Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Recall Keynes 's retention of the ‘ real wage equals marginal product ’ principle , so that only the first marginal condition failed to hold in the General Theory model . ) |
2 | But if Charles was the first Carolingian , and perhaps the first medieval king , to show an insider 's appreciation of contemporary scholarship , he had ( directly or indirectly ) his mother to thank . |
3 | Most unintentional stalls occur , by definition , unexpectedly and usually the first obvious sign of what has happened is that the pilot is banging the stick on the rear stop with the nose still dropping — a frightening feeling . |
4 | Malaise and appreciable increases in serum transaminase activities coincided with a marked increase in the number of hepatocytes staining for HDAg and also the first histological appearance of HBcAg ( Fig 6 ) . |
5 | Thus , we have chemical control — albeit naturally derived — of a chemical contaminant not a biological one , and probably the first recorded instance . |
6 | Members of Village community made use of the second and third but not the first social argument against school closure listed on page 35 , and added a number of other way of life arguments of their own . |
7 | The wavefront of mist rolled over the Marines in a billowing carpet , though once the first rolling wave was past , the mist was much thinner , merely causing a watery distortion in everyone 's vision . |
8 | While these oboists were all young musicians , Jacques Hotteterre would in 1675 have been a well established artist , at the mid-point in his career , with a name carrying the renown of the Hotteterres as performers and instrument makers ; he can now be identified as probably the first French oboist known to have held an official position at the English court . |