Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , one of the skills developed in the first few years of life involves the integration of data arriving through the different sensory channels . |
| 2 | State socialism has not been very successful in transferring technology between countries , and has brought its own kind of exploitation ( as the Yugoslavs discovered in the first few years after the war ) . |
| 3 | Although he never weighed more than 175 pounds , he had the build of a heavyweight from the waist up , and he fought the world 's leading heavyweights , with few of his fights lasting beyond the first few rounds . |
| 4 | The independence of the people 's committees was not ultimately compatible with communist rule in north Korea and problems occurred in the first few months of communist dominance . |
| 5 | Patients seen in the first half hour after the onset of symptoms are experiencing most severe pain . |
| 6 | The only significant leisure effect comes from the effect having receiving benefits disallowed in the first few weeks of the unemployment spell . |
| 7 | Most complications occurred with the first few procedures when the technique was being developed . |
| 8 | In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental . |
| 9 | Participants will review the proposals outlined during the first such consultation , held in Buenos Aires in July 1990 , and discuss ways of putting them into practice . |