Example sentences of "[vb pp] in the first few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | You must first seek to interest the editor and to do this you must make certain that the essence of the story is contained in the first few sentences . |
2 | However , if every seventh word has been deleted in the first few sentences , then every seventh word must be deleted for the rest of the test . |
3 | Its component elements are absorbed in the first few years of life largely unconsciously , and later more deliberately by informal and formal learning processes . |
4 | The efficiency gains that RBS wrought in the first few months of Project Columbus reflect how much fat it was carrying . |
5 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
6 | The only significant leisure effect comes from the effect having receiving benefits disallowed in the first few weeks of the unemployment spell . |
7 | For example , one of the skills developed in the first few years of life involves the integration of data arriving through the different sensory channels . |
8 | With a low-start , low-cost with-profits endowment , payments are reduced in the first few years , and the difference has to be made up in the remaining period . |
9 | In many cases the annual crops planted in the first few years are rapidly being replaced by pasture which itself is frequently proving to be uneconomic and environmentally detrimental . |