Example sentences of "than first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Film of the riots in Dresden on Wednesday have reached the West , with evidence that they were more violent than first thought . |
| 2 | As forensic scientists began examining the explosives and ‘ terrorist paraphernalia ’ found in two holdalls 50 yards from a main road , it was being suggested the bags may have been hidden , rather than dumped , more recently than first thought — possibly within the past weeks . |
| 3 | It is n't rewriting history to say that the project was a successful one , albeit less spectacular than first thought . |
| 4 | His rib injury is more serious than first thought . |
| 5 | Damage at the ancient Armagh Royal School is also more serious than first thought . |
| 6 | John Major 's government has refused to provide cash for phase four of the project , despite being told it would now cost substantially less than first thought . |
| 7 | John Major 's government has refused to provide cash for phase four of the project , despite being told it would now cost substantially less than first thought . |
| 8 | Fears that Steffi Graf 's foot injury was worse than first thought , were allayed after the defending women 's champion put in six hours of practice at Wimbledon on Saturday then practised for two hours yesterday at a club in west London . |
| 9 | Mr Lamont 's announcement that St Pancras will be the terminus of the £3 billion Channel rail link implies that international trains to and from Scotland will be much slower than first thought . |
| 10 | Yesterday , Frank Malcolm , 49 , a director and stockbroker at Bell Lawrie White , confirmed that Mackie had immediately told his colleagues after a meeting with Peter Runciman , former executive chairman of Shanks&McEwan , that he had been warned that company profits would be lower than first thought . |
| 11 | Nor is there any question of his being elected thanks to a miscellaneous accumulation of votes of lower than first preference : all the votes are clear-cut votes of first and only preference . |
| 12 | SDLP and UPNI each had one less seat than first preference votes might suggest to be appropriate . |
| 13 | Special stationery is used for this index , and no subject indexing has been undertaken — retrieval is impossible under anything other than first author . |
| 14 | A witness writing about an event which happened long before , or a witness using hearsay , rather than first hand experience of an event , might unintentionally make errors . |
| 15 | th than first thing in the morning erm whereas I , I think probably I am probably better as soon as I get up than last thing at night . |
| 16 | Prefer to do things last thing at night , rather than first thing in the morning . |
| 17 | Entries must be received no later than first post on Monday March 18 , 1991 . |
| 18 | Entries must be received by no later than first post on Friday , June 14 , 1991 . |
| 19 | When you 've completed the grid , send it with your name , address and phone number ( if possible ) to EVERTON COMPETITION , C/O Dept M , Daily Post , PO Box 48 , Old Hall Street , Liverpool , L69 3EB , to reach us not later than first post , Friday November 12 . |
| 20 | Because if they do n't , if they do n't become any more aware of what 's going on for them , they will take all that unfinished business into a new relationship and statistically , we know that second or third time marriages are more likely to break down than first time marriages . |
| 21 | Thank you First class service at less than first class fares has become something of a slogan for Virgin Atlantic , but that 's put it on a collision course with big international airlines , especially British Airways . |