Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [conj] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Londonderry , East quoted the experts waste recovery association and said that the first priority should be waste minimisation . |
| 2 | Some writers express humility in a particularly strange way : when they wish to express an opinion but feel that the first person singular is too assertive , they use the plural ( ‘ we submit ’ ) . |
| 3 | Ornithologists gave the bird a Christian foundation and believed that the first mute swans were brought to Great Britain by the Crusaders from Cyprus in 1192 . |
| 4 | In 1975 , Mr Heath , as Leader , accepted amended rules which had been drawn up under Lord Home 's chairmanship and announced that the first ballot would be held on 4 February 1975 ( the Party , of course , then being in opposition ) . |
| 5 | Mendel crossed tall peas with short peas and found that the first generation were always tall . |
| 6 | Degenerate trees can be avoided simply by ‘ disordering ’ the list and ensuring that the first item is from approximately the mid-point of the lexicon . |
| 7 | She seated herself at the desk , relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room . |