Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [v-ing] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | So with forces families very often in those days , you might be delivering to the first floor . |
| 2 | The decline in British hedgerows may be slowing for the first time this century , thanks to schemes to subsidise hedge planting . |
| 3 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 4 | This year we shall be performing for the first time in Berne , Geneva , Luzern , Zurich and Prague . |
| 5 | I have no doubt that there will be special preparations and allowances made by police and spectators for the Marathon , in which I will be competing for the first time tomorrow . |
| 6 | SOUTH AFRICA , who will be competing for the first time , are to stage the 1995 Rugby World Cup . |
| 7 | Representatives from eastern Europe will be attending for the first time . |
| 8 | Stanfords will be exhibiting at the first BBC Holiday Live leisure and travel show at Olympia from 26th to 31st January , where it will launch its overprinted Booksellers Association Travel ‘ 93 catalogue . |
| 9 | The Group will continue to provide support for Central America Week in March , and will be investigating in the first few years of the five year period the possibility of raising the profile of the Andean countries . |