Example sentences of "[adj] [num] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's taken them from the old Fourth to the top three in the First Division . |
| 2 | R108 ] , with a further 156,000 in the first five months of 1992 . |
| 3 | According to one estimate , these abuses and the ravages of European diseases and starvation reduced the indigenous population of the Americas from 100 to 10 million in the first century of conquest . |
| 4 | In Britain the biggest box-office hit was Batman Returns with Pounds 2.77 million in the first three days . |
| 5 | CHRIS WILKINSON gave both himself and Jeremy Bates a massive pre-Wimbledon lift when he beat Argentinian left-hander Javier Frana 7–5 6–4 in the first round of the Direct Line Insurance Manchester Open at Didsbury . |
| 6 | DEVON youngster Lucie Ahl recorded her best-ever victory after beating American Patti O'Reilly 7–5 6–2 in the first round of the Wimbledon qualifying tournament at Roehampton . |
| 7 | They raised a total of 6.9 billion in 1991 and 4.5 billion in the first half of 1992 . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the institute has increased its prediction for unemployment , which it now thinks will peak at 3.2 million in the first quarter of 1994 . |
| 9 | But do n't remem do n't forget that you 've each got an allowance of five thousand eight hundred , so something jointly owned , you 've actually got a double allowance , and you get that allowance year , so if you 've got say an er a liability for shares of ten thousand pounds , let's say , that 's your capital gains calculated liability , you can do five thousand in the first year , and five thousand in the second year , and that will keep you below your capital gains tax allowance . |
| 10 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 11 | I do n't think even in our wildest dreams we managed to spend an extra five million in the first few weeks of this council , I remember a couple of million going into schools and few hundred thousand for voluntary organizations , and er , and old people 's homes . |
| 12 | Plans for the service , which will cost about US$ 1 million in the first year , have been delayed by lack of funds . |
| 13 | It 'll save us a hundred thousand in the first year . |
| 14 | A hundred thousand in the first year and three hundred thousand in the second and subsequent years . |
| 15 | Newell had put through his own goal to put Southampton level at two one in the first half . |
| 16 | Michael Atherton compiled a watchful 60 in the first innings . |
| 17 | That five thousand per annum figure is a guaranteed figure , we could in fact print seven thousand in the first year if they wanted . |