Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first few [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
2 | Gd-DTPA is also of value in assessing tumour recurrence after surgery , with the rider that for the first few postoperative months the hypervascular scar tissue does not have a blood/brain barrier and hence enhancement at this stage does not necessarily indicate that residual tumour is present . |
3 | Because the accident went unmonitored during the first few vital hours and days , certain statistics will never be available . |
4 | This would help the farmers through the first few difficult years of transition . |
5 | After the first few devastating out-of-loves , she was warily certain that there would always be another goddess ; the old idol became a fond memory , like a photo of a dear friend long absent . |
6 | It finds these approximate solutions by linear interpolation from the first few genuine observations . |
7 | Outside , the blackbirds scolded and the sound of children playing on the green , glorying in the first few outdoor games of spring , could be faintly heard . |
8 | They find that pH declined from about 7.0 to 5.5 over the first few thousand years following deglaciation , owing to natural processes . |