Example sentences of "with the [noun pl] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The optimist would point out that the aggregate attendance for the two Tests so far — 31,310 — compares very favourably with the aggregates for the first two Tests of 1980 ( 17,977 ) , and 1985 ( 28,097 ) . |
| 2 | Making contact with the families in the first instance was the most difficult problem . |
| 3 | Programmers in the second tournament had all been provided with the results of the first , including Axelrod 's analysis of why Tit for Tat and other nice and forgiving strategies had done so well . |
| 4 | never lived with the Samoans after the first week . |
| 5 | Do you think the danger in positive discrimination is that er it 's implying that women ca n't compete on equal terms with the men in the first place ? |