Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
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