Example sentences of "[prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students intending to take a joint degree join either department for the first year and since requirements of two departments must be satisfied , joint degree students normally have a restricted choice of courses in first and second years . |
| 2 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
| 3 | Spanish operation , Meeke is on the verge of winning Spain 's international rally title for the first time although as he left again for Madrid yesterday , he sounded a word of caution . |
| 4 | For the first time since before the Second World War shares ( of the five companies privatized in January 1991 — see p. 37975 ) were traded in Warsaw on April 16 . |
| 5 | It often takes ages for a pair to get down to spawning for the first time and if you were to separate them now it would be extremely difficult to get them back together again . |
| 6 | I found it very difficult to get past the first fleet but when I did the game became more enjoyable especially as the 256 colour graphics match most games out today . |
| 7 | Also , I felt I 'd dealt with the first layer and although I was well aware that there were subsequent layers , I thought I would deal with them at some later date . |
| 8 | ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody . |
| 9 | And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else . |
| 10 | I 'm not saying that people would have never changed their ideas but if it would have been done in the manner that it would have been done in in the first place and if people would have been told about their future lives and if people had been , would 've accepted what was going on in light of all the decisions that have been taken previously regarding the merger issue . |
| 11 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 12 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |