Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [subord] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Commenting on this , Sebba and Wootton ( 1984 : 8 ) write : The switch to Creole occurs before the first instance of " build " is " and this could be taken as a direct quotation of the man 's words , rendered in Creole because he is apparently a Jamaican : cf. |
2 | In January the same breakfast dish appears as a first course before the cold turkey and salad , the meal to be ended with English toasted cheese . |
3 | The group laughed as the first strains of a Hungarian pop group wailed from the hall . |
4 | This process continues until the first person arrives back in the front . |
5 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
6 | Faulty learning occurs because the first instances of it were inappropriately reinforced by the parents or other caretakers of the child . |
7 | But the news broadcast after the first missile attack failed to mention it . |
8 | The game continues until the first player is back at the front . |
9 | Compare the bank 's tenacity at taking away allowances with its reluctance to give salary increases when the first sign of adversity appears . |
10 | Despite huffing and puffing about a series of decrees to be issued immediately after the referendum , a fortnight passed before the first measures were announced . |
11 | As Fig. 2 shows , the lower the median age at first marriage in a country , the more time elapses until the first birth occurs . |