Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had stayed long enough to see the first stage of the counter-inflation policy accepted and the clash and confrontation of two years earlier replaced by a new partnership . |
| 2 | They had to run constantly to complete the first tapping of their three hundred and fifty trees in the five hours before ten o'clock . |
| 3 | Friars from all over Britain converged on York yesterday to celebrate the first arrival of their order in this country . |
| 4 | This chapter is written to help the reader to a more intimate knowledge of his law library , and also to guide the first steps of the research worker . |
| 5 | Griffin was fated to become the first ( and still the only ) bowler to achieve a hat-trick in a Lord 's Test and , in the same match , also to become the first man to be called for throwing in a Test in England . |
| 6 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 7 | You may choose to use initials for something which is mentioned frequently or simply to write the first half of the word . |
| 8 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin appeared last night to have narrowly won a reprieve after the Russian parliament had voted overwhelmingly to take the first step towards his possible impeachment . |