Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small amount of Italian may be included to give bulk in the first year . |
| 2 | After the war , reactors like the Windscale ‘ piles ’ — scene of the 1957 accident described in Chapter One — were designed to produce material for the first British nuclear bombs , and no expense was spared in developing the necessary technology . |
| 3 | But the Banking , Insurance and Finance Union claimed yesterday that polling day had been selected to announce details of the first cuts to minimise public attention . |
| 4 | One of Oxford 's two remaining women-only colleges has tonight decided to admit men for the first time in a hundred years . |
| 5 | Was n't that partly the reason why she had agreed to see André in the first place ? |
| 6 | Others had n't bothered to buy tickets in the first place . |
| 7 | She remembered the fights she had had to keep Eve in the first place , when so many other solutions were being offered . |
| 8 | Furthermore , legislation expressly intended to give effect to the first stage of Economic and Monetary Union has already been enacted , following the decision of the European Council in Madrid in June 1989 that that stage should begin on 1 July 1990 . |
| 9 | INMATES of Risley remand centre have been invited to take part in the first recycling scheme of its kind in the country . |
| 10 | SOARING sales mean workers at car giant Rover are being asked to work Sundays for the first time in living memory . |
| 11 | Hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy have an important role in the management of abnormal uterine bleeding , but all young sexually active women should have a cervical swab taken to detect chlamydia in the first instance , irrespective of the sexual history . |
| 12 | The model is now being further refined using data from the first well and will be used for the rest of the development programme . |
| 13 | Drink up : Euro Disney has begun to serve alcohol for the first time at four of its restaurants as it seeks to stem heavy losses from weak attendance . |
| 14 | The American Psychiatric Association has chosen eating disorders for the first of its series of detailed practice guidelines , derived from the literature and from a consensus of expert reviewers , to assist doctors in clinical decision making . |
| 15 | In June 1984 , small businesses were also required to provide security for the first time under the scheme , which obviously deterred many potential entrepreneurs and damaged the usefulness of the scheme . |
| 16 | A NAFTA Trade Commission , taking precedence over the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) dispute settlement mechanism , would be established to handle disputes in the first instance . |