Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 31 | He ought therefore to disappear at the first opportunity , especially since the purpose of his stay , that of meeting Katja Müller , appeared to have lost its point … |
| 32 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we set up the National Rivers Authority specifically to respond in the first instance to the sort of pollution incidents to which he refers — this one is a very serious incident . |