Example sentences of "as the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trouble was that the pile of things they had put aside to back in the cupboards again was almost exactly the same size as the first pile . |
| 2 | Almost as soon as the first fascicle had appeared , the OED was recognized as a unique enterprise , a pioneering work of scholarship , an unparalleled treasury of the English language , and the indispensable key to the interpretation of the literature of past ages . |
| 3 | If such a procedure were made law , vets could well afford to offer the service at a minimal cost , if not free , at the same time as the first vaccination . |
| 4 | It was just as good as the first Home Alone . |
| 5 | Her opening words , which echo a pair of lines in Chaucer 's first fabliau in the sequence of the Canterbury Tales , the Miller 's Tale ( I : 3768 – 9 ) , invite a dialogue charged with sexual connotations , not only in the obvious case of " " ryse " " , but also in the detectable reference to a conventional love-sickness : The monk 's answer immediately confirms the sexual topic of the dialogue , and dispenses with any euphemistic disguises : This rapid movement to a contextually surprising level of familiarity on the topic of sexual intimacy is paralleled in the French fabliau Auburee , where the old bawd , Auburee , in procuring a young wife for a besotted admirer , visits the wife and moves smartly into the bedroom , declaring : ( " I should certainly like to see your bed : then I should know for certain if you lie in the same splendour as the first wife did . " ) |
| 6 | This second type of exclamation can not be analysed in exactly the same terms as the first type , however , since the infinitive refers to an event which has already occurred and not to one whose occurrence is an object of someone 's longing or desire . |
| 7 | Enough if I have shown that if we care to do so , we can illustrate the second as well as the first half of what I may call the Plowden proposition . |
| 8 | The second half started out the same as the first half with good pressure from Leeds . |
| 9 | Now consider the other half of the T-type m-derived section shown in figure 9.11(b) , which is of course just the same network as the first half already considered and shown in figure 9.11(a) but with the input and output terminals interchanged . |
| 10 | As the first curl of smoke rose into the air , the full enormity of what was happening came home to Sara . |
| 11 | This behaved in the same way as the first unit , so I took this one back and got a third … |
| 12 | They had been underestimated , as the first Test proved , but the damage had been done and the attendances for the first two Tests were depressing . |
| 13 | As the first Test ended in a tame draw , allegations were made about TV pictures showing India 's Kapil Dev fingering the seam . |
| 14 | As early as the first minute they had a goal disallowed . |
| 15 | With much wider powers than its predecessor , the Secondary Examinations Council ( SEC ) , SEAC is also heir to the recommendations of another of the Secretary of State 's ad hoc working parties , the Task Group on Assessment and Testing ( TGAT ) which was set up at the same time as the first curriculum working groups and , like them , worked under enormous pressure to produce proposals for the assessment of the National Curriculum . |
| 16 | The second skin of heat-resistant material seemed to burn off unevenly — at least that was Rostov 's impression — for the vibration increased and the pod appeared to tumble and then check as the first ribbon chute opened . |
| 17 | As the first wash of the day swayed the boat , Steve leapt up and rushed on deck . |
| 18 | As far as the first case is concerned , I take it that part of the process of rational reflection on a set of moral principles and courses of action for myself would involve consulting others ( the experts , if you like ) . |
| 19 | As the first night of the Hochhauser Season approached , Suzi Hoflin found herself increasingly torn between dread and a curious sense of wild exhilaration that was only partly to do with the excitement of appearing in a professional production . |
| 20 | It is not possible to match a large defined pattern in the normal way ( page 32 ) with this seam as the first row of stitching is carried out with wrong sides facing . |
| 21 | ‘ What 's up Jackie , ’ Yanto shouted as the first boy jumped the fence into the pub yard . |
| 22 | According to Filmer , God granted to Adam , as the first King , an absolute and total political authority which was transmitted to his heirs . |
| 23 | And the hump-backed blueness behind her spread a flat sheet of flesh as the first sunbeam touched it in the valley of shadow . |
| 24 | Obviously eventually if people keep on leaking blood their pressure will fall but you could have a situation where there 's not a single drop of blood yet lost to the system and yet the person 's in shock because the blood 's not being circulated properly off the heart , not a drop of blood lost to the system , but insufficient pressure , so shock can be caused by either of those two things , failure of the circulatory system because the pressure of the volume drops dangerously low , okay , you did a lot of work on what the person looks like , yes you as the casu you as the first aider will see this person in front of you , what will they be like ? |
| 25 | The cables are worked in the same way as the first sample but after the initial six rows , the four stitches at the left are crossed , with two-over-two stitches to the right , then after another five rows , the four stitches at the right are crossed with two-over-two stitches to the left . |
| 26 | ‘ I still dropped it , just as the first shock wave struck us . |
| 27 | erm that went about as well as the first maths one . |
| 28 | As the first law of kung fu is defend , then attack , the student who has gained knowledge of the basic strikes , has next to be trained in parries and blocking manoeuvres to enable him effectively to stop a punch without being hit himself . |
| 29 | ‘ Dalian is excellent in one-on-one situations as the first goal showed , ’ said Atkinson . |
| 30 | This is the same as the first word on the next page . |