Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no tort or crime , as there would be if the police were to beat up the suspect or wrongly apprehend him or her in the first place . |
| 2 | If anyone is going to break it they are going to have to be better than me over the first fifty metres , so it 's going to be difficult . |
| 3 | That I On the first point about us and our own showing of forgiveness . |
| 4 | As we discuss the changing role of the traditional high-street off-licence , it is all too plain that none of the first six customers have browsed or bought wine or done what the market research says they should be doing . |
| 5 | He is regarded as one of the foremost poets of science , and you as the first novelist of science . ’ |
| 6 | There were 87 flotations on the USM in 1988 , 67 in 1989 , 47 in 1990 , ten in 1991 , six in 1992 and none in the first quarter of this year . |
| 7 | During routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy one biopsy was taken for hostological examination from the antral mucosa 2 cm from the pylorus and one from the first part of the duodenum on the opposite wall to the area of ulceration . |
| 8 | ‘ And what about the first time ? |
| 9 | ‘ And what about the first half of my question ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument . |
| 11 | While none of the first set of ideas may be feasible or even relevant , they can be built on , allowing the flow to continue freely no matter how perverse the line of argument . |