Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [conj] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been living at Riverstown for two months before the first invitation came . |
| 2 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 3 | His gallantry in the ensuing conflict won him the MC , but he was killed while crossing the Sambre and Oise canal near Ors in the early morning of 4 November — one week before the armistice , and two years before the first volume of his work was published . |
| 4 | A total of 59 meetings had been held between Boutros-Ghali and the two leaders since the first round of talks began in July based on a " Set of Ideas " put forward by Boutros-Ghali [ see p. 39067 ] . |
| 5 | All the necessary documents have been drafted by the two sides and the first conference of the new cultural commonwealth is due to be held at Dagomys at the end of 1992 . |