Example sentences of "first [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first sentence of Feminism in Eighteenth-Century England makes her position clear : ‘ A significant new interest in woman 's nature and position , caused in part by a radical change in attitudes toward marriage , appears in eighteenth-century literature . |
| 2 | If we take the first sentence of extract ( I ) as S , and present it below as ( 2a ) , we can also present the negation of S , as ( 2b ) , and the logical presupposition , S' , as ( 2c ) . |
| 3 | Yet the circumstances in which ( 2d ) might be uttered are likely to be quite different from those in which the first sentence of extract ( I ) was uttered . |
| 4 | She hurried out of the room , before the astonished Victorine had completed her first sentence of protest . |
| 5 | The essence of the matter was stated in the first sentence of Article 613 : ‘ when an enterprise or a part of an enterprise is transferred to another owner ( sic ) as a result of a legal transaction , the latter shall succeed to the rights and obligations under the contracts of employment existing at the date of the transfer ’ ( my translation ) . |
| 6 | The first mention of £100 clearly demands an ‘ at least ’ interpretation ; what Arthur has is ‘ exactly ’ £100 ; one might therefore not expect the it of the second sentence to be able to refer anaphorically to £100 in the first sentence without antagonism . |
| 7 | First sentence in connection with Nov. 17 demonstration |
| 8 | Each year brings more exciting ‘ firsts ’ for the reserve ; first wintering birds , first breeding pairs , first birds of passage . |
| 9 | Surprisingly , it was her grandmother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy , a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother , who sounded one of the first notes of caution . |
| 10 | ‘ Now those very first notes of Act 3 are just as important to me as the big aria . |
| 11 | Ditton , who started by using the lavatory as a place to make notes secretly , took his first notes on lavatory paper . |
| 12 | As the Dwarfs approached the first ranks of Night Goblins a massive whoop went up amongst the greenskins , and from out of their formation charged Night Goblin Fanatics whirling balls and chains . |
| 13 | ‘ Ideology ’ is an indispensable term in sociological analysis , but the first level of difficulty is whether it is used to describe : ( a ) the formal and conscious beliefs of a class or other social group — as in the common usage of ‘ ideological ’ to indicate general principles or theoretical positions or , as so often unfavourably , dogmas ; or ( b ) the characteristic world-view or general perspective of a class or other social group , which will include formal and conscious beliefs but also less conscious , less formulated attitudes , habits and feelings , or even unconscious assumptions , bearings and commitments . |
| 14 | Peter Dutton , Corporate Recruitment Manager at Procter & Gamble 's UK head office in Newcastle , wrote : ‘ We do not use Headhunters at all , because we have a policy of recruiting only at the first level of management ( usually graduates direct from university ) and filling all more senior management positions by promotion from within . ’ |
| 15 | The first level of Headway provides a thorough revision and extension course at the intermediate level . |
| 16 | Thermostat is the first level of safety . |
| 17 | In all , the Package provides material for a first level of study for the teaching and learning of English as a foreign or second language . |
| 18 | The first level of recognition involves character recognition of the input . |
| 19 | The strong relationship between syntactic category and coverage exists only at the first level of information . |
| 20 | But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ? |
| 21 | On Oct. 24 a list was published of 24 banks which had agreed to participate in the first level of syndication of a US$5,000 million loan to the Kuwaiti government . |
| 22 | All branches of Beaverbrooks also offer an earpiercing service using the Inverness System , a healthy authority approved and recognised method with a discount of 10 per cent on your first purchase of gold earrings . |
| 23 | Suddenly from among the lichen and lank chickweed drawn up by the gloom of the canopy , comes the first flash of pink . |
| 24 | Contrary to what was to happen in the modern period ( and still continues ) , the first objects of trade were not logs but what are sometimes rather dismissively referred to as ‘ minor forest products ’ . |
| 25 | More evidence that the recession may have bottomed out came with news of the first rise in manufacturing output in 26 months . |
| 26 | He felt the first dabs of rain , and held out his palm to inspect the circles of water as though they might be gold or a map of the city . |
| 27 | Guatemala 's first cases of cholera in the epidemic spreading across the continent [ see p. 38286 ] were reported in late July . |
| 28 | As late as 1863 he could still assure his mother that he might turn his attention to almost any subject , but it must have been around this time that a first decision in favour of classics was taken , even though it was not until 1865 at Leipzig that his academic specialization became complete . |
| 29 | How about his comment about trying to create a classless society , when one of his first acts as Premier was to create a new hereditary baronetcy for Dennis Thatcher . |
| 30 | It had been one of Gregory 's first acts as pope to invest and consecrate him as bishop of Die , and to follow this up with a letter to the count of Die which contains a first draft of his later decree prohibiting the investiture of bishops by secular rulers . |