Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amendment came in response to criticisms by six of the seven recently created opposition parties that the first version was weighted in favour of the Social Democratic Republican Party ( PRDS ) , formed under the sponsorship of President Moaouia Ould Sidi Taya ) . |
| 2 | In other words once the first element has been selected every subsequent choice is determined by the element immediately preceding it . |
| 3 | The common clinical experience of diagnosing two ( or occasionally more ) affected boys simultaneously in a single family has to be weighed against the availability of prenatal diagnosis in future pregnancies once the first case has been identified . |
| 4 | Jerusalem had been in Arab hands since the seventh century and the Holy Sepulchre was empty , but such was the emotional fervour stirred up by Urban 's preachers that the First Crusade was launched and a new kind of ‘ holy war ’ was under way . |
| 5 | This is illustrated in Fig. 6 , showing typical mapping from the start of the four bit plane base addresses and the first line of pixels on the screen . |
| 6 | We 're all pulling for each other because we 've all grown up together — from the youth team to the reserves and the first team . |
| 7 | It contains a methylation-free island , spanning the 5' flanking sequences and the first exon and a number of neuronal-specific DNase I hypersensitive sites have been identified in the upstream region as well as within the body of the gene . |
| 8 | Amongst the named were the ex-Minister for Women 's Affairs , a provincial political activist , some prominent labour leaders , leading members of the media , policewomen and the first firewoman in the province . |
| 9 | It is nearly a year since the meeting which led to the setting-up of the Network and six months since the first registration forms went out . |
| 10 | Historically local government in England and Wales is a fascinating subject and from its study it will be found that local government whilst not quite as we know it today , existed for centuries before the first parliament was ever convened . |
| 11 | They had been living at Riverstown for two months before the first invitation came . |
| 12 | they 're usually made between six and eight months before the first person would move in |
| 13 | not generally towards the end of the sale period because you would be looking at er the brochure or the costs been put together eight months before the first flat was sold , erm a new brochure following a new estimate probably would have been prepared after about twenty months , that is to say er that would have been prepared before the last people entered the er flats |
| 14 | If one adds that delay to the average of about three months before the first visit is made , one is talking about a possible delay of one year and three months before the application starts to receive the attention that is required before it can proceed . |
| 15 | If you do n't have at least two acres for the first horse and at least one per subsequent animal sharing the land , you have n't got enough for satisfactory winter keep and should be looking for an alternative . |
| 16 | It was remarkable in the circumstances that the First Symphony sounds as though it was written all at once in a burst of sustained inspiration . |
| 17 | There were many wound infections and the first floor of the hospital stank of suppuration . |
| 18 | It was a turning point in their lives and the first contact they had ever had with such youngsters . |
| 19 | Over the decades since the First World War , with the introduction of new forms of energy , the development of labour saving devices and changes in food and menus , there have been radical changes in kitchen design . |
| 20 | An insider said : ‘ Remember , in an ideal world special forces have to be behind the lines before the first shot is fired . |
| 21 | Jewellery markets for platinum also displayed great resilience and , once again led by the Japanese , offtake of platinum reached 1.5 million ounces for the first time . |
| 22 | And that euphoria lasted quite 4 minutes until the first siren wailed and a bile settled in my gut that lasted until my Commander-in-Chief sent me a signal : " Personal for Station Commander from C-in-C — Hostilities cease at midnight tonight . |
| 23 | It 's got three bytery pixels and the first thing you notice is the pixels are binary . |
| 24 | The object language is already taken to contain attitude operators and the first person pronoun . |
| 25 | Klemperer was actually present at the rehearsals and the first performance of the Mahler in Prague in 1908 , and thus his interpretation can lay claim to some element of authenticity . |
| 26 | It is being built to a ‘ fast track ’ programme with just 18 months between the first excavations and the first shop openings . |
| 27 | If you put out a dish of syrup during the summer , it might be days until the first bee found it . |
| 28 | She had enjoyed the classes but the first thing they had taught her was how much she did not know , denting her confidence somewhat , and she was still terrified of the daunting Mrs Frampton-Cox . |
| 29 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |
| 30 | The simplest reason for the disappointing subscription is that the novelty of a kitchen maid poet had dissipated in the four years since the first subscription , especially among the gentry around Brackley who might now observe Philip Leapor enjoying the fruits of the first volume . |