Example sentences of "first [noun sg] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " and then " reading of both ands in the first sentence can be shown to be systematically " read in " to conjoined reports of events by a pragmatic principle governing the reporting of events tell them in the order in which they will or have occurred . |
| 2 | Whichever is it , even if I 'm writing an article on the Queen Mother 's blood or the colour of Michael Jackson 's feet , I bet the first sentence will be pretty much the same . |
| 3 | Windley intended that the first camp should be started just before the next batch of moran formed their manyattas , so that those who passed through it would then be an influence for good on their fellows . |
| 4 | The first mass will be celebrated in 1995 , although the interior will not be complete until the next century . |
| 5 | The principal objective of the first meeting/contact must be to sell MAS and other KPMG services and win the assignment . |
| 6 | Our first decision should be whether we want to write a traditional strophic song ( each verse identical in length and metre ) , or music which is not chained to such a rigid form . |
| 7 | Dodson , 22 , who boxed in two Olympics , will be managed by close friend Colin McMillan , the former WBO featherweight champion , while his first fight could be on the undercard of Riddick Bowe 's first world heavyweight title defence against Mike Dokes at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 6 . |
| 8 | Applications or nominations for the first award should be sent to the international affairs officer , RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London , to arrive no later than Friday 29 May 1992 . |
| 9 | Waste in the first category may be minimised by installing automatic light controls ; turning lighting on or off according to the measured light levels . |
| 10 | The first hurdle will be to renew the approval of the Vice-Chancellor , a senior judge , who has so far agreed that there is a case to argue but wants to know that enough creditors support the action to make its pursuit a worthwhile use of all creditors ' funds . |
| 11 | Mr Smith made clear that Labour 's first response would be to seek entry to the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System and that its spending priorities would be pensions and child poverty . |
| 12 | Take a purposeful drive in a Sauber-Mercedes , however , and your first response will be a sharp intake of breath . |
| 13 | The first case can be dealt with quite simply . |
| 14 | This first sketch can be completed by adding the small eye and the hatchet shaped bill ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 15 | The first settlement can be precisely dated . |
| 16 | Thus , the first payment should be on or after the date on which the Deed of Covenant is signed . |
| 17 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
| 18 | It is possible that an enabling bill will be brought before Parliament next year , and the first trial could be within a year . |
| 19 | ‘ Another Clerk ’ wrote the next day to say the first writer must be blind to his own interests . |
| 20 | The first segment can be placed in any empty cell but the second segment is restricted to the immediate near neighbours surrounding the first . |
| 21 | The first hypothesis might be that ‘ milk yield is linked to the amounts of water cows drink and the intervals at which they drink it ’ . |
| 22 | As the clubhouse and first link will be within a mile of the radio station and a quarter of a mile from the borough boundary , the project ought to do good to Henley and , incidentally , raise the value of the land surrounding the course . |
| 23 | Since we 've been thinking these past few weeks about what Christians believe , the first text would be in the er skeleton outline that we 've been taking in the Apostles ' creed , which says I believe in the Holy Ghost . |
| 24 | After such strong expressions of opinion , I doubt much whether any judge sitting in a court of the first instance would be justified in treating the question as open . |
| 25 | The first division would be coming on Sunday , the royal day . |
| 26 | I hope the RFU competitions committee make an urgent review of proceedings , especially as the First Division will be reduced to 10 teams for the 1993–94 season . |
| 27 | Matches from the First Division will be shown regularly on Sunday afternoons . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , it 's probable that all 12 Premier clubs plus the winners and runners-up in the First Division will be involved in next season 's championship . |
| 29 | If , for any reason , these other institutions find themselves short of liquidity their first resort will be to the discount market for repayment . |
| 30 | At six o'clock everyone assembled for dinner and Mr Priddy signalled that the first course could be taken in , a heavy tureen of mock turtle soup which was to be served from a side table . |