Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the larger nations in the 1980S IBM in effect became the second national champion , and in some smaller countries perhaps even the first national champion computer supplier . |
| 2 | The measure is not only the first full-scale law passed by the Supreme Soviet in its new incarnation as a professional legislature . |
| 3 | So had every other beautiful girl , of course ; but Jane Ashton was now not only the first beautiful girl Killion had kissed good night , she was the first to kiss him in return , and kiss him as if she had a great deal to give as well as take . |
| 4 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 5 | Slowly , he moved nearer to me , but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground . |
| 6 | GLASNOST reached Twickenham yesterday when the first Soviet national side to visit Britain startled the Rugby Football Union by inviting their hosts to tour the Soviet Union next year . |
| 7 | There are many things to think about before even the first tentative daffodil bulb is sunk into the ground . |
| 8 | It was more a punishment than a kiss and she hated it , but she hated even more the first faint stirring in her blood . |
| 9 | If we go back to the first few minutes , or maybe even the first few seconds , there must have been an incredibly high density of matter near that point ? |
| 10 | Sandy played absolutely fantastically the first two days , but the greens were very strange and unkind to him . |
| 11 | In that case , the Dip.HE for such students will continue to be very largely the first two years of a degree course , though its provision may increase if credit transfer develops nationally and it becomes more common for students to undertake a two-year Dip.HE course in one institution and move to another for a third year . |