Example sentences of "just [subord] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the falsificationist must prefer the claim that the velocity of light in a vacuum is 299.8 × 10 6 metres per second to the less-precise claim that it is about 300 × 10 6 metres per second , just because the first is more falsifiable than the second . |
| 2 | Whether this new investigation has been ordered partly as a response to the assertions made by the New York firm of O'Toole-Ewald Arts Associates , whose services Goldreyer engaged just after the first report was released by the Rijswijk laboratories , is not certain . |
| 3 | Just before the first egg is layed , the male seals the female in with a wall of clay and mud , helped by the female herself from within . |
| 4 | Harvest the seeds in July-August by cutting the seedheads just before the first seeds start to fall , and hanging them over a tray in a dry airy place . |
| 5 | It was then , just as the first signs of Arab flexibility appeared , that in Israel the notion took root that the renunciation of ‘ grand designs ’ was erroneous in its minimalism . |
| 6 | ‘ I still dropped it , just as the first shock wave struck us . |
| 7 | I flattened to the street just as the first shots were fired … |
| 8 | To be a Christian means actively to follow Jesus Christ in faith , just as the first disciples of Jesus did . |
| 9 | The tape on the bus was changed to ‘ choochie ’ accordion music just as the first streams of passengers jostled their way to the buses . |
| 10 | Horace left school at age 14 , just as the First World War broke out . |
| 11 | Just as the first two processes have led to the gradual expansion of the broadcasting scene , the last , and most critical , process is aimed at a complete reappraisal of the role of broadcasting , and the broadcasting organizations , in British society . |
| 12 | Just as the First World War set the stage for the development of International Relations as a separate discipline , so now the subject is studied in a way which reflects an implicit view of what are the most important events and trends . |
| 13 | We arrived just as the first eggs were hatching . |
| 14 | Devices like Hewlett-Packard 's DeskJet are becoming very significant in the office market just as the first wave of page printers is due to be pensioned off |
| 15 | Just as the first Venetians found that the water-logged islands of their lagoon , far from merely affording them protection from their enemies on land , also provided them with ideal access to the sea and with it immense possibilities of wealth and naval power , so it emerged in the course of human social evolution that the psychological mechanisms which had been necessary in socializing man also proved serviceable for many other enterprises and in time produced the great flowering of human culture which we see around us today . |
| 16 | Manchester Utd 1 Manchester City 1 JUST when the First Division championship seemed within touching distance for the first time in a quarter of a century , Steve Bruce pushed it just out of Manchester United 's reach at Old Trafford last night . |