Example sentences of "[adj] of the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the latter 's optical axis is parallel to that of the first crystal than the beam is totally transmitted , if it is perpendicular to the first optical axis none of the beam gets through . |
| 2 | Woodmill controlled the game for much of the first half but could not get through the Meridian defence and it was n't until two and a half minutes into the second half that the deadlock was finally broken . |
| 3 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough had the better of the first half once they survived the opening quarter of an hour when Ironside , deputising for the injured Pears , kept them on terms . |
| 5 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 6 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 7 | City are currently bottom of the First Division and Kendall spoke realistically about the task ahead . |
| 8 | City are currently bottom of the First Division and Kendall spoke realistically about the task ahead . |
| 9 | The day he walked into the manager 's office Norwich were bottom of the First Division and relegation was more a probability than possibility . |
| 10 | France dominated most of the first half but the home side , one of South Africa 's weaker provinces , came back after trailing 15–3 at half-time to threaten an upset . |