Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 2 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 3 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 4 | One of the Taï chimpanzee mothers , Ricci , was kind enough to provide us with the first record of observable active teaching ( acceptable to a psychologist ) in a non-human animal in the wild . |
| 5 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 6 | If I 'd only met you in the first place … before Bella , and … well … ’ |
| 7 | The Plan can not cover you during the first 24 months for any existing medical condition you may be suffering from or have received treatment for in the two years prior taking out the Plan . |
| 8 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 9 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 10 | Well , I 've got , if you you just bear with me a moment , I still have one foot dragging in H one , but I thought we 'd got to the stage where in order to try and clarify thinking on the matter we ought to progress onto H two , erm , that just let me reveal the thinking , erm that , before I do that can I just say in terms of mechanics those of you who have just joined us for the first time , could you turn your name boards round so I can see them , thank you , and when you want to come in the normal practice is to put your name board on end , so it will attract our attention . |
| 11 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 12 | His own oeuvre , lacking perhaps the soaring inspiration of Paul De Lamerie [ q.v. ] or Paul Crespin , nevertheless places him in the first rank . |
| 13 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 14 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 15 | But I did n't tell her everything at first , I just told her about the first two instances . |
| 16 | So just watch it after the first dose that evening , if you g Especially if you get out of bed to have a wee . |
| 17 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 18 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 19 | They lie proximal to the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 20 | The adoral shields are large and are restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 21 | The adoral shields are short , slightly curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 22 | The adoral shields are slightly convex occupy a large portion of the jaw proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 23 | The adoral shields are curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 24 | The adoral shields are large , not particularly wing-like , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 25 | The adoral shields are convex , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 26 | The adoral shields are small slightly convex but not particularly wing-like , and restricted to the proximal edges of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 27 | The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields . |
| 28 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 29 | The most glaring sin is the failure of husbands adequately to interact with their wives ' ideas , and the ultimate wrong-headedness of not consulting her in the first place . |
| 30 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |