Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the first [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that all boards are n't fun — the funboard describes a group of boards which may be a little unstable during the first steps afloat , but can be used in higher winds allowing the sailor to develop techniques such as the use of footstraps to cope with the speed of sailing in strong winds . |
| 2 | ‘ He was very charming in the first days and said he was really jealous that I could live like this . ’ |
| 3 | Now by the usual rule for differentiation of determinants , unc is linear and homogeneous in the first minors of{ gd } ( |
| 4 | Here was a film akin to the first pictures from the moon but with a difference . |
| 5 | It is thus a matter for pride that some of the most eminent of the first anthropologists were really ‘ philanthropologists ’ , men of the moral calibre of Thomas F. Buxton ( 1786–1845 ) and Thomas Hodgkin ( 1798–1866 ) . |
| 6 | By the early 1640s she had moved to London and begun a religious quest in pursuit of whose ends she became involved with the first Quakers in 1654 . |
| 7 | The omens for the new state were not encouraging in the first months of its existence . |
| 8 | This was too much even for men still undisturbed by the first stirrings of the women 's movement . |
| 9 | Although the excavators have warned that these dates are only a broad indication of that of the complex and segmented line which is this phase of the Danevirke as a whole , they nevertheless believe that in a period of danger from Germany Harald rebuilt the central section , and was also responsible for the first phases of the flanking lines to east and west . |
| 10 | The second must have got stuck at the first trees — or the driver had n't bothered to navigate the obstacle . |
| 11 | In between , Strachan showed his alertness again , running Nigel Worthington and John Harkes ragged in the first seconds after half-time to set up a simple header for Lee Chapman . |
| 12 | An excess risk of gastric cancer was apparent in the first years after start of cimetidine use . |
| 13 | This double characterisation was made more hilarious at the first performances when the bossy one was danced by Helpmann , and later the taller MacMillan , with wonderfully extended développés , and the shyer one by Ashton with dainty attempts to be correct at all costs . |
| 14 | Although progress in passing European single market laws was painfully slow during the first months of the French presidency , Paris hands over to Dublin this month amid a last-minute rush of important agreements . |
| 15 | That involved the contention that , in substance , the fresh charges were identical to the first charges . |
| 16 | It is identical to the first carriages provided for the W.C.J.S. and may well be one of them . |
| 17 | He had hardly ever seen her naked since the first days of their marriage , and she had n't been anxious to show herself even then . |
| 18 | Building materials were scarce and expensive in the first decades of the nineteenth century , and stucco could cover a multitude of sins , including poor stone or brickwork . |
| 19 | That is not a complete explanation for Athens ' continuing preoccupation with Sicily , which culminated in the great expedition of 415 , but may be relevant to the first contacts . |
| 20 | Lynda said that getting ready for the first visitors was proving quite a challenge . |
| 21 | Birds , seals and other wildlife were found dead in the first days of the disaster , and fishing and salmon farming were banned in a large area . |
| 22 | We are quiet in the first rounds cos we are scared of being giant-killed … but this lack of atmosphere gets to the players who rarely perform in the first rounds of the cups ? ? |
| 23 | Head-injured patients , especially , can be aggressive in the first stages of their recovery . |