Example sentences of "would [vb infin] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having a resistivity of some 10MΩ and a permittivity of 3 , it would remain the first choice of insulation for undersea cables until development of para gutta , composed of wax and deproteinised rubber . |
| 2 | The fall of the Manchus in China hinted at the far wider rebellion that would mark the first half of the twentieth century , transforming world political geography from a handful of empires , maps on which only the primary colours were needed to show each domain , to a mass of independent States , more numerous than the ingenuity of any distinguishable colour range . |
| 3 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 4 | It had been hoped that the removal of exchange rate fluctuations between EC currencies would constitute the first stage toward monetary union , but the widespread acceptance of floating has made this aim more difficult to achieve , although the European Monetary System has had some success in this respect . |
| 5 | The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it was hoped that next week would see the first dairy farms released from the restriction orders . |
| 6 | Rutlish would become the first school to break away from Labour-controlled Merton education authority . |
| 7 | We would ride about a mile to the first field then we would draw the first field . |
| 8 | I would like to avoid defeat partly as it would avoid the first league double against us in three years and to keep the unbeaten run together . |
| 9 | The point of contact with the fable of disembodied consciousness is that thinking has become Raskolnikov 's work , it has almost become Raskolnikov , and if he did and were nothing but this work we would have the first part of Notes from Underground repeated . |
| 10 | Carole would take the first opportunity to get her on her own and have a word with her in private . |
| 11 | ( Harness racing , it said in brackets , would hold the first meeting of its winter season the following Sunday . ) |
| 12 | The finding of high plasma n3 polyunsaturated fatty acids concentrations would support the first part of this hypothesis ; that is , the increase in polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis . |
| 13 | The superstition that the third light from a match brings bad luck apparently originates from the first world war , when German soldiers in the opposite trench would notice the first light , take aim at the second and fire at the third . |