Example sentences of "[noun sg] provide the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study draws together the results of five years ' work by the investigator and the findings of the ESRC 's extensive research programme in this field to provide the first comprehensive account of central-local relationships in the UK for nearly twenty years . |
| 2 | Our study provides the first histological data on bone turnover in women receiving long term tamoxifen treatment . |
| 3 | Simons claims that this work provides the first reliable description of how an animal virus enters the cell and initiates infection . |
| 4 | This conference provides the first opportunity in West Belfast itself for the unemployed , community groups , local business people , policy makers , managers and administrators of employment and training schemes , funders , careers teachers , trade unionists and others to discuss present and future employment prospects of people living in West Belfast . |
| 5 | The structure also contrasts with Fab-antigen complexes , in which all contacts with antigen are mediated by the variable regions of the antibody , and to our knowledge provides the first details of interaction of the constant regions of Fab with another protein . |
| 6 | This report provides the first direct evidence for expression of P3A + variant mRNA in human thymus . |
| 7 | My theory of tragic myth provides the first acceptable explanation of the chorus of Greek tragedy . |
| 8 | Undertaken by the Scottish Homes agency on behalf of the Scottish Office , the survey provides the first comprehensive analysis of the condition of both public and private sector housing in Scotland . |
| 9 | A new study by Peter Bryant and Lynette Bradley at Oxford University provides the first good evidence that the ability to analyse a word into its constituent sounds is most important in the early stages of learning to read ( Nature , vol 301. p 419 ) . |
| 10 | For example , long-standing marital disharmony may lie behind apparent rejection ; indeed , it may be that the disability of one partner provides the first and only reliable opportunity for old people to separate . |