Example sentences of "[adj -er] [prep] the first [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longman had a very , very er , very good increase in profits and the Addison Wesley loss , which is bigger in the first half than usual er , is n't something that bothers me particularly , I 'm really quite relaxed about full year performance , but just to make sure they 're er , attacking erm , expenses , travel , administration , that kind but nothing in the erm , book investment programme . |
| 2 | They are similar , but the initial mouth opening is larger in the first group than in the second . |
| 3 | Middlesbrough had the better of the first half once they survived the opening quarter of an hour when Ironside , deputising for the injured Pears , kept them on terms . |
| 4 | They had slightly the better of the first half but a poor pass to Sleightholme lost one chance and then Sleightholme could not touch down a useful kick by Maynard , Stabler getting there first . |
| 5 | Manager Atkinson said : ‘ I thought QPR were having the better of the first half until Deano did what he 's good at — scoring a goal when there is not really anything on . |
| 6 | But Scotland looked better in the first half when only penalties were scored . |
| 7 | So reported earnings would be lower in the first year and higher in the remaining four years with the declining balance method compared with the straight-line method . |
| 8 | We also expect marketing margins to be weaker in the first quarter because of the effect on demand of the generally mild weather . |