Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [conj] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Our evidence which shows that the first glimmerings of our new paradigm emerged around 1860 and we expect that by 2010 the shift will be virtually complete , although it will take longer for its changes to affect everyone . |
2 | Who knows whether the first Americans who came across the Bering Strait in pre-history were indeed the first . |
3 | It seemed a very strange perception , since everybody knows that the first thing such people did following privatisation was to double , and even treble , the already generous salaries of themselves and their colleagues . |
4 | It will be recalled that the proceedings had been adjourned from June to August , and about that time of year it appears that the first appellant was offered employment in Italy . |
5 | As Figure 2.6 indicates , he argues that the first Kondratiev wave was dominated by Lancashire , Shropshire and the Black Country , the second by South Wales and the North East , and the third and fourth waves by the West Midlands and Greater London ( Hall , 1985 ) . |