Example sentences of "can [verb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once all the letters are found , the object is to unscramble them to make up the phrase and you can make the first person the winner . |
| 2 | Neither the foundationalist nor the solipsist can make the first move . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm now 36th in the European merit order , but I feel I can make the first 25 ’ , said big hitter Clarke before teeing off in Switzerland . |
| 4 | It is a tough one , but I know we can win the first leg . ’ |
| 5 | We may want to make a dash straight back to Olbia so that we can catch the first ferry across in the morning . ’ |
| 6 | Few authorities consider that short-term emission reduction options can prevent the first stage of a smog occurring . |
| 7 | Most parents can identify the first phase of interaction with their child , that is they can see what the child is doing that is irritating and they see how they react , but rarely do they then follow through the interaction to see what happens at the end . |
| 8 | The colony 's preparations for the deportations are well advanced , but its government requires the go-ahead from London before it can send the first planeload to Vietnam . |
| 9 | ‘ Give me a couple of minutes , then you can send the first one in . ’ |
| 10 | So we can do the first two . |
| 11 | We can do the first two and then |
| 12 | Erm who can do the first sentence for me . |
| 13 | and then start losing confidence , wasting time , if you 've got some check , like that , right , okay , so if you like to work that one out , you should n't have any problem with the , the second bar , if you can do the first one . |
| 14 | For practical purposes the easily observable amenorrhoeic period can be taken as a proxy for the anovulatory period , though ovulation can precede the first menstruation after birth , so that women may become pregnant during the amenorrhoeic period . |
| 15 | Y'know , I can remember the first time I wore them . |
| 16 | I can remember the first time I got drunk on Scotch . |
| 17 | How did you feel , cos , you said that you can remember the first day that you arrived |
| 18 | I can , I can remember the first drawing , you used to draw a house and you |
| 19 | I can remember the first time I ever |
| 20 | CHATAM can become the first horse since the great Arkle 27 years ago to land the Hennessy for a second successive year . |
| 21 | PETER SCHMEICHEL arrives in London for the first time this season convinced Manchester United can become the first Premier League champions . |
| 22 | You can plan the first outing as a short walk down the road and back : the patient walks ahead , while you follow at some distance , in case he gets into difficulties . |
| 23 | Wait until you can see the first true leaves between the two seed leaves . |
| 24 | Even so , in this simple organism you can see the first hint of a fish . |
| 25 | You can see the first ones where er , our project base . |
| 26 | Once the task to be taught has been selected we can begin the first step in the model , that of analysing the task into its component elements and plotting the knowledge and skills necessary for successful performance . |
| 27 | With an odd feeling that he was asking because it was expected of him rather than out of genuine interest , she replied somewhat stiltedly , ‘ Once I 've a clear picture of the items to be displayed , and which room they 're to go in , I can begin the first rough draft for the catalogue . ’ |
| 28 | More important for them is the other alternative which can follow the first primitive stage : feudalism . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that , given patience and pertinacity , he can follow the first course at relatively small cost . |
| 30 | ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing . |