Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's funny , ’ says Brian , ‘ they 're both so like my own kids that we often say the stork must have dropped them in the wrong homes the first time around . |
| 2 | Glenmuir , which has become synonymous with top quality golfwear , is offering exclusive to Golf Monthly readers the first prize of tickets for two to this unique spectacle , held this year from the 25th to the 29th of September . |
| 3 | In the case of skilled jobs , the initial approach was made by telephone , and for white-collar jobs the first approach was by letter . |
| 4 | It might be argued that the test procedure is thus shown to be at fault , since in all the above cases the first element can be shown to have a clear semantic function relative to the second element : in fact , it signals a sub-variety of the general category denoted by the second element . |
| 5 | I saw it twice , the second time to see what I 'd missed through racked sobs the first time . |
| 6 | For steady mean conditions the first term of eqn ( 19.20 ) is zero , but it indicates the physical significance of the equation ; in view of the summation convention and so each term in the equation represents some process tending to increase or decrease the kinetic energy of the turbulence . |
| 7 | In other cases the first question will be to decide whether a contract was actually formed over the telephone . |
| 8 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 9 | ( The computer does n't always reveal the whereabouts of traps , secret doors and invisible creatures the first time of asking , unless Samson has high intelligence or is experienced . ) |
| 10 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |