Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] by the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 2 | He was struck by a vehicle driven by the first defendant . |
| 3 | Experience convinced her that the man who was drunk would lecture them on the futility of dying , a theme prompted by the first mention of hospices . |
| 4 | A start at controlling health care costs , to be followed up later when a commission chaired by the First Lady , Hillary Rodham Clinton , makes its recommendations . |
| 5 | A word formed by the first letter of a group of words , eg NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , SALT = Strategic Arms Limitation Talks . |
| 6 | Women 's world could therefore be seen as inferior to the higher cultural activities of men in the public domain — a fact recognized by the first century AD Jewish philosopher Philo who in his writings made much play of this gender-differentiated opposition between the public and private domains . |