Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | later he was fed minute amounts of donor milk from the milk bank by a nasal-gastric tube , just 1ml an hour at first . |
| 2 | They also tend to ‘ use up ’ remedies quickly which may need repeating several times an hour at first but always according to the changes in the symptom picture . |
| 3 | He had begun his watch half an hour before first light . |
| 4 | The thesis contains a mixture of research in the laboratory and on the road in an attempt to first observe phenomena in actual driving , then explore them in a laboratory setting , before finally returning to actual driving to attempt to validate the laboratory results . |
| 5 | And Rona Pondick — who must have had an epiphany upon first seeing a photograph of Kurt Seligmann 's 1937 three-legged Ultra Furniture stool — is showing hanging legs , dismembered breasts and fur balls with teeth in them at Jose Freire all this month ( until 5 June ) . |
| 6 | Bismarck was ‘ unwell ’ and the French emissary was reduced to seeking an interview with First Secretary Thile , who pretended to be totally ignorant of the whole business , which was a flagrant lie , and who said : ‘ In any case there are quite a few Princes … which one is it ? ’ |
| 7 | Writers interested in the ‘ problem ’ of organisation tend not to regard organisational efficiency as an issue of first importance , and writers preoccupied with efficiency usually disregard awkward questions about the social and political impact of organisations . |
| 8 | I thought the bank had made an error at first . ’ |
| 9 | It is possible now to go through the whole liberal arts course at Stanford University without ever reading Shakespeare ( a DWEM ) and there are many musems in the US now which can not contemplate an exhibition without first measuring it up against the PC yardstick . |
| 10 | It was normally polite , and expedient , to pay respects to the military commander of an area on first arriving , but this was the only time when we were actually frog-marched off to meet him before we had time to draw breath . |
| 11 | Here at New College their task is to woo an audience of first time voters who have a clear view of the vital issues . |
| 12 | ( c ) First registration of title Generally , an application for first registration of title , even when the land is in a compulsory area , will not be required unless the conveyance has been one of sale of the whole of the property ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s123 ) . |
| 13 | Er er what the honourable gentleman , my honourable friend reads out is certainly my view er we will erm of course engage in any discussions on this subject that come up i in the council of ministers but it would take quite a lot of convincing I think to myself and my colleagues , that any other form of election would be an improvement on first past the post , erm and er the ar , no I wo n't give way cos I have about four minutes left and er I do want to make a couple of other points . |
| 14 | The theory suggests that it is impossible to gain a significant understanding of an individual without first understanding the functioning of the systems within which the individual operates . |