Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] the first [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He charges £40 for the first hour and £25 thereafter — which neatly incorporates the call-out fee in the first hour . |
| 2 | The model is now being further refined using data from the first well and will be used for the rest of the development programme . |
| 3 | The current rates are £32.55 a week for a spouse , £9.75 for the first child and £1 0.85 each for any other dependent children . |
| 4 | Also in 1990 , 15pc of mothers gave up in the first week , and 38pc by the sixth , compared with 14pc in the first week and 39pc by week six in 1985 . |
| 5 | Retail sales were up 1.4pc over the past three months , consumer expenditure was up half a percent on the first quarter and there were indications that consumer confidence had shown a sharp rise in May . |
| 6 | The Derwent 's energy cost savings were £3,000 in the first year and now run at more that £4,000 a year . |
| 7 | But it was skewed development priorities that forced people into a continued dependence on livestock in the first place and huge , often foreign-owned ranches that pushed those people and their herds onto fragile , marginal land . |
| 8 | Lots selling for above that figure will be charged at 15% on the first $50,000 and 10% for the remaining amount . |
| 9 | Both rely on something lost being found , a sheep in the first parable and a silver coin in the second . |
| 10 | Losses on the Commercial Property account in connection with the Perth floods amounted to $10m in the first quarter and the terrorist explosion in the City of London at the end of April cost an estimated $10m net , excluding the reinstatement premium . |
| 11 | At Vauxhall the unions are divided on a two-year offer of a 9.7 per cent rise plus a lump sum payment of £200 in the first year and inflation-plus-£5 in the second . |
| 12 | On the other hand , the Cumberbatch survey showed that while 24% of over 1,000 respondents thought televising a bad idea in early November 1989 , those thinking this had fallen to 15% by March 1990 , and a rising number of people agreed that it was a good idea because ‘ the public have a right to know what goes on ’ — 87% in the first survey and 95% in the later one . |
| 13 | Child benefit will be frozen at £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for others when Chancellor Norman Lamont unveils next year 's spending package . |
| 14 | The present rate is £9.65 for the first child and £7.80 for subsequent children . |
| 15 | Instead , the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards . |
| 16 | If you do not give us this information , or you give false information , you may be subject to a penalty of £50 for the first offence and £200 for any subsequent offence . |
| 17 | With the first section , take your one pair in the first column and link it with any two brackets of three from the second column to give you your best eight selections . |
| 18 | A similar comparison of 1984 and 1992 child benefit rates , taking into account the increase in earnings , shows that the benefit from next April should be £12.55p per child ; instead it will be £9.65p for the first child and only £7.80p for each subsequent child . |
| 19 | With £400 to the first man home and £300 to the first lady and considerable training grants throughout , Lisburn looks sure to turn up trumps once again . |