Example sentences of "take the first " in BNC.
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1 | Here she takes the first round , |
2 | It normally takes the first ten minutes of any brisk walk to get into a rhythm and feel aerobic , so increasing the time from 20 to 30 minutes is effectively doubling the aerobic benefits . |
3 | The England star takes the first step towards his long-awaited comeback in an A-team game this afternoon , five months after suffering a career-threatening Achilles injury . |
4 | Perhaps if , as I am told , they are a branch of Ladbrokes , they are hedging their bets , i.e. waiting to see if any other company takes the first step ! |
5 | One particular wolf or hunting dog is not always the individual that takes the first grip on its victim . |
6 | But as soon as a company takes the first tentative steps from data to information , its decision processes , management structure , and even the way its work gets done begin to be transformed . |
7 | Someone who can not predict what will happen after he or she takes the first drink . |
8 | If the semanticist takes the first tack , he soon finds himself in the business of adducing an apparently endless proliferation of senses of the simplest looking words . |
9 | the player takes the first card and looks at it , if it is a question card ask the next player , one of the two questions |
10 | ‘ Either they can back the Union or they can take the first , irrevocable step towards separation , ’ he said at the party 's morning press briefing . |
11 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
12 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
13 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
14 | I did n't take the first bus , or the second . |
15 | ‘ My mind wandered off at four-love , ’ she admitted after winning nine games in succession from 1–1 to easily take the first set and forge a 4–0 lead in the second . |
16 | Why not take the first step to a happy ending — and complete the coupon right now ? |
17 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
18 | When an azure-winged magpie is fooled into accepting a cuckoo 's eggs , the cuckoo chicks will take the first opportunity to push the magpie 's own eggs out of the nest . |
19 | Note that here the submatrix unc is unc and we can take the first two columns as linearly independent ; the third is obtained by subtracting half the first from the second . |
20 | Erm because the report is er quite a long report mainly the er part of the report erm I will pick out the most important comments and if I could take the first part of the report first erm this concerns a new staffing structure between er , newly emerged welfare rights and advice service . |
21 | The Americans , reluctant to be accused of seeking ‘ domination ’ , and cautious about giving the Europeans a ‘ blank cheque ’ for costly military assistance in future , insisted that the Europeans should take the first steps towards defending themselves . |
22 | " If one is basically more anxious to please and amuse people than to keep an implacably appraising eye on them , " the author of the urbane and chuckling funny Appleby books , Michael Innes , has said , " one will never take the first step towards considerable writing . " |
23 | What I should do is take the first one tonight . |
24 | In the event , heaven forbid , that her business should not succeed , she would indeed take the first local job she was offered . |
25 | It wo n't be easy , but we must take the first steps now . |
26 | Er , do n't always take the first one and that you take loads of picture around , if you see an interesting subject , make sure you move around and take loads of pictures , and then select the one for printing . |
27 | Carole would take the first opportunity to get her on her own and have a word with her in private . |
28 | Yes the there are two aspects really to that , one is the length of runway operating er and the other is the surface , erm , if I could take the first one . |
29 | It 's hoped the conference will help others take the first steps towards full re-habilitation. ( 1 ) |
30 | Women who have been away from work for some time and are seeking to re-start can take the first steps to a new career at a Women Returners Event to be held tomorrow in Middlesbrough town hall crypt . |