Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Within 45 minutes the first targets had been seized . |
| 4 | At 0630 hours the first of the early risers entered the cookhouse for breakfast . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Leapor 's death preceded by only two months the first appearances of her work in print . |
| 13 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 14 | Indeed , the first Advertisements Regulation Act of 1907 antedated by two years the first Planning Act . |
| 15 | By the end of the fifth of seven laps the first two groups had come together and at this stage Albert Shaw ( CB Hire/Kings Moss ) and veteran Eddie Crory ( Whirline West Down ) broke away and opened up a 40-second lead . |