Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the first [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy saving does not date from the first oil crisis . |
| 2 | It also enhanced the national rivalries that would eventually touch off the First World War . |
| 3 | For example , supposing you erm , this , this , this was used principally in child analysis , which did n't exist before the First World War , it was developed afterwards . |
| 4 | It is accepted procedure that an imprisoned contemnor can apply to the first instance court to purge his contempt and be released from prison . |
| 5 | The process of expansion which the press went through in the late 19th century did not continue beyond the First World War . |