Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of Wordsworth 's poems are attempts to show how we associate ideas ( see ‘ Hartley ’ , p. 80 ) , and he often points out how the second idea — ‘ the echo of the voice ’ in this case — is blended with the first idea on which our conscious attention is fixed — ‘ my eye / Was fixed upon the glowing Sky ’ . |
| 2 | The method involves calculating two half-slopes : the left-hand half-slope is calculated between the first and the middle summary point , and the right-hand half-slope between the middle and the third point . |
| 3 | The North Atlantic deep-sea ophiuroid fauna , comprising of approximately 120 species , is revised for the first time . |
| 4 | If do is used in the non-past , the infinitive 's event is situated in the first moment of the non-past time-sphere : ( 2 ) She does own a Porsche . |
| 5 | Americans regard the contingent fee system as a better substitute for legal aid , and in many cases it is , but it does encourage meritless suits , since — and this is the third problem — even if a frivolous case is dismissed on the first day in court , the defendant is still liable for his costs . |
| 6 | Bedford Park is regarded as the first Garden Suburb in England , and thus has an international importance , while Shaw is one of the most important architects of the Victorian period , best known as the designer of the old New Scotland Yard building on the London Embankment . |
| 7 | Ivan 's son Djuradj is honoured as the first man to introduce a printing press into the Balkans . |
| 8 | The whole of Ramsay 's Edinburgh-Rome-London career is examined for the first time , with over one hundred exhibits , including many of his fine drawings . |
| 9 | The auricular surface ( articulating with the ilium ) is limited to the first and second sacral vertebrae in the female , but in the male it often extends to the middle of the third vertebra . |
| 10 | This is a test case for him and he 's fallen at the first hurdle . |
| 11 | It is given to the first child , through no fault of its own , to disrupt what has been an exclusive , reciprocal relationship as no subsequent child has power to do . |
| 12 | ( In the USA priority is given to the first to invent , not the first to file . ) |
| 13 | The name " Pentateuch " is given to the first five books of the Bible . |
| 14 | Responsibility for drafting the bill and printing is borne by the Member although financial assistance is given to the first ten members and drafting assistance is given to any member whose bill appears to have a chance of becoming law . |
| 15 | Where notification is given at the first stage , but not in accordance with the procedures laid down for the first stage , you shall not be disentitled to SSP for that day for that reason only . |
| 16 | Payment of the disturbance allowance at the Yorkshire Bank is also made in two equal instalments ; one is given on the first available salary pay day after the move to the new house , the other is paid when the bank receives the proceeds of the sale of the employee 's old house . |
| 17 | More detail is given for the first part on document preparation systems as this has been developed into the HyperCard system described below . |
| 18 | There is a restriction on the allowance for the car if it costs more than £12,000 , and only 25 per cent writing down allowance is given in the first year . |
| 19 | This new pregnancy is monitored throughout the nine months , and added support is given throughout the first months of the new baby 's life . |
| 20 | This time an overseas crew from South Africa is competing for the first time . |
| 21 | Barbel Abela is competing in the first round-the-world air race in a fifty-year-old bomber . |
| 22 | This curvature is contained in the first quarter of the wing so that the centre of lift is also well forward while the stabilising reflex on the underside provides a down force at the trailing edge . |
| 23 | If , for example , the bulk of the academic element is contained in the first two years of a course , then the second two can be devoted to developing teaching strategies . |
| 24 | You must first seek to interest the editor and to do this you must make certain that the essence of the story is contained in the first few sentences . |
| 25 | The introduction to the study is contained in the first two or three paragraphs of the article , which also briefly summarize its results and implications . |
| 26 | And the whole market — dominated by six firms including Argos and Great Universal Stores — is shrinking for the first time in years . |
| 27 | ‘ This genuine shortage is occurring for the first time ever . |
| 28 | Independent interrogation by the police is confined to the first 48 hours after the offence has been reported . |
| 29 | Many people would claim that the role of science is confined to the first of these and that theoretical physics will have achieved its goal when we have obtained a complete set of local physical laws . |
| 30 | Although it is scattered throughout the idealised version , in the original version it is confined to the first half of the story . |