Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [conj] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 We are concerned with the Secretary of State 's decision as to the first period , the ‘ tariff . ’
2 Thirdy , the owner 's belief as to the first and second elements must be reasonable .
3 A frisson of fear scorched down Robyn 's spine and for the first time she recognised the potential danger of her situation .
4 Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' .
5 Mrs Chamorro declined to give interviews while in Washington but in an article published this week , she wrote : ‘ Ten years of living dangerously has brought civil war , an exodus of a fifth of our countrymen , an annual inflation of 30,000 per cent , 40 per cent unemployment and for the first time in our history , mass hunger .
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