Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the first [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 2 | A single budded standard , or a double where one has failed , can look distinctly lop-sided for the first few years until it has had time to develop — this is the sort of stuff you have to watch out for in the cheap ‘ end of season nursery clearance sales ’ and street markets . |
| 3 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 4 | The ventral arm plates are axe shaped ; thin proximally but flaring out with a wide convex distal edge and only contiguous on the first few arm segments . |
| 5 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £195 for the day classes and £171 for evening classes payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 6 | Fees for the session 1992/93 will be approximately £98 — payable during the first few weeks of the course . |
| 7 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 8 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 9 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 10 | I thing recently the bus service has got dreadful since they brought in er private buses to their local areas , it was good for the first few months , but when they find out that its not paying at all , they take them off , they do n't tell you , the bus just disappears so your left with the usual one that used to be on . |
| 11 | In the first division Oxford United were looking good in the first half thanks to a goal from defender Anton Rogan … |
| 12 | It was a fact that quite easily became disheartening during the first few months of captivity . |
| 13 | You will probably find that you perform very badly and feel dreadful for the first few minutes . |
| 14 | RIVER WEAVER : Usually a good starter and busy for the first few days . |
| 15 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 16 | He attached exteme , extreme importance to their visiting in the first few years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then , it was elbow-dodging for the first few hundred yards , but after a mile I found myself in front . |
| 19 | I found it very difficult for the first few hours , but after watching the robots and using my skill at cheating I was able to watch somebody else to find out how to complete each screen , of which there are lots . |
| 20 | He was silent for the first half mile , then he beat the wheel suddenly with one hand . |
| 21 | He 'll be , he 'll be quiet for the first few hours , he wo n't sort , say anything , then he |
| 22 | Because the accident went unmonitored during the first few vital hours and days , certain statistics will never be available . |
| 23 | For some , homesickness is so bad during the first few months that they have no alternative but to go back home again . |
| 24 | A Thames barge has no keel and is afloat in the first few inches of shoal water . |