Example sentences of "for the first few [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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1 | There are even techniques for mirroring the other person 's non-verbal behaviours for the first few minutes of meeting them , and then testing whether rapport has been established by changing your visual behaviours to see whether the other person will reciprocate by mirroring yours . |
2 | The ideal is to leave the ground balanced on the main wheel , and to hold a constant attitude for the first few feet of the launch while the aircraft gains height and speed . |
3 | John 's lamp light lasted for the first few hours of his entombment and from then on he was in total darkness . |
4 | So , for the first few days of his visit , Edouard explored the city alone , except for the servant . |
5 | Despite the dubious seaworthiness of our ship , for the first few days of the storm my sense of danger was eclipsed by the exhilaration of at last thundering in the right direction . |
6 | Although the night-time itching has been put down to the nocturnal habits of the mite , it is interesting that for the first few weeks of infestation , when the mites are presumably just as active , there are often no symptoms at all . |
7 | For the first few weeks of term this was a problem . |
8 | I intend to keep the fry in a number of these nets for the first few weeks of their lives and feed them on newly hatched brine shrimp . |
9 | He and Helen were blissfully happy , alone now in the house where they had lived with Helen 's mother for the first few weeks of their marriage . |
10 | Oh absolutely , yes I 'm not arguing about that , and as I said , heaven forbid that should happen , erm another point I did pick up from one report was that in the eight years war , and you 're quite right , the Iraqis are battle hardened , but the Iranian air force apparently could n't bomb Iraq to any great consequence except for the first few weeks of the conflict . |
11 | For the first few centuries of the Christian era , Ireland was largely isolated from the rest of Europe . |
12 | For many years , both in the days of glassfibre and for the first few years of plastic , there was little variety in the shape of boats in general recreational use . |
13 | He had quite enjoyed that kind of jealousy for the first few months of their marriage . |
14 | For the first few months of the campaign they had very few weapons and virtually no ammunition . |
15 | For the first few months of 1952 flying concentrated on standardising the instructors and from February , with the arrival of the first B.2s , type conversion for the staff . |