Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first .
2 A second police car followed close behind in case the first should break down .
3 The patient was moved on to a life-support machine and another set of X-rays was ordered in case the first ones had not revealed internal injuries caused by the car accident .
4 It is normal to select one preferred bidder and to attempt to keep a second or third bidder on hold in case the first bidder should withdraw .
5 However the ETUC had begun to press the need for the development of an active social policy in the late 1960s , and in response the first Quadripartite Conference , involving representatives of the Commission , Ministers of Labour , employers and employees , was held in Luxembourg in 1970 .
6 An Ingersoll D20 , M6 , M7 , SC71 , NS80 , SC74 or SC76 lock and in the case of double leaf hinged doors in addition the first closing leaf is secured by either :
7 The final area in my list of mathematics education IT uses is control , in essence the first step to robotics .
8 In amphibia the first sign of neurulation is the flattening of the upper surface of the embryo into a broad plate bounded by two ridges or folds .
9 These are given for illustration only , since in practice the first would almost certainly be classified under 624.151 along with all the other books on foundation soils and engineering geology .
10 ( b ) The battle in practice The first contact between contracting parties will normally be the sending out of a price list or catalogue , or perhaps a potential buyer 's request for an estimate or tender .
11 Carlotta de Leyva belongs to one of the liberal families opposed to the dictator Lopez and as the betrothed of the leader of that opposition , Don Manuel of Encinitas , she is to some extent a figurehead , a political symbol : moreover , to the youth of eighteen , Highworth Ridden , who is introduced to her soon after his arrival in Santa Barbara , she is an ideal because she is in effect the first woman who has ever touched his love , as someone to be served , not someone to aspire to .
12 He inspired the creation of Oxford 's earliest ancillary scientific post , becoming in effect the first professional laboratory technician .
13 This book was in effect the first which emphasized contemporary processes and underlying physical principles and it focused upon river channels , drainage systems , slopes and had some reference to climatic-inspired systems .
14 In anorexia the first essential is for life-saving medical supervision .
15 In theory the first step in the procedure is a formal application for payment of arrears by either the landlord or someone acting as an agent .
16 In Greek the first is much more than just horror .
17 In mid-afternoon the first glints of steel in the spring sunshine began to appear on the high ground of Scremerston Brae , and soon the long hill down to sea-level was covered in a vast tide of men and horses , armour gleaming , banners waving , under a faint haze of steam rising from thousands of beasts long ridden , muting the colours of plumed helmets , heraldic surcoats , painted shields and horse-trappings .
18 Moreover , the bonus is in fact a first order approximation to the true change in welfare , which in figure 4.5 is the shaded area plus the dotted area ABE .
19 ‘ It is in fact the first flowering of fiscal revolt against the high taxes of the 1990s .
20 When the Data Protection Committee was set up in 1976 , to redeem a pledge made by the Home Secretary when Younger reported , It had no such limitation put upon it — it was in fact the first body empowered to investigate information systems in the public sector , and the Committee came to see this as a major aspect of its work .
21 In fact the first person to say it was anthropologist Thomas Hornsby Ferril , who wrote an article in the Rocky Mountain Herald in December 1955 that put forward the idea that American football is actually a :
22 Whether this was in fact the first is not really known , nor is it known how or why the tradition started , but Mr Hector Buckley ( in whose barn the 1964 pie was made and which had to be partially demolished to get the pie out ) has a theory about this .
23 The shoddy tower-blocks and monotonous housing estates into which the ex-peasants were already being herded twenty-five years ago were in fact the first stage of systematically transforming life in the country .
24 In fact the first thing I did was ring my 35-year-old daughter who has been a ‘ fitness freak ’ ever since Jane Fonda took to jumping about our TV screens and warned her not to overdo it if she intended to buy the tape — which I am certain she does .
25 They were in fact the first of the so-called Friendly Islands to be seen by Europeans : the Dutch navigators Willem Corneliszoon Schouten and Jacob LeMaire spotted them in April 1616 .
26 It was titled ‘ Umbrella ’ and the song ‘ And Hiding Away ’ , to which Allan referred in his letter , is in fact the first track on the album .
27 The fact that the UK launch presentation attracted around 260 people from the Ministry of Defence and around 10 from commerce indicates the potential market , and in fact the first customers for the product come from the military .
28 The fact that the UK launch presentation attracted around 260 people from the Ministry of Defence and around 10 from commerce indicates the potential market , and in fact the first customers for the product come from the military .
29 ‘ This type of work is well supported throughout most of Europe but was in fact the first British plant science experiment in microgravity , ’ he said .
30 None the less , the 1960s saw in fact the first significant signs of new and creative thinking ; the context was the curriculum development movement , and the catalytic factor was programmed learning .
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