Example sentences of "[noun pl] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 2 | Within 45 minutes the first targets had been seized . |
| 3 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 4 | The 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that for widows the first recommendation of 1871 was generally observed , some Boards of Guardians going further and insisting that the widow maintain two children by herself before any relief was given , while others refused relief to healthy able-bodied widows no matter how many children they had . |
| 5 | In addition , the BLA argued that unlimited liability generated claims by encouraging unjustified risk-taking by solicitors , clients and lenders alike , and also made solicitors the first target for loss recovery when the fault occurred . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 8 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 9 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 10 | In most cases the first bin was ignored when fitting the distribution histograms ( see Fig 4 ) . |
| 11 | In a proportion of cases the first site of infection is the cervix , when there may not be any local pain . |
| 12 | PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES THE FIRST CUSTOMER |
| 13 | You had loads the first time round . |
| 14 | Despite the dangers the first crew want to return … this time to help the child victims of the conflict . |
| 15 | Couple 's joy : Alison Kitchen , 28 , and her husband David , 31 , who live in Hartlepool , are celebrating the birth of triplets the first test tube babies to be born at the town 's general hospital . |
| 16 | BNP will offer high income multiples of up to four times the first income ( which has to be that of the professional ) plus three times the second . |
| 17 | Some of Boscawen 's ships lacked sails , none was immediately ready for sea , and many of the crews and officers were ashore , including Boscawen himself , but the moment the message arrived the admiral leapt from his chair , leaving his dinner unfinished , and within an unprecedented two hours the first ships were weighing anchor . |
| 18 | In less than two hours the first shot would be hit — and the first tales of glory or misery or ‘ if only ’ would be told . |
| 19 | Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second . |
| 20 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
| 21 | But each of their small squad of 12 won at least one medal in their final count of 16 golds , 13 silvers and nine bronzes the first time this has happened . |
| 22 | During college based sessions the first part of the morning is spent on a whole group presentation ; the second in a workshop/seminar situation . |
| 23 | Very few organizations the first model due to its prohibitive cost . |
| 24 | The evidence is clear , too , that in mining districts the first part of the nineteenth century saw a serious erosion of holidays . |
| 25 | It 's planning to sponsor the three-day Unix Perspectives : The Conference for Enterprise Solutions the first week of November . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She put into words the first question of many that instantly sprang into her head . |
| 28 | IAN WRIGHT and Andy Gray hardly exchanged pleasantries the first time they met . |
| 29 | Comfort , to me , means warmth , and whenever I change homes the first thing I do is make it as warm as possible . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |