Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a £1 ‘ Each Way ’ bet , you stake £2. £1 of this goes on the same horse to win and the other £1 goes on the same horse to finish in the first three or four places , depending on how many runners there are in the race . |
| 2 | ‘ I know it 's going to be a hard year and we 've still got a lot of work to do before the first European GP . |
| 3 | It is sufficient for our purposes to elaborate upon the first two categories . |
| 4 | Senate set up a working party under Professor Furmston , Council asked consultants Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte to look at the matter , convocation set up an ad hoc working group to respond to the first two reports , and the Vice-Chancellor produced a report for Council which drew together the common threads in all three . |
| 5 | At least one of them surfaced , rifle in hand , as an officer in the Palestinian forces to fight against the first Israeli invasion a year later . |
| 6 | Measures to cope with the first two by traditional means worsened the third . |
| 7 | There was little need to hurry over breakfast , because even by nine o'clock there is barely enough light to see fine details , but shortly after nine the first starlings arrive for their morning meal , shoving and squabbling as they line up on the washing line to watch for the first human activity . |
| 8 | The syn-PLA2 and cat-PLA2 values of patients with the necrotising form of acute pancreatitis had a slight tendency to increase during the first six days whereas the values in patients with oedematous acute pancreatitis decreased . |
| 9 | But by all means take a flask of tea or coffee to drink during the first few hours , but flasked drinks always taste stale after ten or twelve hours . |
| 10 | Who scored Charlton 's first goal on their return to The Valley is a logical sequel to the original poser : Who was the first player to score in the first live televised game in England ? |