Example sentences of "only the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the cases which have from time to time been relied on in support of the High Trees doctrine are clearly examples of only the first principle . |
| 2 | The rate ratio for admission was similar when only the first admission of each child was counted ( 27 vs 42 , rate ratio 0.65 [ 0.41–1.04 ] , p=0.09 ) . |
| 3 | Such relations occur in hierarchies , but for a proportional series all the structuring relations must be ‘ one-to-one ’ , that is to say , each relation must be such that for any element there is just one other element to which it can stand in that relation , and only the first element can stand in that relation to the second . |
| 4 | With two units present , only the first column and third row are null , so that I — C is simply degenerate as required . |
| 5 | Establishing the existence of a reason for dismissal falling within the legislation is only the first hurdle upon which the employer has the burden of proof . |
| 6 | No one has so far questioned the judgement that ‘ Montini 's letter is the single most important document for understanding not only the first session but the whole Vatican Council ’ . |
| 7 | Only the first presentation of a lecture is worthy of credit . |
| 8 | Only the first interpretation is successfully conveyed in the French version of the leaflet ( Regardez-les . |
| 9 | However , in this case only the first reference to any descriptor appears in an index , while all further linkages are made from record to record ( rather as in a chain of synonyms in a direct file ) . |
| 10 | Only the first construction is possible in English . |
| 11 | Taking the lifeboat out of the narrow harbour entrance into the face of 100-knot winds was only the first hazard . |
| 12 | That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth . |
| 13 | Note that only the first kind of relational information , i.e. that on the speaker-referent axis , imposes intrinsic limitations on the ways in which such information can be encoded — namely in referring expressions , and morphological agreements with them . |
| 14 | And that 's only the first act ! |
| 15 | In the quotation above only the first sense is intended by the author — the full potential of a word is never actualized entirely in any one of its uses . |
| 16 | for loss of or damage to property belonging to or held in trust by or in the custody or control of the Insured Person ( other that self catering accommodation where only the first £50 of any loss or damage is excluded ) ; |
| 17 | It is always dangerous when the hon. Gentleman reads only the first half of a sentence . |
| 18 | The right hon. Member for Lagan Valley said that he was not clear whether the right hon. and learned Gentleman had finished or was still giving way , and my right hon. Friend referred to what looked like only the first half of his speech . |
| 19 | Strachan who played only the first half engineered Leeds ' first goal with a 29th min cross for Noel Whelan to head in at the near post . |
| 20 | Only the first person down need apply such protection , because the ropes can then be safeguarded from below for the rest of the party . |
| 21 | Where identical or similar subjects have been entered by different Members whose names are drawn in the ballot , only the first name will appear on the list . |
| 22 | Only the first part of this work is much read nowadays and that is what is discussed here . |
| 23 | However , none of this makes up a complete education and training programme for a building surveyor : it is only the first part , the second being the professional training component culminating in the Test of Professional Competence . |
| 24 | Cyril Humphries , the dealer who supplied Dr Sackler with most of his maiolica , backs up Mrs Sackler 's claim , noting that ‘ Dr Sackler always told me he would like to keep the collection intact … he wanted eventually to collect the entire spectrum of ceramic arts , and the maiolica was only the first part of it . ’ |
| 25 | He would have been wiser to have published only the first part of this book . |
| 26 | Here we give only the first part of Ohmann 's illustration : [ 8 ] the desk and the shelf above it on which rested the ledgers in which McCaslin recorded the slow outward trickle of food and supplies and equipment which returned each fall as cotton made and ginned and sold … |
| 27 | It 's only the first day ’ |
| 28 | It was wonderful , the shops were excellent , it was only the first day of our holiday and I had spent most of my money . |
| 29 | Perhaps only the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa in 1952–53 can rank with it , when each side had four players whose surname started with the letter M. South Africa had McGlew , McLean , Murray and Mansell , while the New Zealanders fielded Meuli , Miller , Mooney and Moir . |
| 30 | She said , ‘ It 's all right , it 's only the first call . |