Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] of the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suggested that second marriages would substantially infringe the rights of inheritance of the members of the first family . |
| 2 | Environmental engineer Andrew Olleveant , who was one of the members of the first group , had a number of key issues to cover during his trip to Russia . |
| 3 | In psychological terms , when a speaker of one language learns a second there is a tendency to generalise some of the rules of the first language to the second language ; when these rules conflict with the correct rules for the second language there is interference , sometimes known as L1 interference or mother-tongue interference . |
| 4 | From these summarized findings it is possible to derive tentative profiles of the activities of the first three teams . |
| 5 | Perhaps we shall soon all reach the degree of brutishness and indifference of the soldiers of the First Empire . |
| 6 | Its leader was Miloš Obrenović , a man who had played a part in the Karadjordje revolt , but who had remained in Serbia when many of the leaders of the first rising had fled across the river to Austrian territory . |
| 7 | Following up some of the conclusions of the first CACE report ( see 1947 Clarke ) this inquiry considered ‘ the natural interests and pursuits of school children out of school hours ’ . |
| 8 | In between time as I say we 'd had 's header wide which was one of the mysteries of the first half . |
| 9 | If deaf people 's link to the hearing world and to the information distributed by the hearing world is faulty , then unless they have recourse to a second hearing person who can act as a check they will be unaware of the faults of the first hearing signer . |
| 10 | This second possibility was the one I preferred , especially since I saw on reflection that such ripples might produce some of the effects of the first possibility . |
| 11 | Comparison of the contents of the first two editions of Craig 's ‘ Geology of Scotland ’ , published in 1965 and 1983 , reveals just how completely and all-pervasively this change took place over a very short period of time . |
| 12 | Which is more than can be said of the successors of the first Labour government , elected just when the Elmhirsts arrived at the bankrupt farms and derelict buildings of Dartington . |
| 13 | Anon she was not placed in the royal vault ; rather the opportunity was taken to put her in the Villiers vault in 1776 when the neighbouring Percy vault was opened for the reception of the remains of the First Duchess of Northumberland . |
| 14 | A retrospective analysis was undertaken of the results of the first attempt at in vitro fertilization ( IVF ) treatment to evaluate the effects of cigarette smoking by either partner in events preceding and during oocyte recovery , fertilization , implantation , and early pregnancy in a group of patients undergoing IVF-ET . |
| 15 | One of the first major presentations of the results of the first phase of the initiative was to senior staff of the Children 's Division and the Social Services Inspectorate of the DHSS . |
| 16 | Lyrical Ballads nevertheless remains a very strange publication , the full effect of which can only be appreciated by studying a facsimile edition , or one of the reprints of the first edition . |
| 17 | The backs of the heads of the first and second officer and engineer flashed on the video screens . |
| 18 | Duke Kahanamoku was one of the founders of the first Hawaiian surf club , known as the Hui Nalu . |
| 19 | Like George VI and the then Queen Elizabeth eating spam from a gold plate during the Second World War , this was pageantry on the cheap rather than an unrestrained recapitulation of the glories of the first Elizabethan Age . |
| 20 | To an extent , therefore , and inevitably , the presence of the names of the First Empire at the Court of the Second seemed to underline the fact of continuity between the two regimes . |
| 21 | It is an interesting reflection of the diversity of views and values in school that one of the readers of the first draft of this book commented on this letter : ‘ How sentimental ! |
| 22 | One of the objectives of the first phase of pilot schemes was to test the validation procedures . |
| 23 | ‘ Demands were made for the repayment of the moneys advanced to companies in the group , and when the demands were not met , the second and third defendants were appointed joint receivers of the assets of the first five plaintiffs , and of the assets specifically charged by the sixth and seventh plaintiffs . |
| 24 | THE excitement was almost tangible on the tarmac at Kingston Airport on Saturday prior to the opening of the doors of the first South African Airways plane to land in the Caribbean . |
| 25 | As hopes for the League disintegrated and the Peace Ballot consensus broke apart , those who followed the logic of collective security found themselves forced to unlearn many of the lessons of the First World War . |
| 26 | One of the attractions of the first book had been Minton 's delight in the shape of things — fish , bowls , tureens , vegetables , fruit , octopus , squid and elaborate sweets . |