Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong smell of damp and cats gave a quick explanation of why the first two floors of the building were uninhabited . |
| 2 | Startlingly bold as this idea is , the arguments for it were initially contained in just the first thirty-three short sections of the Principles . |
| 3 | In almost the first 12 months the locomotive is back together again in one piece although some parts had been re-engineered and considerably altered so that the whole locomotive would take on the appearance of its British counterparts . |
| 4 | Ideas about the structure of glass date back 50 years or more to when the first diffuse X-ray scattering measurements on the material were being made a by B. E. Warren and others . |
| 5 | A theory which , in its classic form , gives a pretty positive answer to at least the first two of these questions is utilitarianism . |
| 6 | So at least the first two cells are still picking up the right two numbers , because we used the range names , we 've inserted a row on the other file , but er , we 're still about range names found where those cells are . |
| 7 | Evacuation , and the revelations associated with it , ‘ dominated social policy for at least the first nine months of the war ’ and ‘ aroused the conscience of the nation ’ , leading to a much wider debate on the condition of the people . |
| 8 | Do not give the child eggs , fish , chocolate , wheat , oranges , peanuts or other nuts for at least the first six months , and preferably for the first year of life . |
| 9 | For known diabetics the blood glucose can be rechecked four-hourly for at least the first 48 hours . |
| 10 | These had to be answered , and answered well — or at least the first ten or so did — because the original questioner and other MPs were allowed to ask supplementary questions . |
| 11 | In any case , ministerial training continues on a less formal and standardised basis for at least the first three years after ordination , in the context of one or more curacies . |