Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition we are still receiving enquiries about prisoners featured in the first two series in 1988 and 1989 , and we have recently received a copy of a letter from Alattin Sahin , the Turkish prisoner of conscience in the 1988 , which someone has received on his release . |
| 2 | This will allow more room in the main section of the fair where a number of innovations will be in evidence next year : a separate section for galleries exhibiting for the first time ; a section for photography and publishers and a more spacious layout of stands and aisles . |
| 3 | About two thirds of infections occur in the first five days and more than half of these are apparent at birth . |
| 4 | A survey by Jordans has found that the number of companies created in the first half of this year was 3.1% lower than the same period last year . |
| 5 | By Article V of the Convention , the sultan promised to negotiate with the Serbs on their demands for freedom of worship ; the right to establish their own schools and printing presses ; the return of areas won during the first revolt and forcibly returned to Turkish rule in 1813 ; the right of Serbian merchants to trade freely throughout the Ottoman empire ; a prohibition on any new Turkish settlement outside the major towns ; and an increase in the powers of Serbian government . |
| 6 | ( There are extremely instructive comparisons to be made between the films that make up Manvell 's ‘ Miscellany ’ and the ‘ pantheon ’ of directors listed in the first , 1962 , issue of Movie — the changes are an eloquently stark illustration of the massive reorientation of British film culture . ) |
| 7 | When a group of individuals meets for the first time the process of group formation has begun . |
| 8 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 9 | The list of transitions produced by the first program is sorted ( numerically , by the first node number ) , and the node numbers are converted into edge numbers , by a simple nawk ( Aho et al , 1988 ) program . |
| 10 | Only 77 per cent of children enrolled in the first grade ( Standard Sub-A- SSA ) in 1985 survived into the second year ( Standard Sub-B — SSB ) , little better than the 74 per cent of 1966 . |
| 11 | It is also reported that in 10 WFS countries of Sub-Sahara Africa , the proportion overall of babies dying within the first month of life is 50 per cent higher and that post neonatal mortality is 25 per cent higher where the mother was under age 20 than where she was 20–29 at the time of the birth . |
| 12 | Just under half ( 48% ) of women marrying for the first time in 1987 had lived with their husbands prior to marriage compared with 19% of those marrying in the late 1970s and only 7% of those marrying in 1971 . |
| 13 | The dichotomous partitions of categories enumerated by the first authors are : |
| 14 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 15 | On Thursday , a correct point of order was raised with Mr. Deputy Speaker about what one should do with matters arising from the first report of the Select Committee on Health . |
| 16 | Term of loans from the IDA are more favourable than those demanded by the IBRD and can be up to fifty years with repayments deferred for the first ten years , with no interest charges . |
| 17 | A dash to the train saw Dettori and several colleagues arrive with seconds to spare before the first race . |
| 18 | Here again there is no good reason why the debtors should be freed from debts contracted after the first will : for , although the trust clause is in a later document , what it confirms is the content of the first will . |
| 19 | For their second teaching practice the students will gain experience of years one to three in schools involved in the first three levels of the French for Communication project . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , the special study on the literature of the Spanish Civil War offers a clear line of development from concerns raised in the first and second years . |
| 21 | It should also be noted that although candidates may be admitted initially as prospective students for honours , admission to the honours courses is not guaranteed at the outset but depends on performance in classes taken in the first two , or in some cases three , years . |
| 22 | In March , seminars were held in Inverness , Fife , and Glasgow for co-ordinators from centres involved in the first year of the pilot . |
| 23 | Although a fall in numbers occurred in the first year after charges were introduced , that was largely due to the building works , but the figures have increased and Welsh men are looking forward enormously to the addition to their national museum . |
| 24 | Queues began forming hours before doors opened for the first viewing of pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 25 | Commission was payable to the plaintiff on premiums paid during the first ten years of any policy . |
| 26 | The new equipment was delivered to Fettes Row during the first week in February and located in the East machine room . |
| 27 | The Steering Group has monitored and reviewed progress on actions detailed in the first Plan . |
| 28 | A man was arrested and released on police bail in the first raids of their kind in Gloucestershire . |