Example sentences of "seen [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of these three patients the bleeding started in another ulcer not seen during the first endoscopy and therefore not treated with heater probe . |
| 2 | As only the better-off members could afford the piece of silver , this can be seen as the first sign that the classless Society of Archers was being taken over by the wealthier members . |
| 3 | This is seen as the first sign that Soviet nuclear scientists , who are threatened by redundancy following the disintegration of the union , will seek to sell their skills to the highest bidders . |
| 4 | In what is being seen as the first licensing by Apple Computer Inc of its Macintosh technology , the company has signed an OEM agreement that enables Honeywell Inc to use the Mac interface in avionics systems : Honeywell will use the technology to drive management information systems for commercial airline cockpits , building an Electronic Library System incorporating an adapted avionics version of Apple 's Macintosh Quadra 800 high-end box . |
| 5 | The Government 's insistence that the Channel tunnel rail link be privately-financed is being seen as the first stage in a longer term plan to privatise the entire British Rail network . |
| 6 | ELECTRONIC tagging of remand prisoners , seen as the first stage towards plans to introduce community-based punishments , was attacked by probation officers yesterday . |
| 7 | In the post-1945 period , national liberation has been seen as the first line of rebellion against capitalism . |
| 8 | The police is still seen as the first line of defence , but in recent years there has been increased co-operation between the police and the military , as in the joint exercises conducted at Heathrow in preparation for possible terrorist incidents . |
| 9 | The media often presented Jones ' results as supporting those of the two chemists whereas in due course , if not already , his work will be seen as the first refutation of the some of their claims ; his neutrons were orders of magnitude below theirs and he never made any direct measurements of heat . |
| 10 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 11 | With hindsight , this can be seen as the first step in the transformation of Gloucester into the lord of the north , but this is to read too much into a single grant . |
| 12 | The Commander of the Air Force since 1979 , Gen. Juan Rafael Bustillo , was appointed military attaché to Israel at the beginning of January 1990 in what was seen as the first step in reducing the power of senior right-wing officers . |
| 13 | The signature of a declaration on relations between the two countries was seen as the first step towards a future inter-state treaty . |
| 14 | With hindsight , this can be seen as the first step in the transformation of Gloucester into the lord of the north , but this is to read too much into a single grant . |
| 15 | Mansion House has only 24 , but it 's seen as the first step to putting the University at the forefront of childcare provision . |
| 16 | The inclusion of penguins among the animals depicted can now be seen as the first indication that prehistorians have had that these birds were present in the Mediterranean during the palaeolithic era , and not proof , as was recently suggested , that the paintings are modern forgeries . |
| 17 | that you will enter ports seen for the first time |
| 18 | When this behaviour is seen for the first time , the owners may become seriously concerned , imagining that the cat is having some kind of fit or seizure . |
| 19 | This stand-alone receiver is the latest addition to the ap range and can be seen for the first time at the London Boat Show . |
| 20 | Thirty-six mosaics have been lent by the Jordanian government and will be seen for the first time in Britain . |
| 21 | , Principal Inspector of Ancient Monuments , will give an illustrated talk , using specially commissioned slides seen for the first time , on the fascinating story of the oldest Royal Regalia in the British Isles . |
| 22 | When a patient is seen for the first time , a single measurement of serum urea or creatinine alone is not helpful in differentiating the time course of renal failure . |
| 23 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
| 24 | Then in the distance , the 6ft wave could be seen for the first time roaring up river at 10 mph . |
| 25 | But now five upstairs rooms have been restored , and can be seen for the first time . |
| 26 | On the other hand , this heterogeneity between risk groups might reflect the existence of constitutionally distinct subgroups within a population that has different forms of susceptibility to adenoma development : one with generalised and noticeable proliferative anomalies throughout the entire colonic epithelium that produce an increase tendency toward recidivism , and a second , less recidivant subgroup in whom polyp development is not preceded by the generalised pattern of hyperproliferation seen in the first group but by other types of alterations as yet unidentified . |
| 27 | Simple denial is when the problem is not seen in the first place , regardless of responsibility or resources . |
| 28 | This was also our experience in one patient in whom ‘ fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis ’ was seen in the first transplant at 20 weeks and progressed to require retransplantation at 32 weeks . |