Example sentences of "is [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Descartes ' dreaming argument is in the first of his Meditations ; use the Haldane and Ross edition ( Descartes , 1955 ) or any reputable alternative . |
| 32 | When the node is in the first layer , then xj is sj . |
| 33 | ‘ He is in the first penitentiary cell , close to the passage to the infirmary , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 34 | The interrelations of the meanings and associations of words within a text ( ‘ the dimension of coherence ’ ) is in the first place , one' might say , a purely mental event , but its effect is to modify , enrich or enlarge the reader 's experience of the realities to which these meanings and associations refer . |
| 35 | This country is in the first rank of the European Community and will remain so . |
| 36 | Since in all the investments considered the entire outlay is in the first year , it is already a present value . |
| 37 | Since in all the investments considered the entire outlay is in the first year , it is already a present value . |
| 38 | It is in the first place striking that in the Old French fabliaux , a male rival or spoiler is more commonly the butt of the humour than a female , though examples of the latter situation are reasonably numerous . |
| 39 | just to point out to members that the promised report on the lorry management plan which is in the first preparation has been put back to the January committee meeting on the Highways Committee so that we can get full advantage from the traffic and |
| 40 | Hayek claims , for instance , that ‘ a people averse to the institution of private property is without the first element of freedom ’ . |
| 41 | What is common to all of them and to others , as it is to the first two sorts of " if " statements , is that none states the kind of connection of one thing with another which is expressed by any dependent conditional . |
| 42 | My birthday is on the first of — What could that last month be ? |
| 43 | The focus of the Lucas ( 1973 ) paper is on the first of these predicted relationships ; that is , between the volatility of aggregate demand and its impact on real output . |
| 44 | Our room is on the first floor . |
| 45 | She , like so many of our young Romany people , is on the first step of the ladder to a wider , less restrictive world . |
| 46 | My concern is on the first page , the grammatical errors in the |
| 47 | In the examples given , which seem to be the most common , the primary stress is on the first syllable of the suffix . |
| 48 | Although we know that it is easy enough to gain weight or eat unhealthily without indulging in desserts and sweet things , it is usually this ‘ extra ’ which is among the first to go when you are trying to keep to a low-calorie , low-fat regime . |
| 49 | ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ , arranged and researched by Iain Brown of the National Library ( following a suggestion by Alastair Rowan who has contributed a tape-slide presentation on Adam ) , is among the first attempts to explore in detail the making of an archaeological folio which changed the face of contemporary design . |
| 50 | Fumaroli 's book is among the first to break the consensus , to ask whether all this expenditure has revived French cultural vitality or merely made culture into a stylish prisoner of the French state . |
| 51 | Europe has figured large in the past year and I am delighted that Save The Children is among the first of United Kingdom non-governmental organisations to establish an office in Brussels and mount a pan- European operation . |
| 52 | BP is among the first major companies to adopt the standard which requires asset disposals and fundamental restructuring costs to be stripped from other components of the profit and loss account , implementing the new procedure for last year 's results ahead of the June 1993 deadline set for compliance . |
| 53 | ScotRail is among the first candidates for franchising . |