Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | To increase the chances of success , Louis offered Henry two teams of mediators ; if he did not like the methods or conclusions of the first set , he could turn to the second . |
| 2 | Lawyers joined clergy and laymen for the first day of the hearing at the Saint John the Baptist Church in Great Rissington . |
| 3 | A further promotion will be run on the Pedigree Chum and Whiskas calendars which will be sold through pet shops and supermarkets for the first time ever . |
| 4 | The methods and findings of the first project , which was restricted to a study of vernacular phonology in three inner-city communities have been discussed elsewhere ( Milroy and Milroy 1978 ; L. Milroy 1980 ; J. Milroy 1981a ) . |
| 5 | On the contrary , from the Queen 's Speech of November 1983 onwards , she turned her second term into a crusade of increasing radicalism , the doubts and hesitancies of the first administration mostly shed . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , it 's probable that all 12 Premier clubs plus the winners and runners-up in the First Division will be involved in next season 's championship . |
| 7 | In fact , in a series of speeches and interviews in the first week in May , members of the administration have started to give an answer . |
| 8 | They are , in short , symbols of eminence and are normally granted only to peers and knights of the first class of the orders of chivalry — although some baronets also have armorial supporters . |
| 9 | Metrolink is seen by transport planners and environmentalists as the first serious attempt to squeeze non-essential car users out of Manchester city centre . |
| 10 | Most babies distinguish reliably between their parents and others during the first six months of life , and so already know that human beings vary . |
| 11 | The ladies ' K4 was significant not so much for the Germans and Hungarians in the first two places but for the Chinese who took the bronze , their first ever World medal . |
| 12 | The oldest of the imperial cities and capital of the first kingdom of Morocco 1200 years ago . |
| 13 | This edition included all the sketches and tales in the First and Second Series plus one more , ‘ The Tuggses at Ramsgate ’ previously published in The Library of Fiction . |
| 14 | Applications or nominations for the first award should be sent to the international affairs officer , RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London , to arrive no later than Friday 29 May 1992 . |
| 15 | As I did n't want to undergo the inconvenience of surgery to remove the offending gall bladder , I opted for virtually fat free eating , with the miraculous side effect of acquiring slim hips and thighs for the first time in my adult life ( see photograph on next page ) . |
| 16 | After taking his trousers and underpants off-for the first time ever in front of someone who was n't a member of his family — he was told he had no transmittable diseases — whatever they were , thought Charlie . |
| 17 | POEMS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
| 18 | POEMS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR |
| 19 | What was the upshot for resource allocation of the wrangles between the Electricity Boards and Whitehall in the first ten years of nationalisation ? |
| 20 | At Phaistos , some of the pithoi and store-rooms from the First Temple Period survive , projecting 5 metres further to the west than the storage area of the later temple , and extending under its West Court . |
| 21 | There are underprivileged individuals and groups in the First World , as well as in the Third and Second Worlds . |
| 22 | This is what the UK SMC seeks to exploit by setting unusual , but meaningful problems that pupils in the first years of secondary school want to solve . |
| 23 | ‘ There has been a dramatic improvement in the quality of teams and players in the First Division . |
| 24 | Departures and connections in Reading are designed to develop the reading skills of elementary and pre-intermediate students of English , and are based on the structures and vocabulary of the first two levels of Streamline English . |
| 25 | This case involved the sale of " Brazilian groundnut extractions " required for compounding as food for cattle and poultry by the first buyers . |
| 26 | Anxious children showed a slightly different pattern : there were often marked increases in fears and worries during the first year of life of the sibling . |
| 27 | A hundred gamma Dragons will go to key customers and ISVs in the first quarter . |
| 28 | It is easy to see that two non- ALT patterns fail to be distinct if and only if there are straightforward permutations of the communications , minimal acceptances and terminations of the first that match the second ( except for names of input variables and the various expressions , but preserving order of expressions ) . |
| 29 | The prefects and captains of the First Eleven , exercising terrific authority for the good of the school , are rewarded , not just with acquiescence but with — blind devotion . |
| 30 | The acid clearance test failed to discriminate between patients and volunteers in the first group as it was grossly prolonged in most of the subjects ( both patients and volunteers ) . |