Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reason that a lot of what 's in NetWare right now sorely needs replacing and that that 's why Noorda bought Unix in the first place . |
| 2 | NatWest Bancorp lost $140m in the first nine months of 1990 , mainly because of dud property loans . |
| 3 | STAR TREK , Spock turns mutineer in the first half of a two-part caper . |
| 4 | Mr Mubarak said he had accepted an invitation from President Bill Clinton to visit Washington in the first half of April . |
| 5 | Presenting the final 1992 results ( figures , page seven ) , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA said that sales in lire terms rose 5.5% in the first three months of 1993 from a year earlier , but they did n't give any absolute revenue figures ; in terms of volume , Olivetti said personal computer sales in Europe jumped 72% in the first quarter from a year earlier , printer sales rose 42% ; the firm will break even at the operating level this year but will not return to profit until 1994 , chairman Carlo De Benedetti said . |
| 6 | Immediately afterwards , during the first Test , Canterbury met ND in the first of two top-of-the-table clashes within a fortnight . |