Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ethnicity is not , however , always marked by linguistic distinctiveness , Labov 's work with Italian and Jewish speakers in New York City shows that such distinctiveness may persist for several generations , or conversely may disappear with the first generation of native-born speakers who nevertheless maintain a strong sense of ethnicity ( Labov 1972b : 281 ) . |
| 2 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 3 | Clearly then , if the company is to choose one it should opt for the first . |
| 4 | As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately . |
| 5 | The first substantial remains of sculpture from a Doric building are from a temple of Artemis on Kerkyra ( Corcyra , Corfu ) , which must date from the first decade or two of the sixth century . |
| 6 | It is working with IBM and Motorola Inc ( helping IBM with the new PowerPC RISC implementation ) on both hardware and AIX software , so that users of the new version of the Power RISC will all support compatible multi-processing implementations — something should emerge during the first half of next year . |
| 7 | It was proposed and agreed that a morning Sunday School should begin on the first Sunday in October at 9.45 am , this proposal to be submitted to the Superintendent minister , the Reverend James Donnelly , for his approval . |
| 8 | If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month . |
| 9 | Like the Common Law , the rules of Equity are judicial law , i.e. to find them we must look in the first instances to the decisions of the judges who have administered Equity . |
| 10 | Following a request from an Age Concern organisation , we will also be producing short guidelines on why older people should vote in the first place . |
| 11 | Before moving on to the more advanced aspects of wave riding let us consider what should happen in the first attempts . |
| 12 | Their relationship was n't built on solid foundations , so it was hardly surprising , was it , that it should collapse at the first sign of trouble ? |
| 13 | Goldman 's prime input was his suggestion that the film should end with the first part of the book , before Papillon arrives in Venezuela and settles down . |
| 14 | The Law Lords should review at the first opportunity the natural injustice of injunctions which can silence all the media at a stroke . |
| 15 | The onus of making that interpersonal connection between their differing maps of the mind must rest in the first place with the staff , not with the student . |
| 16 | The young officer , he concluded , must escape at the first opportunity or risk being classified as an unambitious ‘ no hoper ’ at an early career stage . |
| 17 | ISO should reveal for the first time the fine details of star-birth . |
| 18 | the commentary must say for the first time what had , nonetheless , already been said [ by the original text ] and must tirelessly repeat what had never been said [ by other commentators ] . |
| 19 | If they voice this concern to the general practitioner or health visitor this may result in the first step being taken in the identification of a visual problem , but unfortunately there can be instances in which the defective vision is not detected until the child has a pre-school medical . |
| 20 | So a week or so may elapse between the first and the last eggs hatching . |
| 21 | Next week we start the second part of the course , our erm , our key as it were and we 'll look at the first one with er . |
| 22 | In the meantime , one might look for the first appearance of a new journal in March Educational Action Research . |
| 23 | They 're not really so complicated as perhaps they might look in the first place . |
| 24 | In 1989 the same committee suggested that a possible slight shortage of doctors might occur by the first decade of the twenty first century . |
| 25 | ‘ Then I 'll wish for the first and last dance tonight and as many as you can spare in between , ’ Harry rejoined , and was pleased to see that Cora-Beth was actually blushing . |
| 26 | And anyway , Father , I know Pete will not cry when I say no ; he 'll go to the first pub he comes across and get sozzled , and then he 'll start to sing . |
| 27 | So I 'll start with the first one and I 'll pass it round and just put either the relaxing on one hand and the reviving on the other and you 'll have one hand relaxed the other one doing this . |
| 28 | The time set for one of the days is midnight , but it is not clear how long the Committee might sit for the first six days . |
| 29 | And that 's how it started and it was really just you know we said we 'd do a bit of fund raising and I think the men were pretty sceptical of you know they thi they thought we might fight over the first tin of beans or whatever . |
| 30 | So let's look at the first one . |