Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 2 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 3 | In some cases the first three years of life are spent in this ward before transfer to a children 's home . ’ |
| 4 | Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second . |
| 5 | Very few organizations the first model due to its prohibitive cost . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 7 | President Julio Lacidar said that although the country was backward in some respects the First Five Year Plan would help launch the new nation . |
| 8 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 9 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
| 10 | In the next few weeks the first lucky 10 will take delivery of the fatest road car in the world . |
| 11 | In some situations the first colonizers are algae , often nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria or blue-green algae ( Nostoc , Oscillatoria ) , followed by lichens and mosses which draw nourishment from the algal detritus ( Llano , 1965 ) . |
| 12 | This is condemnation indeed , but more crucial is the circumstance that in its diminished state , criminal law remains for some students the first impression of serious legal study . |
| 13 | Within 45 minutes the first targets had been seized . |
| 14 | In such cases the first signs of a dialectic occur : the actor is both experiencing and describing ; an oscillation is set up between these two incompatible grammatical constructs , the verb and the adjective . |
| 15 | At 0630 hours the first of the early risers entered the cookhouse for breakfast . |
| 16 | In simple terms the first questions a bank would ask were : has the business got a long term future ? |
| 17 | But it is clear that , for objective structural reasons , it was , during a certain long historical period , easier for the bourgeoisie to make meaningful use of the second , and the working classes the first , than vice versa . |
| 18 | Glenmuir , which has become synonymous with top quality golfwear , is offering exclusive to Golf Monthly readers the first prize of tickets for two to this unique spectacle , held this year from the 25th to the 29th of September . |
| 19 | Of all these possibilities the first was the one which would have been most damaging to Baldwin . |
| 20 | According to Jazz head of sales and marketing Katy Turner , the appointment gives the three stations the first opportunity to sell against Capital , the UK 's largest radio station . |
| 21 | In trying to overcome these problems the first republican government of 1931-33 set the stage for things to come ; the political alienation of both the right and left wings of the political spectrum in Spain . |
| 22 | As a result of these constraints the first practicable date for the sale is this July . |
| 23 | In the case of skilled jobs , the initial approach was made by telephone , and for white-collar jobs the first approach was by letter . |
| 24 | Economic indicators from the RF State Statistics Committee reported in Ekonomika i zhizn issue 17 , April 1992 , showed that in all sectors the first quarter of 1992 showed a fall in output compared with the similar period in 1991 . |
| 25 | For many companies the first pay and file deadline is now less than 12 months away . |
| 26 | Sent into to keep the peace between warring communities the first soldiers had no more legal powers than the ordinary citizen until the Special Powers Act gave them power to stop and question , search and arrest without a warrant . |
| 27 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
| 28 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
| 29 | In many ways the first two UDCs could not have possessed more diverse characteristics nor could they have differed more greatly in their potential to transform their respective areas from derelict urban landscapes to localities resonant with dynamic private sector activity . |
| 30 | Holiday was in many ways the first modern pop vocalist . |