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

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1 A head is all that part of a tone-unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to ( but not including ) the tonic syllable .
2 The head was defined in the last chapter as ‘ all that part of a tone-unit that extends from the first stressed syllable up to , but not including , the tonic syllable ’ .
3 Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack .
4 Rejected reaffirmation of Labour 's former policy of unilaterally renouncing the use or possession of British nuclear weapons , and the ‘ unconditional removal of all nuclear weapons and nuclear bases from British soil and waters within the first parliament of the next Labour government ’ .
5 Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word .
6 Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word .
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