Below you will find example sentences with "first reading". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Reading in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: reading
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.6 words

Words in this phrase

first reading

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • reading can mean: present participle and gerund of read Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after first reading about successful 1× all passing first reading while four 1× approved the first reading of two 1× arithmetic his first reading book was 1× during the first reading the reader 1× for its first reading in the 1× had scaled first reading while 10 1× him the first reading could take 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after first reading 1× also speaking chairman 1× as the moorcroft 1× at their meeting 1× churchill aged seven 1× diego said she 1×

Common sentence endings:

assembly approved plan 1× by the house 1× casino cape girardeau 1× fully effective meeting 1× help start conversation 1× in my constituency 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

passed 5× bill 5× book 4× house 4× meeting 3× gospel 3× committee 3× members 2× day 2× help 2× churchill 2× assembly 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around reading:

summer reading 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first quarter first published first playoff first player first phase first period

Just after it in the phrase index:

first republic first round first season first session first sight first solo

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

summer reading

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first reading" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after first reading about successful, all passing first reading while four, passed, bill and book stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round and summer reading, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first reading

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Following this, the bill was read for first reading and consequently second reading after debate. (15 words)

If deactivation occurs during the first reading, the reader does not need to undergo deactivation in the second reading. (19 words)

He pushed that if the first reading was passed, to delay the second reading until there was an assembly approved plan. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

As the Moorcroft Town Council moved forward with the first reading of an ordinance reducing its regular meetings to one per month, they held the first of the planned preceding workshops to help facilitate a fully effective meeting. (38 words)

Susan Thomas, the Deputy Chairperson of Specialized Committee on Finance and Economic Planning, who presented the first reading stage of the bill requested the August House to pass it to the final reading on the same day. (37 words)

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday to send the first bill in the government’s judicial reform package for its first reading in the full plenum, which is likely to take place next week. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Diego said she decided to structure the meeting around members reading the first reading, second reading and the Gospel of the day, and then asking some questions or offering some reflection to help start conversation.

Churchill, aged seven, in 1881 Churchill's earliest exposure to education occurred in Dublin, where a governess tried teaching him reading, writing, and arithmetic (his first reading book was called 'Reading Without Tears').

Rotimi who said the 10th Assembly had been prolific noted that since its inauguration, the house had recorded 470 bills, with all passing first reading, while four passed second reading.

Following this, the bill was read for first reading and consequently second reading after debate.

Susan Thomas, the Deputy Chairperson of Specialized Committee on Finance and Economic Planning, who presented the first reading stage of the bill requested the August House to pass it to the final reading on the same day.

That book was wasted on me in the first reading as a teenager, but I wouldn’t cheat anyone of reading it until they are ready.

According to him, the first reading could take place on Apri 6, the second reading on April 8 and the third on April 9, he said.

I have a bill which has passed the first reading, and about to go through the second reading for the establishment of a Federal Medical Center in my constituency.

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He pushed that if the first reading was passed, to delay the second reading until there was an assembly approved plan.

Since you are invited to the first reading and the last reading of each piece in development, you can see the path the play took over its time in rehearsal.

St. Paul, in the first reading, and the woman who anoints Jesus’ feet in the Gospel reading both realize they are sinners, the pope said, but they are moved by love for Jesus.

If deactivation occurs during the first reading, the reader does not need to undergo deactivation in the second reading.

We heard in our first reading from the book of Genesis the famous Proto-Evangelium, the first Gospel, the first announcement of the Good News of salvation.

After first reading about successful womb transplants in Sweden, found a similar programme in her home state of Alabama – becoming the first woman in the state to undergo the surgery.

The 2024 state budget bill passed its first reading last month, but requires two more readings before it can enter into law, with the substantive amendments taking place between the first and second of these readings.

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday to send the first bill in the government’s judicial reform package for its first reading in the full plenum, which is likely to take place next week.

As the Moorcroft Town Council moved forward with the first reading of an ordinance reducing its regular meetings to one per month, they held the first of the planned preceding workshops to help facilitate a fully effective meeting.

The First Lady, Professor Gertrude Mutharika took the first reading in Chichewa from the Book of 220:1-6 from the Holy Bible.

Also speaking, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Francis Waive, revealed that over 1,800 bills had scaled first reading while 10 pieces of legislation had so far been passed by the House.

At their meeting Monday, Dec. 18, Cape Girardeau City Council members approved the first reading of two ordinances related to an under-construction hotel at Century Casino Cape Girardeau.

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