Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the parents of the first baby contacted health service bosses the parents of the second were told . |
| 2 | These sharp increases will contrast with below-inflation rent rises of 95 pence a week in about 156 local authority areas , as the Government for the first time moves away from a single national rents policy for the 4.5 million council tenants in England . |
| 3 | This is because salesmen are paid commission up front , which is often as much as the whole of the first year 's premiums . |
| 4 | Just as the trauma in the first five years of life of a child is forgotten , but appears later in the symptoms of neurotic illness , so the trauma of parricide has been forgotten , but makes its appearance in symptoms which in this case are religious actions and beliefs . |
| 5 | However , as the results of the first inspections started to come in the seriousness of the problem was realised and the US authorities eventually went so far as to call for the use of specially made ultrasonic probes for detecting cracks round the fastener holes . |
| 6 | As soon as the echo of the first chime began to be heard above the laughter , the disco music was toned down , and the dancers on the crowded floor began to move back , leaving a clear space . |
| 7 | However , the Afro-Caribbean communities themselves have continued to grow , as the migrants of the first generation have settled and had families of their own . |
| 8 | The Report 's recommendations were approved in principle by the European Community ( EC ) in 1971 and , as a prelude to the first stage , central banks were invited to restrict fluctuations in their currencies around the existing par values . |