Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hence there is a problem of how cooperation could evolve in the first place , although it would be stable once it had evolved . |
| 32 | They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days . |
| 33 | The cursor will move to the first occurrence of ‘ @ ‘ |
| 34 | will be displayed and the cursor will move to the first field in error . |
| 35 | The school can boast of the first secondary school girls ' rugby league team . |
| 36 | the commentary must say for the first time what had , nonetheless , already been said [ by the original text ] and must tirelessly repeat what had never been said [ by other commentators ] . |
| 37 | Here the occupants of the house would ascend to the first floor by way of the outside steps , as originally there would have been no inner staircase . |
| 38 | The 25-person , privately-owned White Cross is busy setting up overseas operations : a Dallas , Texas-based office is due to open by the end of the year and a Far East office will follow in the first quarter of 1993 . |