Example sentences of "from the very first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So out of the 16,000 Pathfinders I personally recruited from the very first day of my appointment to the Pathfinder Force , to the last day of the war , I am not aware of one occasion on which a member of aircrew , whatever his category , was dealt with under the terms of the AMO .
2 The term mission is a precise one , especially in the light of a discursive shift which is evident from the very first lines of the chapter on adult education which follows :
3 As Fig. 4.5 shows , the change of context experienced by group D produced a substantial loss of vigour in the CR , evident from the very first trial of the test .
4 She got no further , the words swallowed up as he bent and took her mouth in a punishing kiss that stole her breath from the very first touch of his lips .
5 After all , from the very first weeks after the first seizure of power by a Communist Party back in November 1917 , special rations , housing and other privileges had been the order of the day .
6 From the very first moment of her return to the vicarage Ruth was caught up in a whirlwind of work .
7 From the very first entry at the top of the list it is clear that this discussion was to be for Darwin revelatory .
8 Our Lady was given an important place from the very first phases of the movement .
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