Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [noun sg] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Torrance clinched the title with a 30 foot putt at the first extra hole and now heads for the Jersey Open tomorrow . |
| 2 | Three hours later , at 8.05 , there was a second earthquake centred upon Big Bear Lake , some 30 km west of the first epicentre , which measured 6.5 on the Richter scale . |
| 3 | Swindon have a six goal lead from the first leg so no danger for them … |
| 4 | Second-placed Durham never recovered from a three goal blast in the first 20 minutes at Ryhope , going down 4–2 . |
| 5 | In this year the US economy experienced serious trade and current-account deficits : the $170 billion trade deficit for the first nine months was due in particular to an increase in non-oil imports . |
| 6 | In one data disk on the First World War , for instance , pupils were able to access an official report of an attack , an entry in a private diary and also to see how a newspaper reported the incident . |
| 7 | Despite the evidence of the Queensland and New South Wales games , the selectors stayed loyal to the established team from the Five Nations Championship for the First Test . |
| 8 | But some of the things you need to point out before you go round is that you do want a thirty five percent deposit of the first year 's payment . |
| 9 | Such restrictive terms will be upheld by the courts only if they are reasonable , such as when a computer programmer working for a bank agrees not to work for another similar bank within a five mile radius for the first year following the termination of his employment . |
| 10 | Shelbourne , meanwhile , scored a 3-1 victory over Ukranian side Karpaty Lvov at Tolka Park , wiping out a one goal deficit from the first leg to earn a place in the first round proper of the Cup Winners Cup against Greek side Panathinaikos . |
| 11 | Depending on the school , a full term 's work of ten to twelve weeks may be spent on one production project during the first term , with either a workshop or text study area at the end of the period . |
| 12 | Preparing for the off in the London Marathon last April , WCUK Nottingham project manager , John Holder , got his running shoes on to complete the 26 mile 394 yard distance for the first time . |
| 13 | With a few very distinguished exceptions , the skiing is on the easy side , well suited to beginners who can enjoy the scenic and economic advantages of a single two bar hamlet for the first and only time . |
| 14 | In the 1950s and early 1960s infant mortality of the first born babies were higher than those of the second . |
| 15 | The Bureau was established at the University of Warwick on 1 September 1983 with a contract for a four year period in the first instance . |
| 16 | With a two goal lead from the first leg the pressure was off Swindon for once last night as they tackled Wolves at Molineux … and when Nicky Summerbee gave them the lead they could afford to sit back and cruise to the third rounds … |
| 17 | Yes in the F A Cup fourth round third replay between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road , it was the visitors who took a two goal lead in the first half . |
| 18 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 19 | The 20 year interval between the first influx of nuclear workers in the late 1950s and the cluster of cases near Dounreay beginning in 1979 could not readily be explained since the excesses usually followed fairly quickly on other types of population mixing . |