Example sentences of "[noun] which [vb -s] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 Professional Studies in the early years of schooling is a course which extends throughout the first three years of the degree .
2 There are three different rates of income tax : the new 20 per cent rate introduced in the 1992 Budget which applies to the first £2,000 of your taxable income ; the 25 per cent basic rate tax which applies to the next slice of taxable income between £2,000 and £23,700 ; and the 40 per cent higher rate tax which is levied on all taxable income over £23,700 .
3 It may be convenient for the last record to have a pointer which points to the first record in that list , in which case the list is a circular list , ring or chain ( see Figure 5.11 ) .
4 It is a slim wooden rod which slips into the first ring of each curtain on the leading edge and , when not being used , hangs out of sight .
5 The poem which appears in the first volume is relatively simple in its advice .
6 The reason for the two limbs of this rule is purely technical to ensure that there is neither an exclusion of damages for breach of duty , nor an exclusion of any duty which exists in the first place .
7 So from the relationship that developed during that period we developed the collaboration which features in the first section of Passion .
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