Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] on [art] first " in BNC.
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1 | 1979 ; Wells 1981 ) have reported that the amount of talk by children and their caretakers varies , both in respect of the time of day ( more talk first thing in the morning and early afternoon ) and as a function of their familiarity with the process of being recorded ( less talk on the first day , compared with subsequent days ) . |
2 | And they normally occur on the first Thursday in May . |
3 | Since , for the purpose of this exercise , we are supposing that the December 1983 and November 1985 rates are unknown , we simply copy on the first and last values , 40 and 55 , for January 1984 and October 1985 . |
4 | We then add on a first dynamic element : ( b ) a reservation sales strategy , with a constant reservation price . |
5 | Lovers never do on the first night . |