Example sentences of "in the first or [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war . |
| 2 | First , there is the single-subject course , variously labelled ( single honours , special honours , etc. ) which concentrates on the study of a single academic discipline ( e.g. mathematics , chemistry , economics , history , fine art ) after shedding some ancillary or subsidiary courses in the first or second year . |
| 3 | In Kirkcaldy only two thirds of patients received a diabetes review by their general practitioner in the first or second year of a two year study and only 50% had annual blood glucose assessments . |
| 4 | When we are developing an artist on an international basis , success does n't necessarily happen in the first or second album . |
| 5 | Repeat elections were needed where neither a sole candidate nor either of two candidates had secured 50 per cent of the vote in the first or second round . |
| 6 | We 've got a good football team in the first or premier division next season . |