Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the time the first pioneers arrived to the present day , the white man has felt compelled to tame the desert , to reduce its primeval vastness to human dimensions . |
| 2 | During the raid the first of the twelve Boeing B–17s from the mainland arrived . |
| 3 | In kinship relations such as the avunculate the first order elements are the family relationship terms of father , uncle , mother , son , nephew . |
| 4 | Immediately after this big moment the earth is convulsed with horror we have Eve 's first speech , presumably after the fall the first speech in a state of sin , and this is it ‘ Oh sovereign virtuous , precious of all trees in Paradise , of operation blest to sapinense hitherto obscured in famed and thy fair fruit let hang as to not end created , but henceforth my early care not without song each morning and dew/due pray shall tend thee and the fertile burden ease of thy full branches offered free to all . |
| 5 | When she came round after the anaesthetic the first thing she says to the nurse is , Well , was I or was n't I ? |
| 6 | Shortly after the war the first commercial computers were developed . |
| 7 | As I grew up in Kensal Green — which is just up the road from Ladbroke Grove — it became one of the areas the first wave of black immigrants came to . |
| 8 | On the end of the sandbars the first two hours of the flood are best . |
| 9 | Each life decision is to some extent irrevocable , since even if one goes back to the fork in the road and takes the other turning , he can not eradicate the effects of the experience the first choice has brought him . |
| 10 | Two misunderstandings at least were caused by the initial use of ‘ passive resistance ’ to describe the principle f non-violent action , and both arose from the way in which the phrase was associated with the actions of the suffragettes. the first misunderstanding was that non-violent action was regarded as a weapon of the weak . |
| 11 | With the fall of the village the first phase of the battle ended , and an even grimmer one began . |
| 12 | Our advertising budget two and a half percent of the market the first year . |
| 13 | A half-mile south of the bridge the first French staff officers were rifling the mail in Charleroi 's post office in search of letters which might have been posted by Allied officers and thus provide clues of British or Prussian plans . |
| 14 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 15 | ( ‘ Clearwater ’ ) ; at the time of the acquisition the first two respondents were directors of the petitioner . |
| 16 | In each of the appeals the first question is whether a procedural irregularity has occurred . |
| 17 | On the start of the game the first child from each team pops their balloon by jumping on it . |
| 18 | Each year of the cycle the first tithe was paid to the Levites ( with the exception of the Sabbath ) and on the third and sixth year of the cycle the second tithe was a poor tithe . |
| 19 | I actually had to curtail part of the business the first time . |
| 20 | Despite the dangers the first crew want to return … this time to help the child victims of the conflict . |
| 21 | Throughout the book the first two levels of analysis are discussed in close relation to the study of theme and characterisation in fiction . |
| 22 | This is reflected in the syllabus for the Institute examinations which are held at centres throughout the U.K. The first and most essential requirement of any student for any professional examination is that he or she must be able to communicate in the language ( in which he or she will be examined . ) |
| 23 | As can be seen , the bond equivalent yield is always less than the simple equivalent yield because with the bond the first coupon payment can be reinvested , whereas this possibility is not available for a discount security , which therefore has to have a higher yield to compensate . |
| 24 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 25 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 26 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |
| 27 | ‘ from the day the first palaeolithic warrior smashed a rock into a small animal , violence has been used to produce wealth ’ . |
| 28 | From then there would be seven hours of golf , from the moment the first pro drove off till the final putt dropped on the 18th green . |
| 29 | This is equal to Integrating by parts gives In the brackets the first term is zero because — " vanishes at the surface . |
| 30 | Later in the afternoon the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky . |