Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many course combinations are possible during the first three years , facilitating transfer between these three streams . |
| 2 | More than 680 homes were sold in January , rising to 750 for the first three weeks of this month . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether enjoyed it as he was sound asleep for the first 8 miles , but he certainly was n't complaining either — a merciful relief ! |
| 4 | Sonorous For the first three months that Presentations 2.0 is on sale , it will come bundled with a SoundBlaster Pro sound card . |
| 5 | The fourth key point was that for the first two years of the programme , between April 1989 and March 1991 , we committed a budget of £24 million to the programme . |
| 6 | Yeah well , you see , we found that for the first three or four years now they 've gradually dropped off a bit , but they did used to , I mean they still come , but it |
| 7 | New residents are at their most receptive during the first six months . |
| 8 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
| 9 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 10 | So it 's now we 've got seven people , it 's gon na make it a lot easier for the first twenty containers which is forty containers in actual fact is n't it . |
| 11 | That figure is remarkable when compared to just 87,000 during the first six months of last year . |
| 12 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 13 | The University Card can be used exactly like any other credit card , in particular the card is currently free for the first six months . |
| 14 | The incorporation catalysed by Dcm ( open circles ) was linear for the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 15 | Mortality was particularly high during the first six years . |
| 16 | Thus , where the tenant had been innocently misled into believing that he would obtain a long term , and had invested heavily in the property next door , whereas the landlord in fact had plans for immediate redevelopment , the Court of Appeal upheld an order for a break-clause exercisable after the first three years of the term ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) . |
| 17 | The 22-year-old Edgar was clear of the first three horses she rode in a World Championship final style event . |
| 18 | He should admit that his efforts have supplied few of the first 999 floors . |
| 19 | Nothing had gone wrong with the first two pregnancies . |
| 20 | The last two are different from the first five visual elements in that , although they also convey information , they are not part of the interaction in the same way . |
| 21 | Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 . |
| 22 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 23 | Yet one study showed that about one in five of all premarital pregnancies occur in the first month of a sexual relationship , and half within the first six months . |
| 24 | But the inter-relation of this to the first five public relations functions is sometimes overlooked by marketing departments in their desire to measure brand sales achievement directly to brand public relations tactical results . |
| 25 | Cedar health Limited are offering a 500ml bottle of Equi-Strath free to the first five readers who write |
| 26 | We have a 100ml sample size of Dry Skin Relief to give away absolutely free to the first 2500 readers whose names are drawn from the postbag . |
| 27 | This exasperating weekday practice prevents us seeing at least 10 minutes of each of the first two sessions of paly . |
| 28 | The in-betweens , a group of five fields ( Cumberland , Durham , Derbyshire , Lancashire — or Northwest — and Northumberland ) which provided the 55 per cent vote at each of the first two ballots but on average produced only 42 per cent support for the strike call across the other four . |
| 29 | There was a daughter by each of the first two marriages . |
| 30 | The participants had decided to walk 20km on each of the first two days and finish by walking 10km on the last day . |