Example sentences of "on the first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sources are strangely silent on the first hundred years of the Mesopotamian Jews under Parthian rule . |
| 2 | A similar system of HLCA payments is suggested to those available anywhere in the UK 's LFA ( minimum qualifying area per farm of 3 hectares ; maximum payments of 97 ECU/LU ) but with the added provision that HLCAs can be paid on the first 10 dairy cows per farm . |
| 3 | The combined effect is to benefit the smaller and the more handicapped farms and MacEwen and Sinclair predict an overall HLCA saving of£3.2 million which could go to upland farms in a range of measures , including the payment of HLCAs on the first 10 dairy cows per farm . |
| 4 | 6% ( six per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts on the first 500 copies of each cassette sold ( irrespective for format or standard ) |
| 5 | The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped and contiguous only on the first 2–3 arm segments , the plates in profile appear to be slightly swollen . |
| 6 | These fall into six main categories , information on the first five of which may be disclosed by the Bank . |
| 7 | 12% ( twelve per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts on the first 20,000 copies sold |
| 8 | However , the introduction of the new lower 20% tax band on the first 2,000 of taxable income in March 1992 should help improve the position of some 4 million people who are thought to be at the lowest end of the income scale . |
| 9 | Laurentian Financial Group has reduced the variable rate on its 100 per cent mortgage to 7.99 per cent on the first 75 per cent of the loan and 13.99 per cent on the final 25 per cent . |
| 10 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 11 | The Cordillera Real Mineral Programme is an in-depth metallogenic study following on the first four years ' reconnaissance . |
| 12 | INSTEAD , WE were blessed with ‘ It 's A Shame About Ray ’ , a dazzling improvement on the first four , only sporadically exciting , Lemonheads albums . |
| 13 | Chemotherapy consisted of four week cycles of intravenous leucovorin ( 200 mg/m/day ) followed by 5-fluorouracil ( 550 mg/m/day ) and cisplatin ( 20 mg/m/day ) , each drug being given on the first four days of the cycle . |
| 14 | Well illustrated throughout in expansive colour , it gathers together chapters on the first four World Cups , Packer cricket , Sharjah etc , and individual feats , with a chosen World XI . |
| 15 | As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses . |
| 16 | 12% ( twelve per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts on the first 12,000 ( twelve thousand ) copies of the Work sold , increasing to 15% ( fifteen per cent ) of the Publisher 's net receipts thereafter . |
| 17 | Alisdaire Lockhart presents a progress report on the first six months of the University 's Campaign for Resource . |
| 18 | As my hon. Friend will have seen in the recent report on the first six months of the NHS reforms , substantial progress is being made by the NHS backed by our reforms and the record resources that we are making available . |
| 19 | Els moaned : ‘ On the first nine , the wind was gusting , swirling , coming at you from the left , then the right , then from straight ahead . |
| 20 | Gargy Patel looks back on the first twelve months of the motorway completed after two decades of delay . |
| 21 | The 20 foot roof above our heads provided perfect shelter for all eventualities , so we decided to share our last scraps of food in another bivouac after fixing the ropes on the first two pitches above the terrace . |
| 22 | The top-rope on the first two pitches made them possible , and then we worked upwards , forcing tired bodies to perform and tired minds to keep them safe . |
| 23 | Time was lost on the first two days and then the Saturday was washed out altogether , so it was Monday before Lloyd was able to complete his first Test hundred at his adopted home , in what many thought would be his last opportunity . |
| 24 | Here we go again , said everyone , and they were right ; on the first two days there had been plenty of cloud to help the bowlers , but on the Saturday the sun shone and West Indies made the most of it . |
| 25 | Mungo concentrated on the first two rows . |
| 26 | Besides Andy Adams , robbed by a broken leg of the winning ride on Party Politics , three other jockeys Anthony Tory ( Docklands Express ) , Adrian Maguire ( Cool Ground ) and Mark Perrett ( Rubika ) were painfully put out of action on the first two days . |
| 27 | Although Stars & Stripes led on the first two legs , America 's speed prevailed . |
| 28 | The English Ladies ' Golf Association , with typical attention to detail , arranged for their national coach , John Garner , to be in attendance on the first two practice days . |
| 29 | I was in less difficulty than on the first two days : I no longer pushed the ends of the shafts but gained better control from between them and was able to look around without overbalancing . |
| 30 | On the first two occasions it preceded some terrible event , so he is in a state of great apprehension . |