Example sentences of "to them [prep] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ Then you 'd better get on to them in the first instance . |
| 3 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 4 | The considerable post-Boer War concern about children was reflected in the amount of legislative attention paid to them in the first years of the Liberal government . |
| 5 | ‘ They 'll never understand why I did n't go to them in the first place . |