Example sentences of "they [vb base] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many young academics they provide the first step in the ladder of publications , now an essential requisite for career advancement . |
| 2 | They receive the first prize of £4,000 . |
| 3 | As more people come to watch , they force the first watchers toward the centre . |
| 4 | They reject the first group for being too sensationalist , for being concerned only with ‘ blood , gore and thrills ’ . |
| 5 | Then the atoms are projected upwards with velocity of 2.5 m s -1 ; and cooled further to a temperature of 2.8 K. They are then optically pumped into the F=3 hyperfine level and pass through the microwave interaction region where they experience the first pulse of tunable microwaves centred close to the F=3 to F=4 transition at about 9.2 GHz . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , they represent the first steps toward a more analytic mode of thought . |
| 7 | Macrophages are crucial cells in the immune and inflammatory events ongoing in the intestinal musoca ; being scattered just beneath the epithelium , they represent the first line of defence . |
| 8 | They lead the first division by one point from Gloucester , so it 's going to be some cup tie . |
| 9 | A number of tentative poems took shape , and five of them form the first section of The Prodigal Son . |