Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition we are still receiving enquiries about prisoners featured in the first two series in 1988 and 1989 , and we have recently received a copy of a letter from Alattin Sahin , the Turkish prisoner of conscience in the 1988 , which someone has received on his release . |
| 2 | A survey by Jordans has found that the number of companies created in the first half of this year was 3.1% lower than the same period last year . |
| 3 | By Article V of the Convention , the sultan promised to negotiate with the Serbs on their demands for freedom of worship ; the right to establish their own schools and printing presses ; the return of areas won during the first revolt and forcibly returned to Turkish rule in 1813 ; the right of Serbian merchants to trade freely throughout the Ottoman empire ; a prohibition on any new Turkish settlement outside the major towns ; and an increase in the powers of Serbian government . |
| 4 | ( There are extremely instructive comparisons to be made between the films that make up Manvell 's ‘ Miscellany ’ and the ‘ pantheon ’ of directors listed in the first , 1962 , issue of Movie — the changes are an eloquently stark illustration of the massive reorientation of British film culture . ) |
| 5 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 6 | The list of transitions produced by the first program is sorted ( numerically , by the first node number ) , and the node numbers are converted into edge numbers , by a simple nawk ( Aho et al , 1988 ) program . |
| 7 | Only 77 per cent of children enrolled in the first grade ( Standard Sub-A- SSA ) in 1985 survived into the second year ( Standard Sub-B — SSB ) , little better than the 74 per cent of 1966 . |
| 8 | The dichotomous partitions of categories enumerated by the first authors are : |
| 9 | This was a land where the pursuit of illusion possessed the artists ; where awkward tries at perspective were made , and revellers in scenes of feasting were shown sitting up on one elbow , on daybeds with legs disposed for the first time in recession . |
| 10 | Term of loans from the IDA are more favourable than those demanded by the IBRD and can be up to fifty years with repayments deferred for the first ten years , with no interest charges . |
| 11 | Here again there is no good reason why the debtors should be freed from debts contracted after the first will : for , although the trust clause is in a later document , what it confirms is the content of the first will . |
| 12 | For their second teaching practice the students will gain experience of years one to three in schools involved in the first three levels of the French for Communication project . |
| 13 | Thus , for example , the special study on the literature of the Spanish Civil War offers a clear line of development from concerns raised in the first and second years . |
| 14 | It should also be noted that although candidates may be admitted initially as prospective students for honours , admission to the honours courses is not guaranteed at the outset but depends on performance in classes taken in the first two , or in some cases three , years . |
| 15 | In March , seminars were held in Inverness , Fife , and Glasgow for co-ordinators from centres involved in the first year of the pilot . |
| 16 | Queues began forming hours before doors opened for the first viewing of pint-sized superstar Macaulay Culkin 's new blockbuster . |
| 17 | Commission was payable to the plaintiff on premiums paid during the first ten years of any policy . |
| 18 | The Steering Group has monitored and reviewed progress on actions detailed in the first Plan . |