Example sentences of "on the [noun pl] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most dramatic improvement has been among arctic terns , which are breeding on the islands for the first time in seven years . |
| 2 | O'Connor , jnr , three-putted himself to extinction for he needed 22 strokes on the greens in the first nine holes which he covered in 43 shots . |
| 3 | Wallerstein elaborated the concept of the semi-periphery to describe such countries , and this idea has been picked up by many scholars as a useful tool in analyzing the NICs and , increasingly , those countries that are on the fringes of the First World , but not exactly in the Third World , like Ireland , Portugal , and the Balkan states ( for example , Mouzelis , 1986 ) . |
| 4 | With the stakes so high , the lack of atmosphere on the terraces in the first half was a complete mystery . |
| 5 | The others followed close on the heels of the first . |
| 6 | Wh when you put people on the patches for the first time because the hormone goes straight into the system , rather than having to go through the gut , |
| 7 | You have done so well to get to this point , it is vital that you stay on the rails until the first weighing and measuring day . |
| 8 | And coming up on the rails in the first division are Oxford United . |
| 9 | Built three hundred years ago on the profits of the first gold rush . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry I blew my top , but I had visions of finding you down there on the rocks like the first time . ’ |