Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most repossessions take place within the first three years of taking out a mortgage . |
| 2 | Joint borrowers enjoy protection on the first named party to the account , usually the main earner , but cover is available on both at additional cost — please ask your branch for details . |
| 3 | Thirty-five players beat par in the first round and there were also more rounds in the 60s than ever before — 18 . |
| 4 | In Hewitt ( 1986 ) we have an account in some detail of the processes by which white children acquire Creole by socialisation with black peers , but so far there have been no studies which have focused on how the black children acquire Creole in the first place . |
| 5 | The greatest changes in sleep in humans take place during the first year of life , with the normal one-year-old showing essentially the same patterns of sleep as the adult , although in different proportions of stages , and with a recognizably different EEG . |
| 6 | The pattern of angina and reinfarction is mimicked by the pattern of intervention , and our experience is that half of all interventions take place in the first 3 months and the rest are spread out over the next 2 years . |
| 7 | Some find their feet quickly ; but I find that some assistants need support for the first few weeks , and it 's up to me and Joan and Wendy to give it . ’ |