Example sentences of "is the first [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 31 | See what I 'm saying is the key task if you break it down is what are the key elements is the first way of identifying a trainee . |
| 32 | To our knowledge this is the first case of imported diphtheria acquired by a western tourist on a short trip to Russia , although each year over 400,000 Finnish citizens travel each year to Russia and about 200,000 Russians visit Finland . |
| 33 | THE Committee for Socialist Democracy , which has just been formed in riot-torn Timisoara , is the first sign of organised and coherent opposition in Romania since President Ceausescu became Communist Party leader almost 25 years ago . |
| 34 | Mr Agutter said : ‘ This is the first sign of a turnaround . |
| 35 | Beneath it , at the water 's edge , was a single dom tree , the split palm tree which is the first sign of Upper Egypt . |
| 36 | The disability arts movement is the first sign of a post-tragedy disability culture . |
| 37 | It is the first sign of incapability , while in Ballantyne you feel that the boys are really able to kill another time . |
| 38 | Tonic is the first degree of the scale . |
| 39 | These are the ladies of the European Tour , the Ford classic is the first title of the season and as always , competitive golf is tense , nerve-wracking stuff . |
| 40 | This volume on biomass gasification is the first publication of the programme . |
| 41 | This is the first judgement of a Greek court by which Greek Law 9act 1414/1984 implementing Directive 76/207is interpreted and applied in conformity with Community Law ( Directive 76/207 ) as construed by ECJ case law . |
| 42 | In terms of the isolating vector ei this may be written unc and if P(A) is expanded in this way , the first term , which is typical will be unc The square matrices on the right of these equations are all of unit rank ; we may write the last as unc where x1 is the first column of X , and unc the first row of |
| 43 | Then , if unc is the isolating row vector , we form unc Here unc is the first column of A except that the leading element unc is diminished by 1 ; thus the first column of unc is identical with that of A , while the ( n — 1 ) remaining columns are those of I. By Theorem IX of 1.22 unc Next we evaluate ( this step is not quite so simple ) unc so that unc Here unc is the second column of A but with the second element reduced by 1 ; unc and unc is the second element of unc Further steps follow this pattern and are obvious . |
| 44 | The sentimental message seems to be that it 's never too late to open up , confess and say sorry ( even if you 're dead ) , and once you do everything is OK , everybody gets a second chance in the new kinder , gentler America , tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life etc . |
| 45 | For most of the population , it is the first day of the spring holiday . |
| 46 | The day I have requested is the first day of the school holidays — Thursday 21st December at 10.45 am . |
| 47 | This morning she gives priority to the fact that it is the first day of the winter term , and that she has a lecture to deliver and two tutorials to conduct . |
| 48 | WHICH IS THE FIRST day of the week ? |
| 49 | No time like the present and anyway it is the first day of Lent . ’ |
| 50 | As with the Hebrews , Sunday is the first day of the week . |
| 51 | Count the first day of your most recent period ( this is the first day of bleeding even if there are only little spots ) as day one . |
| 52 | If I say that Wednesday is the first day of the week , they say , ‘ Yes , Sir , you are right ’ . |
| 53 | I beg to differ with J Williams ( Letters NI 207 ) that Sunday is the first day of the week . |
| 54 | Tomorrow is the first day of spring . |
| 55 | Well to do that , erm , what we need to say really is our starting point is actually now , because this is the first day of the rest of your ca , career with Abbey Life is n't it ? |
| 56 | Okay now , your starting point is now , and this is it , in fact , this is the first day of the rest of your life . |
| 57 | The over-extension of the idea is ludicrous , but not ludicrous enough : the connectedness of absolutely everything is the first principle of conpiracy theory anyway , so for want of exaggeration or originality the joke falls horribly flat . |
| 58 | This willingness to return gained material is the first principle of defence . |
| 59 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 60 | This is the first issue of Update devoted entirely to new vocational qualifications being developed by SCOTVEC . |