Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [vb pp] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right of elderly people to take risks is emphasised in the first national guidelines on restraint in residential care and nursing homes . |
| 2 | Independent interrogation by the police is confined to the first 48 hours after the offence has been reported . |
| 3 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 4 | The general law relating to restraint of trade and business secrets is analysed in the first five chapters . |
| 5 | The onset of the cooler hours is announced by the first thuds of tennis balls . |
| 6 | 60% of the Progress ' revenue is currently derived from Unix sales : he anticipates sales of Progress on proprietary operating systems to increase , and a port to Hewlett Packard Co 's proprietary MPE-based 3000 systems is planned for the first quarter of 1994 . |