Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If none wins outright on first preferences , the bottom name drops out , and his backers ' second preferences go to their recipients ; then , if need be , the next-bottom drops out ; and so on , till somebody gets over 50% . |
| 2 | His score of 568 points out of 600 was only seven points down on first position , which was taken by R Jones of Racketts Archery Club , with T Preston of Braintree Archery club second . |
| 3 | In the first quarter of 1994 , a SuperSparc-II kicks in with first silicon clocked at around 65MHz and by the fourth quarter it should be up to 90MHz . |
| 4 | In first quarter of 1994 a SuperSparc-II kicks in with first silicon around 65MHz and by the fourth quarter it should be up to 90MHz . |
| 5 | Unix System Laboratories , whose SVR4.2 nQue licensed as its Unix system , reportedly has right of first refusal as an OEM channel . |
| 6 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 7 | She did n't catch on at first . |
| 8 | The XJ-Two Twenty , which costs almost half a million pounds was being test driven by a motoring journalist , when he accidentally changed down to first gear instead of third while travelling at NINETY miles an hour.It 'll need about twenty thousand pounds to mend the broken car … the driver 's wounded pride may take a little more work . |
| 9 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
| 10 | To some extent , the government 's policy of affordable housing will enable an element of affordable housing to be provided , but it wo n't satisfy the needs of either people who are currently on the bottom of the housing rung and seeking to move up , nor will h help people who might be seeking to afford to c to come in as first time buyers as opposed to people who are otherwise er some other arrangement through an affordable housing provider . |
| 11 | It would proceed perfectly well for a while and then suddenly lose all power , forcing Robyn to jerk and stutter along in first gear , while huge juggernauts and tractors hounded her from behind and threw her into a panic . |
| 12 | The Mayoress , Marie Smailes , was away , so the Mayor , Coun Stephen Smailes , asked their god-daughter Emma Lee , of Patterdale Avenue , Newham Grange Estate , to stand in as first lady . |
| 13 | He wondered what he would do if he could n't get into the house … well , he supposed he could go back to Joseph 's place , spend the night there and then hurry home at first light , when the servants would be up . |
| 14 | Despite his reputation , Modi behaved impeccably at first . |
| 15 | Therefore , Coe and Hofland 's first prize was no longer valid as it was only sixth on unofficial lists , and Banks and Barry and Scott moved up to first and second places respectively on the Foreign Office list . |
| 16 | It was not to be , for although we were all keyed up like first violins , having heard Churchill 's great ‘ Their finest hour ’ speech on June 15th with les soldats Francaises listening as well , Whitehall had decided that better arrangements had to be made for children than care in one of the best London hospitals . |
| 17 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 18 | This enables the Bureau to find out at first hand how authorities are tackling the issue and what they need form the centre . |
| 19 | The validation was carried out by first producing in report format a list of activities and associated information that appeared relevant to each functional group , then asking questions of selected staff on the basis of this list . |
| 20 | This is carried out by first defining what the system is that is being modelled , using the CATWOE mnemonic as a guide ( Chapter 6 ) . |
| 21 | I mean to have to work out from first principles erm four plus three is seven every time , you may be able to do that with great understanding , but there 's an awful waste of time if you 've got to understand it each time . |
| 22 | Restrictions on silviculture in the tropics are most striking in the area of soil properties ; for example , the pisolites of parts of West Africa are some 10 m deep with no obvious horizons and , although trees grow well at first , they later collapse and the removal of the forest leads to desolation resembling a gravel pit . |
| 23 | Can win here in first venture in selling company . |
| 24 | The coppers used to come around at first every time somebody stole a dame 's purse but finally they gave it up . |
| 25 | In chartered helicopters they hovered over the empty stretch of road between Fenny Stratford and Buckingham to photograph the bare tarmac and the last few barriers and police cars parked there at first light . |
| 26 | When the patient returns to work , he will probably have to work part-time at first , as he gets used to the discipline and pressures of working again . |
| 27 | Concerning masks in the drama , he writes how at first the characters who wore them took part in ‘ A certain unvarying ritual action , … a religious mystery ’ which became ‘ grotesque ’ . |
| 28 | Presumably , therefore , a House of Commons bent on pressing a Bill to extend the life of Parliament could do so by first abolishing the House of Lords under the Parliament Act procedure and then passing the Bill and presenting it for the Royal Assent . |
| 29 | Over on the horizon there was a dark-blue smudge of land to be seen only in first clear light . |
| 30 | He says only at first it was all new to me . |