Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any higher level processing must begin with orthography , hence this study forms the first part of a contextual system . |
| 2 | This chapter uses the first measure to give an outline indication of how big a part credit , overall , plays in consumer spending , and how that has changed over time . |
| 3 | This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast . |
| 4 | The means by which he had got this cadetship proved the first strand in a complicated web that snared him at his trial for treason . |
| 5 | ‘ Basically we have adopted the original Decca configuration of microphones used from the 1950s through to the 1970s , but we do n't use a tree microphone in the middle of the orchestra ; we have a three-point microphone in front of the conductor and an omni-pair on either side to cover the first violin and first cello . |
| 6 | Place three of the wider ones on top of each other to form the first tower . |
| 7 | I was there the night that Madame made the first move in what I now see was a careful campaign to prepare Boy for this romance or meeting . |
| 8 | Naturally enough , the latter group interpreted the first sentence appropriately but were unable to report what they heard through the unattended channel . |
| 9 | It was at this moment , with a faint feeling that made the hair on his head prickle , that Coffin got the first intimation that even if it was not his case , he himself was in it . |
| 10 | She has , she says , only enough petrol to reach the first garage . |
| 11 | It was his management at the end of last season that cost United the First Division title . |
| 12 | 14 members of each section attended the first night . |