Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , we have made great progress in bringing inflation under control and we shall soon have a lower rate of inflation than Germany for the first time in a generation . |
| 2 | With a smothered curse he pulled her into his arms and began to kiss her , using a more powerful argument than words as the first touch of his mouth on hers sent everything out of Leonora 's head other than the fact that she loved and wanted this man to the point where she was almost ready to believe that she 'd been mistaken . |
| 3 | Keeping our dogs alive longer , and buying a second dog as company for the first are part and parcel of modern living ; but both have associated problems which are in danger of being misunderstood |
| 4 | We have almost as many girls as boys in the first year in the sixth form , for instance , which I think is a measure of this success . |
| 5 | NEW drivers have TWICE as many accidents as old-timers in the first two years after passing the test . |
| 6 | To use the army as strike-breakers for the first time since Franco ( and Spain 's universally detested military service would have caused some intersting tests of loyalty ) would have provoked a confrontation with an unclear outcome for both sides . |
| 7 | Brigade boss : David Blake , from the Bebington Company , is to take over from Brian Clarke as Commander of the first Chester Battalion of the Church Lads ' and Church Girls ' Brigade . |