Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1965 the clash was more marked because for the first time the EEC was seriously attempting to inaugurate a common policy . |
2 | If it is pressed while on the first input field of a line , then the cursor will be placed on the last input field of the previous line . |
3 | Furthermore , if it is pressed while on the first input field of the first line of a scrolled area , then it has the same effect as EXIT SCROLLED AREA BACKWARDS , described below . |
4 | Mrs Belgrove , a 32-year-old agricultural graduate , started by hacking down trees and giant weeds , under which were plants such as sedum and aquilegia which had been hidden since before the First World War . |
5 | Neil Cochrane 's mouth tightened when for the first time Sally-Anne saw his face plain , and reacted by controlling her own , so that the shock which she had received was only momentarily shown . |
6 | Their own experiences at the Front , and the fact that in many of their villages and townships heavier losses had already been recorded than in the First World War , contradicted what Hitler had had to say . |
7 | An initiation for prisoners had been established where for the first week officers were encouraged to violently beat and humiliate the new prisoner in nauseous ways . |
8 | Between 1912 and 1930 their most successful period was 1914–18 when all football was suspended because of the First World War . |