Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [conj] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | An income tax plus an allowance OA implies that the first OA pounds of pre-tax income are still retained after-tax . |
| 2 | Labov notes that the first type of approach appears to work best in working-class neighbourhoods while the second is more successful in middle-class neighbourhoods . |
| 3 | Mr. Beloff submits that the first question we have to answer is : is there any known rule of natural justice that a person who is not the subject of an administrative decision should nevertheless have the right to make representations before the decision is made ? |
| 4 | Robert Olivier suggests that the first tame elephants may have been orphaned calves reared as pets . |
| 5 | In his 1980 study , Porter argues that the first thing for a firm to understand is the structure of the industry or market in which it operates . |