Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes it easier to lose weight in the first few weeks , at a rate which can be up to 4lb per week . |
| 2 | Most gliding clubs have a system of re-checking pilots during the first few hours of solo flying , but then pilots are left very much to their own devices to improve their soaring techniques . |
| 3 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 4 | Imprinting usually takes place in the first few days after birth . |
| 5 | This algorithm is incremental because it creates clusters from the first few data , and these early clusters can be used at once , even though they may be improved during later learning . |
| 6 | Many children develop allergies in the first few weeks or months of life , and often these improve as the years go by . |
| 7 | John Bond 's side never got a look in as Quakers took command in the first half hour . |
| 8 | In almost all investigations of any size , one investigator can be occupied full time taking statements during the first few days after the accident . |
| 9 | It intends to use its contacts with architects , builders , joiners , electricians etc to provide a building and hopefully also assist in raising income for the first few years ' running costs . |
| 10 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |
| 11 | Some Age Concern groups , social services departments and other organisations run a variety of hospital discharge schemes which can help people over the first few days or weeks after a stay in hospital . |