Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We have trained the nurse caring for this infant to recognize the first signs of desire for food .
2 Place three of the wider ones on top of each other to form the first tower .
3 The results achieved by a number of research groups were sufficiently encouraging for many academics to form the first commercial companies to develop and market AI software .
4 The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years .
5 I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries .
6 ‘ Basically we have adopted the original Decca configuration of microphones used from the 1950s through to the 1970s , but we do n't use a tree microphone in the middle of the orchestra ; we have a three-point microphone in front of the conductor and an omni-pair on either side to cover the first violin and first cello .
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