Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 2 | These improvements in mortality are now almost totally confined to the first year of life and the years after age 65 . |
| 3 | The first thing she will do is organise more space than the limited suite of offices traditionally allocated to the First Lady . |
| 4 | In that case the solutions that I have so far given to the first equation would no longer be acceptable , but one could take x=1 , y=2 , and z=1 . |
| 5 | These roads lead to that part of the old Chatham Royal Naval Dockyard which is now leased to the first defendant , Medway ( Chatham ) Dock Co . |
| 6 | In fact , I had n't even got to the first stair before the phone went . |
| 7 | It describes a syndrome , sometimes related to the first intercourse but by no means restricted to it , in which the woman develops the symptoms of cystitis , particularly frequency and dysuria , following sex . |
| 8 | Recently relegated to the first division , the projected loss of Premier League gate receipts meant a further deficit of £400,000 . |