Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] at the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that the Government were not able to get their legislation right at the first attempt . |
| 2 | Keeping its eye on what HP was up to with its latest Snake , see page three , Sun was still dickering with its pricing schedule at the eleventh hour last week . |
| 3 | TWIN brothers Damon and Adam Shilton , 17 , of Oldbury , West Midlands , passed their driving tests at the first attempt on the same day . |
| 4 | Edna enlarged upon how well Karen had done at college , how , although she was the youngest in her family , she was always being called upon whenever she was at home to help out with other people 's children , how she had passed her driving test at the first attempt . |
| 5 | GRAN Dot Ransom , former mayoress of Warwick , has passed her driving test at the first attempt — at the age of 70 . |
| 6 | ( vii ) In every case it is made clear to the prisoner from the information supplied to him that he may not be recommended for release at the end of his tariff period at the first or any subsequent review . |