Example sentences of "it [prep] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put it into first gear and he said , and the light went out , he said oh yes that 's fine . |
| 2 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 3 | She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station . |
| 4 | But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford . |
| 5 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 6 | First , and rather obviously , subjects unfamiliar with a rather complex dynamic decision problem under risk have difficulty in coping with it on first acquaintance . |
| 7 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 8 | Consequently I was very interested to read the article ‘ Tower of Babel ’ by Tania V. Guha ( May/June 1992 ) since I realised that I could now without too much struggle understand most of it , or perhaps I should more truthfully say about 80 per cent of it on first reading . |
| 9 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 10 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
| 11 | A more fundamental difficulty with the new examination is contained in the very principle that made it at first sight so attractive — its applicability to the full ability range . |
| 12 | Every schoolchild the world over knows the profile of the Taj , and in so far as Safdarjung 's tomb is different , it at first sight looks wrong : its lines look somehow faulty , naggingly incorrect . |
| 13 | She had seen it at first hand , treated children who were victims . |
| 14 | While the pop princess ' disappointment at finding a wedding ring firmly on his finger seemed real enough to viewers ( and is confirmed by those who witnessed it at first hand ) , Banderas likes to believe it was all an act for the cameras . |
| 15 | The systematic putting together of parts to a purposeful design is something we know and understand , for we have experienced it at first hand , even if only with our childhood Meccano or Erector set . |
| 16 | ( 12 ) Any notice required to be given under this Article by the Company to a Member or by a Member to the Company shall be given or served either personally or by sending it by first class post to the registered office of the Company or , as the case may be , to the registered address of the Member or ( if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom ) to the address , if any , within the United Kingdom supplied by him to the Company for the giving of notice to him . |
| 17 | ( 12 ) Any notice required to be given under this Article by the Company to a Member or by a Member to the Company shall be given or served either personally or by sending it by first class post to the registered office of the Company or , as the case may be , to the registered address of the Member or ( if he has no registered address within the United Kingdom ) to the address , if any , within the United Kingdom supplied by him to the Company for the giving of notice to him . |
| 18 | Subject to the requirements of any act or particular rule ( as to which see below ) any document may be served , if the person to be served is acting in person , by delivering it to him personally or by delivering it at , or sending it by first class post to , the address he has given for service . |
| 19 | If he has given no address for service , service may be effected by delivering the document at his residence or by sending it by first class post to his last known residence , or in the case of a proprietor of a business , by delivering the document at his place of business or sending it by first class post to his last known place of business ( Ord 7 , r 1 ) . |
| 20 | If he has given no address for service , service may be effected by delivering the document at his residence or by sending it by first class post to his last known residence , or in the case of a proprietor of a business , by delivering the document at his place of business or sending it by first class post to his last known place of business ( Ord 7 , r 1 ) . |
| 21 | If the person to be served is represented by a solicitor , the document may be served by delivering the document at , or sending it by first class post to , the solicitor 's address for service ( Ord 7 , r 1(b) ) . |
| 22 | A writ can still be served on a limited company by sending it by first class post to the registered office , but following the Practice Direction ( QBD ) ( Service of Documents : First and Second Class Mail ) ( 1985 ) 8 March [ 1985 ] 1 WLR 489 the presumption will be of service on the second working day after posting by first class post or the fourth working day after posting by second class post . |
| 23 | In a personal injury action where the plaintiff prepares the summons it may now be served by the plaintiff 's solicitor sending it by first class post to the defendant at the address stated in the summons under Ord 7 , r10A . |