the public relations scheme using health visitors and tailored to an understanding of mothers " needs , achieved a response rate of 17.3% on the first test and 21% on the second test — a significant accomplishment . |