Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newcastle are 12 points clear in the First Division and Keegan added : ‘ There have been massive changes here and we 're beginning to reap the rewards already . |
| 2 | Ticket prices are £7.50 but we have 10 pairs valid for the first day of the show ( Thursday 10 December ) to give away . |
| 3 | The enormous cost of the war — 10 times that of the First World War — created a large Federal government deficit , but the new-found wealth of the country was sufficient to fund it . |
| 4 | And they , I do n't know what you 'll think , but they reckon they spend at least two to three days average in the first week of the new month purely doing new reports . |
| 5 | In the twenty years prior to the First World War there were numerous incidents of football hooliganism . |
| 6 | The machine , thirty feet long on the first floor of the new building had overheated . |
| 7 | HE institutions and industrial research bodies are being invited to submit proposals for partnerships involving 20 students each in the first year , and the five best schemes will be funded in 1992–93 . |