Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 30 cases the first biopsy was taken using a fibreoptic endoscope . |
| 2 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 3 | According to Jazz head of sales and marketing Katy Turner , the appointment gives the three stations the first opportunity to sell against Capital , the UK 's largest radio station . |
| 4 | You have you fourteen days the first payment will be twenty pounds a week thereafter . |
| 5 | But each of their small squad of 12 won at least one medal in their final count of 16 golds , 13 silvers and nine bronzes the first time this has happened . |
| 6 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 7 | In less than two hours the first shot would be hit — and the first tales of glory or misery or ‘ if only ’ would be told . |
| 8 | BNP will offer high income multiples of up to four times the first income ( which has to be that of the professional ) plus three times the second . |
| 9 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 10 | Indeed , the first Advertisements Regulation Act of 1907 antedated by two years the first Planning Act . |