Example sentences of "[det] [n mass] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prize fund for first place is split into two parts — £2000 to the driver finishing on top of the leaderboard and another £1000 to the first car home using unleaded fuel . |
| 2 | K was set at five and a half percent in the first year . |
| 3 | For at least some people of the first generation , Creole has symbolic value as a language of black identity , and those individuals may try to maintain their " Caribbeanness " by keeping their speech as close to Creole as possible . |
| 4 | Over the first four years , the company projected an income growth from some £60,000 in the first year of operation to £555,000 by the fourth year . |
| 5 | It is difficult for unknown newcomers to find those people in the first place . |
| 6 | Care must be taken to introduce video tape technique gradually , as the experience can be traumatic for most people in the first instance . |