Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb -s] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if he or she survives the first half hour , there is a good chance of complete recovery . |
| 2 | Someone who can not predict what will happen after he or she takes the first drink . |
| 3 | ‘ And there goes the first , firing into her flank . |
| 4 | It 's an introduction cos this is given to a member of staff and he says the first the question is can develop and train all staff . |
| 5 | His reading of the First Symphony is second to none and he includes the first movement exposition repeat . |
| 6 | Jackson 's next work , An Essay on Bread ( 1758 ) , defended bakers and millers against malpractice charges levelled by Peter Markham [ q.v. ] and Joseph Manning , and it represents the first reliable book on the chemical detection of food adulteration . |
| 7 | It offers further confirmation for GR outside the solar system and it provides the first evidence , albeit indirect , for gravitational radiation . |
| 8 | Handwriting recognition software is still lousy , and it seems the first pen systems will just have pre-programmed forms loaded . |