Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest change has come within the ranks of the SDLP where Martin Bradley , Mark Durkan , Kathleen McCloskey , Margaret McCartney and Wilfred White have all been elected for the first time and Pat Ramsey makes a return to the Council chamber having reclaimed the seat he lost in 1989 . |
| 2 | The significance of the defeat on Monday of Ken Livingstone , Brent East MP , could only be calculated for the first time yesterday when the detailed voting figures were published . |
| 3 | Although the time it takes an egg to travel from the ovary to the womb can be five to eight days , the egg itself can only be fertilised in the first 6–24 hours following ovulation . |
| 4 | The suggestion of a ‘ social contract ’ between States had already been made in the first half of the seventeenth century by Grotius . |
| 5 | The Constitution Scrutiny Committee on Nov. 13 made substantial changes to the draft constitution , which had already been passed in the first of three readings by the National Legislative Assembly ( NLA ) . |
| 6 | The economic and social problems of the second Labour government have already been outlined in the first chapter . |
| 7 | Léonie had just been kissed for the first time by a boy . |
| 8 | What Ho himself understood by Marxism at this stage can perhaps best be seen in the first Vietnamese Marxist revolutionary text : The Road to Revolution , published in 1926 . |
| 9 | By the age of 25 or so the oiliness should be settling down but you may find yourself with a new problem : laughter and frown lines must finally be acknowledged as the first signs of an ageing skin . |
| 10 | The grades shown above for course requirement purposes should normally be obtained at the first attempt , but the Selection Committee may waive this requirement in exceptional cases , eg mature students showing academic ability and strong motivation , or on compassionate grounds . |
| 11 | CHANGES SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE TEACHING PERIOD . |
| 12 | The allowance can not normally be paid for the first time after pension age because it is regarded as overlapping with the retirement pension . |
| 13 | If the final syllable is of this type , the stress will usually be placed on the first syllable . |
| 14 | ( " Integration money " of DM1,200 monthly would still be paid for the first year to immigrants unable to find work . |
| 15 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 16 | Roman bronze coins of the early second century BC were still being used in the first century AD , and very little bronze coinage was made between about 150 and 20BC . |
| 17 | A higher income still was achieved in the first four years of Elizabeth , but the feudal revenue then fell back to between £12,000 and £14,000 per annum until 1598 , when an upward movement began once more . |
| 18 | In the final five minutes Titterton and Jones also went after been booked in the first half . |
| 19 | But , by transforming , progress has also been made towards the first three goals : the batches are more symmetrical and bell-shaped , and some of the outliers in the original batch were not really unusual values , but merely a product of the upward straggle of the raw numbers . |
| 20 | Tyrothricin can reasonably be regarded as the first antibiotic to be established as a therapeutic substance . |
| 21 | The high level of technical ability of Roman engineers , together with the well-developed commercial economy , meant that major civil engineering schemes could also be undertaken for the first time in the landscape . |
| 22 | Either of these subjects must also be passed for the First Level Group Certificate in Shorthand and Typewriting award . |
| 23 | If a three-year course could be justified the supporting subjects would probably be covered in the first year but care would have to be taken not to put too great an emphasis on the technology . |
| 24 | I have n't looked at the details of those figures , but are there predominantly be provided in the first ten years of the structure plan . |
| 25 | After protracted behind-the-scenes debate in the statutes commission , the congress was presented on July 9 with proposals to restructure the upper echelons of the party leadership , albeit less radically than had originally been proposed in the first draft of the new party rules published in March . |
| 26 | If there is a potential claim of this sort , for example for late delivery or mishandling an order , action will often be taken in the first instance by the exchange , as guarantor of market standards . |
| 27 | The possibility of pollution may often be established in the first instance by a third party — an onlooker or a user downstream — or by the discharger himself , rather than by the pollution control officer . |
| 28 | The inclusion of penguins among the animals depicted can now be seen as the first indication that prehistorians have had that these birds were present in the Mediterranean during the palaeolithic era , and not proof , as was recently suggested , that the paintings are modern forgeries . |
| 29 | This can now be identified as the first signs of the creation of a source of ‘ goodness ’ additional to that due to the ruthless forces of the struggle for survival . |
| 30 | Now , after living in the house for nine years , some rooms need redecorating before the others have even been revamped for the first time . |