Example sentences of "[adj] in [art] first [det] " in BNC.
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1 | In the first division Oxford United were looking good in the first half thanks to a goal from defender Anton Rogan … |
2 | More bird song : willow warbler , wren , robin — all in the first few minutes . |
3 | Recovery after a stroke is greatest in the first few days and weeks — but it does n't stop there . |
4 | Patsy was a sickly child , growing very little in the first few years of his life . |
5 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
6 | After those cuts , trading profits of the communications division were more than double those in the first half year and marginally ahead of the second half of last year as business held up . |
7 | He attached exteme , extreme importance to their visiting in the first few years . |
8 | Lead levels from a system with lead piping are much higher in the first few pints that come from a tap that has been left turned off than after the water has run for a few minutes , as this flushes out much of the dissolved lead . |
9 | Owners have to be especially vigilant in the first few moments when the dogs are brought back together , and while they settle down to rest . |
10 | These symptoms are usually worse in the first few days , lessening thereafter . |
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 | A Thames barge has no keel and is afloat in the first few inches of shoal water . |