Example sentences of "[indef pn] 's first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One 's first thought was : how could they have missed it ? |
| 2 | One 's first thought is that this apparent contradiction arises from the confusion of Molla Fenari with his elder son , Mehmed Sah , whose death is assigned in several of the extant chronological lists to the years 840/1436–7 or 839/1435–6 . |
| 3 | One 's first idea is that facts are similar to , if not identical with , true propositions ( which would explain why there are no false facts ) . |
| 4 | In the UK one 's first loyalty can be to one 's work and to one 's profession . |
| 5 | Like being at a gravediggers ' convention , I thought , when one had marked out one 's first plot . |
| 6 | Is not one 's first act to kneel down and thank God ? |
| 7 | When one thinks , however , that coming up the Sacred Way one 's first sight of the building would be the corner , the long Gigantomachy stretching in front of one , the combat of the east abutting on it and the seated gods closing the composition at the end , one understands that it is so designed to suit its position ; as the formal archaic structure of the west frieze suits the highly decorated frontally approached entrance-façade . |
| 8 | One 's first impression is ( or should be ) that only relative motion counts , hence the force upon the charges should be the same . |
| 9 | His eyes , dark and set deep beneath a firm , unfurrowed brow , were sleek and watchful ; one 's first impression that they twinkled with a friendly mirth soon vanished . |
| 10 | RUN AWAY ! is one 's first reaction , but this stuff grows on you , especially as the rest of the music here is from ‘ Vision Of Excess ’ , the Palominos ' amazing rewriting of the Led Zeppelin story . |
| 11 | Looking at the original piece , one 's first reaction is that it is not good . |
| 12 | However , on one 's first appearance in the office in the morning it was etiquette for all , even key holders , to enter through the front door and use the front staircase . |
| 13 | As long as the occasion of buying one 's first car is regarded as one of life 's momentous landmarks there can be little hope . |
| 14 | What a way to spend one 's first evening in Rome . |
| 15 | Executive chairman of a car manufacturer would not be one 's first stab at Gauntlett 's profession : ruddy in a way that Englishmen are n't any more , a pinstripe only just this side of loud , silk handkerchief , he looks hand-stitched , coach-built , bespoke . |
| 16 | One 's first hearing of this album is not a happy event . |
| 17 | In our experience , one 's first kite eventually achieves a certain immortality . |
| 18 | Divorce has this effect because it suggests that remarriage in the lifetime of one 's first partner is socially and even morally acceptable' ( Irish Times , 6 June 1986 ; also 31 May 1986 ; 14 June 1986 ) . |
| 19 | A home of the right size and in the right place and at the right rent is everybody 's first need . |