Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Flying a new type of glider is always fun , but it worries many inexperienced pilots : there is always an extra element of risk if an unexpected situation occurs on the first flight in an unfamiliar machine . |
| 32 | The second characteristic of these more successful countries follows from the first : government has been strong , and has continued to function . |
| 33 | She had occasional epileptic fits after the first , and they so frightened Rose and her family that everyone became over-protective of her . |
| 34 | An elegant staircase leads to the first floor , where the Edgsons have another living room overlooking the street . |
| 35 | This particular guitar comes from the first phase of the Les Paul Custom , the single-coil era of 1954 to 1957 . |
| 36 | Group-led projects included the subsurface mapping of the Northumberland , Solway and northern Stainmore basins as the first phase of a rolling programme of overview studies of the Upper Palaeozoic basins of the United Kingdom . |
| 37 | They will have 17 days between the moment when the last result is known and April 27 , when the new Parliament meets for the first time , to gather sufficient support from MPs from minority parties to form a government . |
| 38 | When the new Parliament meets for the first time on Monday , April 27 , the first task facing MPs will be to choose a Speaker . |
| 39 | FIG. 2 Two example displays from the first experiment . |
| 40 | The new hang has for the first time brought together the figures de fantaisie by Fragonard , the Louvre 's ninety-three Corots , thirty paintings by Chardin and thirteen by Watteau , as well as a rotating selection of the preparatory drawings by Le Brun for his decorative scheme for the Louvre . |
| 41 | The working party meets for the first time in July when it will define the terms of reference of the study . |
| 42 | They found that the main response occurs with the first hour . |
| 43 | Although the same group of physicists has found good evidence for the production of B mesons at CESR before , this latest result shows for the first time the explicit decay of B mesons into less-rare , longer-lived particles ( Physical Review Letters , vol 50 , p 881 ) . |
| 44 | Flint-based construction company David McLean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the on-shore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 45 | Flint-based construction company David McL5ean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the onshore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 46 | Author of All the Sweet Promises turns to the first World War . |