Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 The H pylori positive duodenal ulcer patients and H pylori positive healthy volunteers differed , however , with respect to gastrin mediated acid secretion , which was increased six fold in the first but only threefold in the second when compared with H pylori negative healthy volunteers .
2 Beside them , the modern tractor sheds and dairies looked ready to collapse in the first breeze .
3 The importance of the vital actions drill may even be undermined in the eyes of the student if the instructor insists on a complete check of each control movement for every flight ( stick to the left , left aileron up , right aileron down , stick to the right , etc. ) , since it is clear that things like this can not change between flights , and the majority of experienced pilots only do that check on the first flight of the day .
4 Andy Sharpe led the way with a well compiled 74 break in the first left game .
5 As with NAEP , the science tests exhibit the most imaginative types of questions , although Michael Marland praised those used in the first secondary language survey .
6 ‘ You remind me of a wild animal sometimes , poised ready to flee at the first sight of a hunter 's gun . ’
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