Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not profitable in the first year of acquisition , BMK with its complementary customer base and very different range of production equipment , will greatly strengthen us in the longer term . |
| 2 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 3 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
| 4 | If the last column is more than twice that of the first , then the company 's profit trend will be enhanced ( positive measurement distortion ) . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if the last column is less than twice that of the first , then the company 's profit trend will be understated ( negative measurement distortion ) . |
| 6 | It is my opinion that the heavy grade mesh with the narrower width ( 6 inches ) between verticals is by far the best value in the long run although considerably dearer in the first instance . |
| 7 | With the DES having to settle for this , and with the Diploma being seen in higher education as merely equivalent to the first two years of a degree programme , it became not an alternative track in higher education , but an ambiguous poor relation to the degree . |
| 8 | Increasingly , books for school use are targeting skills and concepts as well as content , though very few of the first wave of National Curriculum history titles , hurriedly rushed out by publishers , were in fact written after the final reports for history had been issued . |
| 9 | Married women who had not been receiving support from their husband when they were first interviewed , and were therefore not expecting support from him during subsequent crises , had a much reduced risk of depression if they received help from someone else whom they had named as very close at the first interview . |