Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 2 | There 's a further point that the effects of the policy may not strike in the first generation anyway , it may be long-term before er equalization of property has the effect and other things so these people might , might vote in their own class interest against the interest of future generations . |
| 3 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 4 | Searching may thus cease at the first level or spread down and out , through the analysis of the primitives or entity geometry , into a fine check of a region of local geometry . |
| 5 | erm the paradox then says how can evolution possibly lead by natural selection to the selection of just that protein which best performs some function if , just by a random process of mutation it might never happen in the first place . |
| 6 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 7 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 8 | I could n't get to the first part again and yeah that 's right |
| 9 | Parts One and Two but could n't get past the first page . |
| 10 | Which footballer was sold for £4½ million but could n't get into the first team for 16 months ? |
| 11 | Therefore , even if some particular sequence is the best possible protein for some particular function , and would be favoured by natural selection if once it arose , it could never arise in the first place merely by chance . |
| 12 | An alternative outcome , but one which may well develop from the first , is the emergence of a strong nationalist dictatorship . |
| 13 | It also enhanced the national rivalries that would eventually touch off the First World War . |
| 14 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 15 | Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist . |
| 16 | Turning over the free endpaper to the next double page , we shall usually arrive at the first appearance of print , unless the publisher has been very free with his endpapers and given us some blanks . |
| 17 | A true visionary would n't crumple at the first sign of opposition , would take all this in her stride . |
| 18 | In the main , I would n't disagree with the first point . |
| 19 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 20 | The pleasure smoking brings is simply the satisfaction of a craving that , if one did n't smoke , one would n't have in the first place . |
| 21 | As an unknown you ca n't rely on the first , and very likely have no hip London friends or business connections to facilitate the second . |
| 22 | ‘ We ca n't agree on the first line . |
| 23 | I thought it would actually reversed on the first side . |
| 24 | ‘ No , no ; I think we will just stick to the first choice . |
| 25 | OUR flower gardens are full of blossom at the moment , carried on plants that will not survive beyond the first few frosts of autumn . |
| 26 | A party seeking to enforce the clause which has been attacked as being an unreasonable restraint of trade will usually argue in the first place that the restriction as a whole is reasonable and secondly that any part which is unreasonable can be severed thereby leaving only the reasonable part which should be enforced . |
| 27 | Nouns require a different rule : if the second syllable contains a short vowel the stress will usually come on the first syllable . |
| 28 | You will quickly discover on the first launch , if otherwise . |
| 29 | Any piece of computer equipment which has to be fitted to some other equipment , such as a replacement " card " ( printed circuit board containing integrated circuits ) which has to be a certain shape , or have a certain type of connector , in order to fit into a computer will also fall into the first part of the exception . |
| 30 | Let's briefly go through the first few generations of the main line of evolution in Figure 4 . |