Example sentences of "on the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was some close racing in the Mirror fleet until Tom Alexander capsized on the first spinnaker reach losing his second place leaving Chris Morgan to win convincingly over Chris Knights . |
| 2 | On the first day Islam Karimov , the first secretary of the Uzbek CP , was elected President of the Supreme Soviet by secret ballot . |
| 3 | For those who came in late , the essay titles are up on the first year notice board . |
| 4 | But he lost out on the First Division title because he was reluctant to strengthen the team . |
| 5 | The Swiss pair sped down over the Third Ice Field , zoomed out from the sheer rockface beneath it and landed with a crunch on the Second Ice Field ; then , as limbs were torn from their bodies , they launched again off the cliff , landed on the First Ice Field , and again careened down the slope and zoomed out and down . |
| 6 | On the first foundation course that people do in this company , the one thing that I do , is I give them a map of the United Kingdom , and it 's got thirty dots on it . |
| 7 | Chris Forrest on the first winter ascent of Mariella , Coire an t-Sneachda : one of this season 's new routes ( photo Graeme Ettle ) . |
| 8 | Over the past 30 years investors in American and British IPOs who sold their shares on the first trading day earned returns of 15% and 12% respectively . |
| 9 | Shares have hit their highest levels in two months on the first trading day since Britain joined the European Exchange Mechanism . |
| 10 | Okay , right , time to check on the first travel report of the morning . |
| 11 | The Institute collects the money on the first banking day in January each year . |
| 12 | In many areas the Hearing is held on the first working day after the removal of the child . |
| 13 | True , on the first working day after the bomb , business did go on much as usual . |
| 14 | If your letter is not delivered on the first working day after your posted it — as long as you posted it in time to get there — then we automatically refund your fee . |
| 15 | ‘ Immediately ’ is defined ( at this stage ) as the earliest possible time on the first working day of absence . |
| 16 | The yield to first call is the yield to maturity assuming that the bond is redeemed on the first call date . |
| 17 | Lowering her gaze from the intense sunlight reflected on the upper walls to the leaded doors , she placed a foot on the first stone step . |
| 18 | On the first half performance neither side looks like scoring though . |
| 19 | The hire desk made a phonecall on the first credit card that he offered , and then told him that he 'd exceeded his limit and they could n't take the charge . |
| 20 | type blue and white running number plates on the first window pillar behind the stairs . |
| 21 | That is , on the first clock pulse Q = 1 , on the second Q = 0 , and so on . |
| 22 | On the first clock pulse , the logic state on D1 ( 1 ) is transferred to Q1 ( X1 lights ) and Q1 = 0 . |
| 23 | I know when Brian went on the first Queen tour to America he hated it , so he had stabilisers made to give him 220v . |
| 24 | On the first occasion Bunny was tactful , assuring him she would be sent home in a taxi at any moment . |
| 25 | What if Mr Whitelaw , the heir — apparent , had stood on the first leadership ballot in 1975 and won , as many think he would have ? |
| 26 | It is the Spirit who leads the Antioch church to send out Saul and Barnabas on the first missionary journey ( 13:2,4 ) which enabled them to return and report that , ‘ The Lord has opened the door of faith to the Gentiles ’ ( 14:27 ) . |
| 27 | So it was in Judea ( 6:7 ) , Samaria ( 8:4–7,14 ) , on the first missionary journey ( 13:49 ) and in Asia ( 19:10 ) . |
| 28 | On the first floor landing , there was Vern sitting on one of a row of grey school-type chairs . |
| 29 | It was a risk , for she might well have run headlong into him on the first floor landing , but she had luck , and was round the next turn of the stairs when she checked and froze against the wall , hearing his rapid steps on the oak treads below her . |
| 30 | There was a shared toilet on the first floor landing . |