Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first or " in BNC.

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1 In Kirkcaldy only two thirds of patients received a diabetes review by their general practitioner in the first or second year of a two year study and only 50% had annual blood glucose assessments .
2 Repeat elections were needed where neither a sole candidate nor either of two candidates had secured 50 per cent of the vote in the first or second round .
3 The regression session will often take place during the first or second consultation , and no homework as such will follow this .
4 We 've got a good football team in the first or premier division next season .
5 America is likely to have a current-account surplus in the first or second quarter of this year , thanks to the $40 billion-50 billion promised by foreign governments to help pay for the cost of the Gulf war .
6 ( vii ) In every case it is made clear to the prisoner from the information supplied to him that he may not be recommended for release at the end of his tariff period at the first or any subsequent review .
7 Added to all this , to keep cannon , mangonels , battering-rams and other siege-engines at a safe distance from the first or gatehouse tower , an artificial trench had been excavated across the approach headland .
8 Additionally , widowed mothers receive an extra payment of£9.75 a week for the first or only child ; and £10.85 a week for each other dependent child .
9 At the end of the first or second year of the course students may be considered for transfer to the BSc Hons/Ord Computing at Coleraine , on the basis of academic performance ( see page 162 ) .
10 A yearly tenancy is determinable by the landlord or the tenant at the end of the first or any subsequent year of the tenancy by six months ' notice unless the agreement between the parties provides otherwise .
11 Transfer between different degree curricula is often possible at the end of the first or second year , as the student 's interests and skills develop .
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