Example sentences of "on the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . |
| 2 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) in Vienna is close to finishing its report on the first systematic study of the Chernobyl region by outsiders . |
| 3 | The vertical axis measures the actual return from the security and the horizontal axis measures the return on the first systematic factor . |
| 4 | A heading entitled ‘ New Actions ’ includes information on the first European Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution . |
| 5 | After his return to the ward Mr Reynolds ' temperature rose slowly until it reached 37 C. On the first post-operative morning his temperature was above normal limits ( 37.8 C ) . |
| 6 | Judgment was reserved yesterday on the first legal moves to pin the blame for the contamination . |
| 7 | On the first major privatisation — that of British Telecom — the right hon. Member for Hertsmere ( Mr. Parkinson ) gave the game away when he said : ’ I have decided against breaking up BT before offering it to the public . |
| 8 | Clinton needs 2,145 delegates to win outright on the first Democratic Party ballot at the July convention . |
| 9 | On the first official day of training on the course , the snow was soft and the conditions became extremely bumpy during the training run . |
| 10 | Colin Montgomerie , who took third place at Pebble Beach last year , was a late starter on the first official practice day after finishing 12 shots behind Vijay Singh in the Buick Classic . |
| 11 | On the left were his sisters , May , in Australia , and Alice , gone on the first available post-war ship to America and her man . |
| 12 | ‘ On the first available flight . |
| 13 | Payment of the disturbance allowance at the Yorkshire Bank is also made in two equal instalments ; one is given on the first available salary pay day after the move to the new house , the other is paid when the bank receives the proceeds of the sale of the employee 's old house . |
| 14 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 15 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening following receipt of the form . |
| 16 | The procedure will be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 17 | The procedure will usually be started at 17.50 on the first available evening after receipt of the form . |
| 18 | Lambert nursed his coughing , shaking aircraft back to the field and thankfully touched down on the first available yard of turf . |
| 19 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 20 | Despite the efforts of hordes of gluttonous ants who dined on much of the grass seed , the first game on the first Spanish cricket ground was played there on Saturday , January 11 and the club hosted the Inter-Island Balearic Championships over the first weekend of May . |
| 21 | You want to throw it away on the first blonde blue-eyed gold-digger to throw herself across your path . ’ |
| 22 | The anticipated challenge from Ford 's Sierra Cosworths ended when all three drivers made mistakes on the first sodden day , leaving Subaru and Mazda to fill out the top placings . |
| 23 | The tide would carry them inland at least two miles and possibly three before they were beached on the first low ridge that had been the coastline a million years before the birth of Christ . |
| 24 | If Quigley had ever had a chance of regaining his grip on the First Spiritualist Church of South Wimbledon , he had lost all hope of it now . |
| 25 | The rules are not always as simple s that , e.g. Classical Arabic has the stress on the first long syllable of the word , or on the first syllable if there are no long syllables in the word . |
| 26 | Early thrombolysis will place a very heavy burden of responsibility of correct diagnosis on the first general practitioner or physician to attend the patient . |
| 27 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 28 | The peak was marked by Ptolemy , Egyptian geographer and astronomer , on the first known map of the British Isles ; and it was here , in 1774 , that Nevil Maskelyne , Astronomer Royal , conducted his experiments to determine the mean density of planet earth . |
| 29 | I would also like to know how to get the Van Halen and Brian May sounds , and also the type of sound used on the first Extreme album , during the songs Watching , Waiting and Mutha as the distortion on both sounds smoother and less buzzy . |
| 30 | Joint borrowers enjoy protection on the first named party to the account , usually the main earner , but cover is available on both at additional cost — please ask your branch for details . |