Example sentences of "a first [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please give a first and second choice of date and approximate time you wish to visit Santa . |
| 2 | Furthermore if the idea of a first and second wave is to be sustained , then — in Clarke 's , Hall 's and others ' formulations — it must be shown that one wave in some senses follows the other . |
| 3 | ( b ) Where in addition there is a second charge If the former matrimonial home to be conveyed or transferred to the wife is subject to both a first and second charge it may be that whilst the first mortgagee is prepared to release the husband , upon having a direct covenant by the wife , the second mortgagee is not so agreeable . |
| 4 | For workers at field level , a first and necessary step is to make a kind of local map , in which they seek to pinpoint the characteristics of the neighbourhoods which they serve and what is currently available which can be built upon . |
| 5 | Kilfedder 's vote seems highly personal and only those who are close to the political scene in North Down can know whether natural supporters of UPNI and Alliance had Kilfedder as a first and personal preference , and then reverted to their natural allegiance , or whether the position was reversed . |
| 6 | Without independence , the interests of the client can not be a first and paramount consideration . |
| 7 | Hence it is only in respect of private companies that problems are still likely to arise when their articles provide , as they frequently do , that ‘ the company shall have a first and paramount lien on shares , whether or not fully-paid , registered in the name of a person indebted or under any liability to the company . ’ |
| 8 | Lou continued to be the nearest he had to a first and real love and she still went to all the broadcasts and visited Pinewood for every film , sitting on her own canvas chair , sometimes by herself , frequently with her sister Daisy , of whom Ken himself was still very fond . |
| 9 | One of Barley 's more crashing mistakes occurs on a first and valuable meeting with the rainmaker . |
| 10 | Something in all three of us knew that this was a one-off , that this was a first and last summer , because there would n't be another time when Gillian and I were falling in love as opposed to just being in love or whatever . |
| 11 | He was called Heathcliff , as a first and last name . |
| 12 | Genetic counselling is basically giving advice to parents , including those who have already given birth to a mentally handicapped child , of risks of having a first or second child with mental handicap . |
| 13 | One thing that marks the Carpenters out is their uncanny fondness for incorporating the names of distaff families into their own ; from the early days of the 18th century we can spot the Frome and Rodden Carpenters by their use of the name ‘ Thynn ’ as a first or second Christian name for boys , and even in the middle years of the 19th century a branch of the family in London called one son Starmer Thynne Carpenter . |
| 14 | The successful candidate must hold a first or second class honours degree . |
| 15 | In other languages , the use of the passive is obligatory in certain contexts ; for instance , the passive has to be used in Yana , an American Indian language , when the agent is a third person acting upon a first or second person . |
| 16 | Entry Requirements : Besides a First or Second Class Honours degree or its equivalent , applicants should have had some prior programming experience . |
| 17 | Applicants for these studentships should generally hold or expect to obtain a First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree or its equivalent in Chemistry or a related subject . |
| 18 | Competition is keen and a first or upper second class honours degree is required together with evidence of satisfactory financial arrangements . |
| 19 | Approximately one third of each group achieved a good degree ie a first or upper second . |
| 20 | You should have a first or higher degree , be able to demonstrate significant achievement in research and the potential to contribute further in this area . |
| 21 | Exactly what was the input to the piece of writing and is it a first or fourth draft ? |
| 22 | English as a first or native language . |
| 23 | Graduates who hold a first or second-class honours degree in a relevant discipline or applicants deemed by the Senate to hold equivalent qualifications , are eligible for admission as research students . |
| 24 | Patients and their relatives in category D are clearly at greatly increased risk of a first or subsequent primary tumour and need life-time surveillance . |