Example sentences of "[det] as [prep] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second phase assets affected were worth 25,000 million forints ( as at March 23 , 1992 , US$1.00=89.5858 forints ; there had been 1.9 per cent devaluation on March 16 ) , three times as much as in the first phase . |
| 2 | So where there is a virtual absence of such evaluations , such as amongst the first generation Caribbeans , there is also no direct influence from the family to children . |
| 3 | The overall order of main classes in the second edition remains essentially the same as in the first edition . |
| 4 | I it it 's oh no , we do n't want war , we 're all against war , but nobody is prepared to bother actually to go to a meeting or , or pay a small subscription and , and then you w you could of had a very strong United Nations now the same as after the first world war , but it 's the people that did n't do it . |
| 5 | Harry held his breath , catching at that as at the first landmark by which he might hope to get his bearings . |