Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gorbachev on Dec. 4 had announced to the USSR Supreme Soviet emergency plans to import basic foodstuffs to the value of 2,100 million roubles ( US$1,050 million at the new commercial exchange rate ) to ensure that supplies in the first quarter of 1991 were at the levels of the same period in 1990 . |
| 2 | Rejected reaffirmation of Labour 's former policy of unilaterally renouncing the use or possession of British nuclear weapons , and the ‘ unconditional removal of all nuclear weapons and nuclear bases from British soil and waters within the first parliament of the next Labour government ’ . |
| 3 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 4 | The glissando begins on the second beat , reaches its upward limit on the third , returns to its starting-point on the fourth , and ends on the first beat of the next bar . |
| 5 | There were plenty of thrills and spills as the first round of the East Senior knockout cup got underway . |
| 6 | ‘ Beautiful Pigeon ’ is backed with two exclusive new tracks , ‘ Beeside ’ and ‘ Home Survival Kit ’ , and serves as the first taster from their forthcoming ‘ Eva Luna ’ LP due on October 24 . |
| 7 | The system is available now in the UK , and follows in the first quarter next year in Germany , through Enterprise . |
| 8 | Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word . |
| 9 | Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word . |
| 10 | But in order for means to be classified as means in the first place they have to be something that we can utilize . |