Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a military precision about the grounds and gardens — this avenue , once lined with Dutch Elm lies to the north of the house … where a statue of the first duke overlooks his home — to the south , there was once what was called the military parterre garden — a formal gardens made up of box hedges and gravel walks — now long gone . |
| 2 | Where a plaintiff in the first instance desires to have an account taken , the particulars must state the amount which the plaintiff claims subject to the taking of the account , and if no such amount is stated , the plaintiff will be deemed to claim £5,000 ( Ord 6 , r 2 ) . |
| 3 | Whether it would have been possible against this background of practically continuous fighting in the south , more than a year before the first Vietnam war between France and the Vietminh is usually reckoned to have begun , for either side to have modified its objectives to the point where compromise could have been reached is obviously a question which is relevant to the origins of the Vietnam war and one must therefore look for the characteristics which , at least after the event , suggest a remarkably high risk of collision . |
| 4 | In the South Western Board , for example , it was decided to centralise accounting functions , reducing billing costs by more than a quarter in the first eighteen months , and there were further economies subsequently through mechanisation and centralisation on their Plymouth accounting office . |
| 5 | Since an examination of the first of these is the purpose of the following chapters , and an examination of the third impossible because , as suggested , of lack of evidence , one need turn here only to an examination of the second class . |
| 6 | The Report 's recommendations were approved in principle by the European Community ( EC ) in 1971 and , as a prelude to the first stage , central banks were invited to restrict fluctuations in their currencies around the existing par values . |