Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] first [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1950s and 1960s the movement of women into the work-force , or its anticipation , appears to have accelerated the pace of childbearing temporarily , especially of first and second births , reinforcing the positive economic effect through men 's income ( ni Bhrölchain 1986a , 1986b ) . |
| 2 | However , the directors ' report for the 12 months ended 31 July 1992 reveals that in Touche Ross 's opinion , the aggregate of the individual amounts attributed to the players comprising the first team playing squad ( together with first and second year professional players ) as at the year end , was £24m . |
| 3 | Another criticism of this study is that the authors only differentiated very generally between first and second generation Asian and Afro-Caribbeans without discussing the implications of mixing them together in the study , potentially masking important differences in the rates of schizophrenia between the two , and leaving an unclear picture as to whether second generation Asians , who were in the minority , benefited in the same way from the postulated protective factors . |
| 4 | Kevin Morris says that he wants to get the boat journey over with first because last time they were so ill coming back . |
| 5 | When all the consequences of his account are added up , it transpires that he created a permanent and invaluable record of an ancient way of life — not at first as antique as he had hoped , but he was not ungratified at the glimpses of the past that he caught . |
| 6 | Alton sent two teams to the competition , made up of first and second year students . |
| 7 | However , since on can alternate also with first and third person pronouns , which like their second person counterparts can also have definite reference , it is not particularly easy to specify tokens of the alternative class ( see Laberge and Sankoff 1980 : 272ff for a large number of examples ) . |
| 8 | Therefore , Coe and Hofland 's first prize was no longer valid as it was only sixth on unofficial lists , and Banks and Barry and Scott moved up to first and second places respectively on the Foreign Office list . |
| 9 | You have to get out of first and second gear quickly to get the best out of the 325 . |
| 10 | Although Bill Nickson 's five-second margin in 1976 remains the closest between first and second riders , the top 10 at the end of a race , which covered 1,154 miles in two weeks , have never been so closely packed . |
| 11 | Secondly Table 6.1 shows that community service costs increased markedly between first and second assessment ( as one would expect , given that referral to the psychogeriatric service , even without the operation of the Home Support Project , is usually the signal for an assessment of home care needs ) . |
| 12 | The show is advanced so sluggishly and episodically that , apart from first and last reels , there could be a mix-up in reels without much comment . ’ |