Example sentences of "of the [noun] [verb] [prep] first " in BNC.
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1 | Among our samples , for instance , 79 per cent of the spouses said at first interview that they wanted the dementia sufferer to remain at home , compared with 36 per cent of the non-spouses . |
2 | Approval of the treaty had at first been opposed by West Germany 's Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) on the grounds that it offered inadequate protection for East German industry , and that environmental guarantees were insufficient . |
3 | Vamplew has worked out that almost half of the players registered with First Division clubs in 1910 never played a League match . |
4 | Yet in all save one of the cases decided at first instance , the court has held that the surety covenant does not touch and concern the land … |
5 | The central part of the island seemed at first to belong to another and less dramatic world . |