Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] [verb] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We have trained the nurse caring for this infant to recognize the first signs of desire for food .
2 This had been floated in 1948 by the clothing establishment as a discreet gentleman 's fashion harking back to the golden days before ‘ socialism and formica ’ , but had been quickly coopted and camped up by the gay underground ; the more exaggerated aspects of this style caught the first Edwardians ' eye and , together with the Western Look that pervaded their favourite culture , American cowboy films , it formed the first youth style proper .
3 Out of this time came the first stories of his boldness — answering back to a teacher , taking out girls , and of course the all-dazzling displays at rugby and cricket .
4 The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years .
5 I have made few attempts in this chapter to give the first references to ideas or discoveries .
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