Example sentences of "[noun] for the first [num] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be incorporated into the merger agreement , with effect for the first two or three years after the merger . |
| 2 | She stayed with the Cohens for the first seven or eight years of Leonard 's life . ) |
| 3 | Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 . |
| 4 | Unlike baby goslings which lock on to the first moving object in sight , the newborn baby will be relatively undiscriminating about who tends his needs for the first three or four months of life . |
| 5 | We bought it , along with 60 acres , and opened a farm shop for the first three or four years , to sell our surplus . |
| 6 | But it might help your learners if they used some of your techniques for the first five or ten minutes of viewing . |
| 7 | IRAS will scan the Milky Way for the first two or three months , concluding with passes over the centre of the galaxy — a strong infrared source hidden from optical astronomers by dust . |
| 8 | The Conservatives were to rule for thirteen years , with Churchill as Prime Minister for the first three and a half . |
| 9 | Use the graft for the first two or three feet ( 60 to 90 centimetres ) of the hole and thereafter use the long spade . |
| 10 | Behind a grid , there is strong turbulent energy production for the first ten or so grid mesh-lengths along the tunnel ; the turbulence then becomes substantially isotropic and decays with distance down the tunnel . |