Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [prep] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | They followed the white arrows painted on the road between the parked cars and at first they could n't see a space anywhere . |
| 2 | Though the proportion of low birth weight infants decreases from very young maternal ages and from first birth order towards the prime childbearing ages and higher order births , it increases again considerably at later ages and from third and fourth birth orders ( Hungary , 1970 ; Selvin and Garfinkel , 1972 ; Chakraborty et al , 1975 ) . |
| 3 | Once again Sunderland had to thank goalkeeper Tony Norman for some inspired saves but at first it seemed that he might be the villain of the piece after gifting bottom-of-the-table Brighton an 11th minute lead . |
| 4 | These District Land Registries accept responsibility for the registration of dealings and for first registrations of land within their allotted geographical areas . |
| 5 | We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand . |
| 6 | It was led by French physicians and at first it simply confirmed the most pessimistic of common views . |
| 7 | Stability tests on pilot batches and on first production batches should be carried out not only in the case of new products but also where there has been any change in the formulation of the product or in the source of the raw materials used or in the equipment used in manufacture or filling or in the method of manufacture or filing . |
| 8 | De Gaulle himself was shocked by the events and at first hesitant about what to do . |