Example sentences of "[prep] this [noun sg] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through this device the first German republic sought to preserve the role of the so-called ‘ free ’ welfare associations , foremost the established churches , which had become the key providers of welfare services ( Sachsse , 1988 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I fell in love with this place the first time I saw it . |
| 3 | In this case the first layer Ni atom is well imaged , but not the second layer Ni atom . |
| 4 | In this field the first ‘ acetate ’ made by The Beatles was recently bought back by Paul McCartney , reportedly for £10,000 . |
| 5 | But in this year the first year of the project , because it will be towards the end of the year anyway it has no revenue , net revenue effect . |
| 6 | In this context the first reactions of Europeans to the reality of the native inhabitants of the Americas is of particular interest , for here , in a very explicit sense , experience and fantasy were brought face to face . |
| 7 | In this situation the first entry relating to the sales is clear as we reduce the sales by £600 and reduce the bank account by £600 in respect of the refund . |
| 8 | In this respect the first Merovingian code was at least perceived by men of the seventh century as being different from its Visigothic and Burgundian counterparts . |
| 9 | I certainly do n't , because erm , according to this policy the first thing the Russian people have got to put up with is a high level of unemployment . |
| 10 | At this level the first of the two chords is often chord V of a minor key , rather than chord I. The dénouement of Tancrè de contains three examples , each of which accompanies an allusion to Clorinda 's fate . |
| 11 | At this point the first contingent of Bachad children was sent off to their own training centre , Gwrych Castle , in Wales . |
| 12 | At this point the first disturbance broke out in one of the galleries , with groups of men and women starting to chant " Fascism means murder : Down with Mosley " . |
| 13 | Also at this time the first boreholes to be commissioned by the Survey in Scotland were drilled . |
| 14 | By this time the first Pan American Mystère 20 had been delivered to the PAC facility at Burbank for outfitting . |