Example sentences of "[adv] to a first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two-goal lead away to a First Division side and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 2 | In evaluating this expression we first note that the metric connections are linear in h ; hence to a first approximation in h the form ( 7.4 ) or ( 7.5 ) can be used for the Riemann curvature tensor rather than ( 7.3 ) . |
| 3 | The staircase sweeps up to a first floor balcony connecting four bedrooms , most with en suite bathrooms . |
| 4 | In fact these can legitimately be regarded as fluorine ‘ lone pair ’ orbitals quite distinct from the bonding , non-bonding and anti-bonding MOs which are analogous to those found for H 2 O. Similarly , presents us with yet another increase in complexity , but the additional orbitals can be regarded , at least to a first approximation , as ‘ CF 3 group ’ orbitals associated with CF bonding or with F atom lone pairs , again superimposed on a basic set of ‘ skeletal ’ MOs analogous to those found for H 2 O. |
| 5 | The estimated income from the new product is , again to a first approximation , linearly related to the number of units invoiced . |