Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 2 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 3 | Driving-time : one and a half hours the first time , two hours the second . |
| 4 | Very few organizations the first model due to its prohibitive cost . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 6 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 7 | For some centuries the first reason seemed simple , though it has been greatly complicated by the most recent technical developments . |
| 8 | This is condemnation indeed , but more crucial is the circumstance that in its diminished state , criminal law remains for some students the first impression of serious legal study . |
| 9 | Glenmuir , which has become synonymous with top quality golfwear , is offering exclusive to Golf Monthly readers the first prize of tickets for two to this unique spectacle , held this year from the 25th to the 29th of September . |
| 10 | According to Jazz head of sales and marketing Katy Turner , the appointment gives the three stations the first opportunity to sell against Capital , the UK 's largest radio station . |
| 11 | In the case of skilled jobs , the initial approach was made by telephone , and for white-collar jobs the first approach was by letter . |
| 12 | Economic indicators from the RF State Statistics Committee reported in Ekonomika i zhizn issue 17 , April 1992 , showed that in all sectors the first quarter of 1992 showed a fall in output compared with the similar period in 1991 . |
| 13 | For many companies the first pay and file deadline is now less than 12 months away . |
| 14 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
| 15 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
| 16 | Most of the cancelled parts , of which there were two , were returned , and Gould arranged to give those subscribers the first part of the new series in lieu . |
| 17 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 18 | But each of their small squad of 12 won at least one medal in their final count of 16 golds , 13 silvers and nine bronzes the first time this has happened . |
| 19 | I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time . |
| 20 | For steady mean conditions the first term of eqn ( 19.20 ) is zero , but it indicates the physical significance of the equation ; in view of the summation convention and so each term in the equation represents some process tending to increase or decrease the kinetic energy of the turbulence . |
| 21 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 22 | In less than two hours the first shot would be hit — and the first tales of glory or misery or ‘ if only ’ would be told . |
| 23 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 24 | BNP will offer high income multiples of up to four times the first income ( which has to be that of the professional ) plus three times the second . |
| 25 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 26 | Indeed , the first Advertisements Regulation Act of 1907 antedated by two years the first Planning Act . |
| 27 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 28 | ( The computer does n't always reveal the whereabouts of traps , secret doors and invisible creatures the first time of asking , unless Samson has high intelligence or is experienced . ) |
| 29 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |
| 30 | In most cases the first bin was ignored when fitting the distribution histograms ( see Fig 4 ) . |