Example sentences of "[adj] [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That turns the first part of the system off , ’ she explained . |
| 2 | The Labour Party claims that this represents the first stage in a policy of full market rents . |
| 3 | This establishes the first part of the theorem . |
| 4 | Map 12 shows the first floor of the Castle , and Map 13 shows the higher floors of the Great Tower . |
| 5 | for direct processing the track index does not make it clear which records are in overflow and which in the prime data area ; this prevents the first overflow record being retrieved as quickly as is achieved in the two-entry index system — at least while it is the only overflow record . |
| 6 | This provokes the first nation into developing a 10-megaton bomb , which in turn provokes the second into making a 20-megaton bomb , and so on . |
| 7 | From this follows the first point : the existence of illegal concert parties is enormously hard to prove . |
| 8 | today this becomes the first railway shadow franchise , its operations hived off into a separate company ready to be sold . |
| 9 | The budget for 1991 allocates the first tranche of the ¥455 trillion ( $3.4 trillion ) that the government has agreed to spend on roads , railways , airports , housing , drains and other public works over the coming decade . |
| 10 | Once you get beyond its up to the minute good looks the first thing you 'll notice is that is price tag looks a little out of date . |
| 11 | Guy Stair Sainty , an Old Master dealer who had sold nothing in any previous Art Show , sold seven pictures the first day , and is reported to have sold at least one painting in the high six figure range . |