Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Committee normally meets fortnightly for the first eight weeks each term ( weeks 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 ) and may meet on a fifth occasion ( in week 10 ) . |
| 2 | However the continuation of active addictive disease is even more boring and oppressive and the initial enthusiasm usually matures gradually within the first year of recovery . |
| 3 | Every teacher probably derives more from the first teacher with whom he works than any other and I have no doubt in my mind that Basil was by far the most influential person in my first years as a teacher . |
| 4 | In most cases , the stem simply withers back to the first node , and remains as an unsightly brown spur . |
| 5 | The private sector of rented accommodation has become a relatively minor part of the housing market and its long-term decline certainly stretches back to the First World War . |
| 6 | One ‘ sweetener ’ , deliberately leaked beforehand , is likely to be the widening of the 20 per cent income tax , which currently applies only to the first £2,000 of taxable income . |
| 7 | However , this pain commonly resolves spontaneously within the first few months of recovery . |