Example sentences of "first and [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He considered resigning , for the first and not the last time , but failed to do so . |
| 2 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 3 | They are badly needed : as Green has said , ‘ It would be easy for clinical research to become the first and indeed the greatest casualty of reductions in size in London . ’ |
| 4 | For the first and almost the only time in the Second World War , there was what can fairly be described as a generally pervading popular ‘ war mood ’ , disdaining any premature and presumed over-generous peace with Britain , and even somewhat disappointed with Hitler 's new and ‘ final ’ peace offer of 19 July , aimed at assuaging world opinion . |
| 5 | True , the first and perhaps the second blackmail payments had come in before he was obliged to pay for his teeth at the beginning of June , but he had blithely paid two hundred and fifty for them in cash when the demand came . |
| 6 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 7 | The tentacle pores are small ; those of the first and sometimes the second arm segment armed with two large , rounded tentacle scales , the others only have one . |
| 8 | As these systems are changing considerably in April 1988 , this section explains the current regulations first and then the new ones . |
| 9 | I think I 'll have you Christopher please to read yours about monster , so I 'll have the two monster ones first and then the two home ones . |