Example sentences of "the first [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication is that Pope John sided with the minority at the first session and was ‘ upset ’ ( as the minority often asserted ) at the rejection of such excellent drafts . |
| 2 | If a Bill is passed by the Commons in two successive sessions having been rejected by the Lords , it can be presented for the Royal Assent provided that one year has elapsed between the date of its second reading in the Commons in the first session and the date of its passing by the Commons in the second session . |
| 3 | Anyone interested in taking part should acquire a copy of the extended notes compiled after the first session and which are available from Hilda Hewitt . |
| 4 | There the Welsh and English school timetables differ , so that when a morning of Medau was started at the town hall , English-speaking mothers came to the first session and Welsh-speaking ones to the second ; she was therefore obliged to give the former in English and the latter in Welsh — surely a triumphant example of good public relations and adaptability — though Wynne claims that she is still having a struggle to master Welsh . |
| 5 | For many companies the first pay and file deadline is now less than 12 months away . |
| 6 | We will , of course , move as quickly as possible , but it is most unlikely that my right hon. and learned Friend will be in a position to make the first pay and conditions order under the new Act immediately upon the expiry of the 1987 Act on 31 March 1992 . |
| 7 | I commend the order to the House to afford continued statutory protection to the very small number of teachers taking up new contracts of employment during any hiatus between the current date of expiry of the 1987 Act and the coming into force of the first pay and conditions order under the 1991 Act . |
| 8 | The 1987 Act will finally be repealed alongside the making of the first pay and conditions order under the 1991 Act . |
| 9 | I holed a good putt for a birdie at the first hole and that set me up , ’ she said . |
| 10 | The first hole and clubhouse will , we are told , be in the Harpsden Valley opposite the land lately purchased by Mr John Hodges and by him converted into a cricket ground . |
| 11 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 12 | The man stopped the car for the fifth and last time , and there , right outside where Boy lived , they kissed , passionately , scandalously , because by now people were up and there was traffic passing , the first buses and freight lorries on the Commercial Road ; people could have seen them . |
| 13 | D J Mike Read and guest Cliff Richard will be on hand to capture the excitement of the first day and hopefully set the mood for a week of high quality tennis — and not a little fun ! |
| 14 | But his official estimates of the effects of a 2,500-megaton attack were 36 million deaths on the first day and 72 million by the 60th day , without reckoning on the effects of a breakdown of organized services . |
| 15 | Jamie Osborne rode again yesterday despite giving up later rides on the first day and will be fit to partner Whats The Crack . |
| 16 | Durham ( 286–2 dec ) drew with Oxford University ( 105–2 ) THIS match assumed merely academic interest yesterday , after only two hours ’ play on the first day and none on the second . |
| 17 | We lost , the first day and night , eighteen men and three women . |
| 18 | Starting from the clubhouse on the first day and walking along the edge of the wood we came to a piece of natural grassland studded with patches of purpose tufted vetch and orchids growing among the unmown grass . |
| 19 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 20 | Even if a job spreads over several days , the first half hour rate should be charged on the first day and not on the others . |
| 21 | Workers were brought in from all of the Eglinton properties to repair the damage of the first day and to improve the condition of the lists . |
| 22 | MCC also squandered the marvellous start provided by Fordham and Briers on the first day and so relinquished the initiative . |
| 23 | The Taunton 150 special anniversary ale almost sold out in the first day and most other stallholders enjoyed a brisk trade too ! |
| 24 | After the class they treated themselves to lunch , cold poached salmon the first day and the best cut of cold beef the next , and wine to go with it , and a raffle amongst the six of them for a bottle . |
| 25 | Fifty mls on the first day and then 40 , 30 , 20 , 10 . |
| 26 | 10 If a boat travels 120½km the first day and 68⅘km the second day how far has the boat travelled in the two days ? |
| 27 | Significant quotes from players were passed on to the writers who heard , for example , that the Europeans had a " quiet " lunch after the opening foursomes , that Tony Jacklin did n't sleep too well one night , that Strange and Kite do n't hit it as far as some , that the Americans were " stunned " after the first day and that , mostly , players thought the crowds behaved reasonably well . |
| 28 | Constant hum , people started from the first day and they 've been flowing through ever since with a high point at the weekend when they 've had more time to come up to London to have a look at things look at things . |
| 29 | Brothers Peter and Dave Grundy from Willaston should rename their boat ‘ Mr Cool ’ after winning the first day and taking a major prize on the second day at Wexford Harbour . |
| 30 | But they would n't forget for like , the first day and then |