Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [prep] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time he was pursuing his preference for bilateral meetings : these culminated during the first two months of 1961 with his meeting first with the British premier , Harold Macmillan , and then with Konrad Adenauer . |
| 2 | After 12 months , the recurrence rate was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than that observed during the first six months . |
| 3 | Our four hypertension related male deaths all occurred in the first 12 years of the 21 years of follow up , suggesting their treatment was probably begun too late . |
| 4 | The album is preceded by the single ‘ Rain ’ , with a demonic American preacher , a Gambian thunderstorm and the bells of Oxford 's Merton college all segued in the first 20 seconds . |
| 5 | The protest in Washington DC , on Jan. 26 , involved some 100,000 people according to official estimates , a turnout larger than any achieved during the first two years of the Vietnam conflict . |