Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] the first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hardin was writing long before the avalanche of discoveries that have revealed the fine structure of the human genetic material , spawned sensitive techniques of screening and most recently pre-implantation diagnosis , and led to the first attempts at gene therapy . |
| 2 | The home season will have a top-level start with the South Pacific contest ( involving Auckland , Wellington , Canterbury , Fiji , New South Wales and Queensland ) and the CANZ contest ( Otago , Canada , North Harbour , North Auckland , Waikato ) in March and April , and finish with the first semi-finals and final of the National Championship . |
| 3 | Feminism for women like me grew out of our dissatisfaction with our social lot and coincided with the first books that provided a context and a theoretical explanation for what we felt . |
| 4 | Basic number sets and simple addition are taught and practised in the first Numbers Book . |
| 5 | Inspect plants regularly and spray at the first signs of attack . |