Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [noun pl] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 2 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 3 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 4 | BNP will offer high income multiples of up to four times the first income ( which has to be that of the professional ) plus three times the second . |
| 5 | Indeed , the first Advertisements Regulation Act of 1907 antedated by two years the first Planning Act . |