Example sentences of "that [subord] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was decided in regard to the applicant Handscomb was that where the first review date predicated an equivalent determinate sentence well in excess of that which could have been imposed under established sentencing practice , there was impugnable unreasonableness . |
| 2 | It was thought , on the contrary , that if the first car should break down — and if the people knew whom it contained — there would be a spontaneous outburst of healthy anger . |
| 3 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 4 | ( b ) Where in addition there is a second charge If the former matrimonial home to be conveyed or transferred to the wife is subject to both a first and second charge it may be that whilst the first mortgagee is prepared to release the husband , upon having a direct covenant by the wife , the second mortgagee is not so agreeable . |
| 5 | They say that before the first human was born the seven celestial sisters — the Nymphs of the Pleiades — using their sarongs as wings , used to descend to a sacred pool in Bali to bathe naked in the waters of the world . |
| 6 | In fact , the rise of separatist and ethnic agitations is partly due to the fact that , contrary to common belief , the principle of state-creation since the second world war , unlike that after the first world war , had nothing to do with Wilsonian national self-determination . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State made it clear that after the first application to the local review committee there should , before he ordered release , be a further consultation with the judges ‘ to satisfy the requirements of the section . ’ |
| 8 | It was held that when the first vehicle parked it was not done so ‘ as to cause ’ an unnecessary obstruction . |
| 9 | And Thomas and John Smith , who I 've just mentioned were actually a split family , Thomas Smith was erm so loyal that when the first round of parliament , sorry , when the first Royalist troops came into Oxford , he , as a J P prosecuted some of the citizens who tried to stop them blocking down Botley Bridge as a defence measure . |