Example sentences of "first few [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Indeed , it is rather illuminating to discover that within the first few pages of her book — and before she has even introduced her own work — she peremptorily dismisses the idea that genius is akin to madness . |
| 32 | One common source of distrust of hermeneutics in social science is that the idea of ‘ meaning ’ is so various and elusive , as the first few pages of this chapter make all too plain . |
| 33 | The closest most of us get to Irish culture is a pint of Guinness and the first few pages of Ulysses . |
| 34 | And into the silence , sinuous and pin-clear , the first few notes of a flute concerto . |
| 35 | On Monday the first few members of the trust met to get it underway . |
| 36 | It 's still interesting , but not like those first few times outside the States when I 'd go sightseeing — y'know , checking everything out . |
| 37 | ( ‘ lt is normal to feel self-conscious and conspicuous on your first few times in the field ; do not let this distract you from the Subject . ’ ) |
| 38 | The only aspect of the sound I 'd find fault with is a common concern with these pickups : the first few milliseconds of the note . |
| 39 | As he watched , the first few flakes of snow came swirling down . |
| 40 | The ideal is to leave the ground balanced on the main wheel , and to hold a constant attitude for the first few feet of the launch while the aircraft gains height and speed . |
| 41 | Using the first few feet of Scylla is Puppet ( E1 5b , 5b ) before it takes a delicate traverse out right to climb an obvious groove . |
| 42 | From the tiny amount of light leaking around the door behind me , I could just make out the boards of the platform I stood on , and the first few feet of three narrow walkways emerging from the gloom , one cutting sharply away to my right , another straight ahead and a third branching left off this a few yards along . |
| 43 | I pulled out the compass , held it horizontally close to my eyes , let the needle settle onto north , looked that way and mapped the first few feet in my mind . |
| 44 | You will already be feeling fitter , healthier , and be starting to shed the first few pounds of excess weight . |
| 45 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 46 | Baillie Scott was the progenitor of the American open plan and the most innovative interior decorator the first few decades of the twentieth century ever saw . |
| 47 | ( If it 's too long to do this right through , view the first few minutes without sound . ) |
| 48 | In fact , after the first few minutes of wriggling and giggling , he began to enjoy it . |
| 49 | There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours . |
| 50 | The first few minutes of the film were somehow missing , but he watched it through to the end . |
| 51 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 52 | In the first few minutes of their greetings , the real purpose of Nora 's trip was forgotten by them both . |
| 53 | A feeling of warm-up is definitely in the air ; a flexing of muscles that have not been stretched in public for some time makes up the first few minutes of Faust 's extraordinary set … and then all hell breaks loose ! |
| 54 | As it was , the first few minutes of the talk was written by Intel 's legal department cautioning that patent applications covered the material about to be discussed . |
| 55 | You can not imagine what the first few minutes of that bombardment were like . |
| 56 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 57 | Robert Stevenson checks the first few metres of each weaving when it is removed from the loom . |
| 58 | She could only see the first few rows beyond the footlights , but knowing they were there was enough . |
| 59 | You probably want to use the first few rows of the spreadsheet for a general title plus notes to yourself about the date of creation and date of most recent revision so enter the headings you want in row 9 of the spreadsheet using short labels but ones that you will find meaningful in the reports you will want to create later on . |
| 60 | Howard laughs more in his first few weeks on Harry 's group than he has ever laughed in his life before . |