Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [art] first [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.

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1 The quality of being meaningful and unified , which the second passage has but the first passage lacks , is known as coherence .
2 ( x , y ) denotes that the first person gets a quantity x and the second person a quantity y For each of the following allocations say whether they are ( i ) efficient and ( ii ) equitable : ( a ) ( 10 , 0 ) ( b ) ( 7 , 2 ) ( c ) ( 5 , 5 ) ( d ) ( 3 , 6 ) ( e ) ( 0 , 10 ) .
3 As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs .
4 As the linker needle comes back with the second stitch in its hook , the latch of the linker needle closes and the first stitch goes over the latch of the linker needle and is cast off .
5 This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front .
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