Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second beauty may be equal or superior to the first ; but still it is not she . |
| 2 | Usually we would be satisfied with the results of one or other of the first two techniques . |
| 3 | Sabrina opened the top file and leafed through the first few invoices . |
| 4 | DEC and IBM will follow along with support for Chinese and Korean in the first quarter . |
| 5 | You know you have to do something but are unclear and afraid of the first step . |
| 6 | Humphrey Lyttelton recounts : ‘ We brought along with us a strong contingent from Camberwell Art School , and John Minton , now recognised as a distinguished painter , was among the most formidable and dangerous of the first school of dancers . ’ |
| 7 | Now by the usual rule for differentiation of determinants , unc is linear and homogeneous in the first minors of{ gd } ( |
| 8 | ‘ Halziel and Lingary , ’ he says , staring at me , and he looks really concerned , worried and harried and tired for the first time ; yes , it 's all change here in Paddington Green . |
| 9 | RIVER WEAVER : Usually a good starter and busy for the first few days . |
| 10 | We say that if food is good and wholesome in the first place , we do n't need irradiation . |
| 11 | The antecedent and consequent of the first sentence do not , in this context , function to express disapproval either of polygamists or of Solomon . |
| 12 | He advocated the combined system and regretted that , at the very moment when state aid was going to be available for the education of the deaf and dumb for the first time , oral teaching was recommended by the Report of the Royal Commission . |
| 13 | Middlesbrough were edgy and frustrating in the first half against a Bristol side without promotion or relegation pressure . |
| 14 | For Pound 's animus against Virgil was deep-seated and virulent from the first , and it persisted . |
| 15 | Building materials were scarce and expensive in the first decades of the nineteenth century , and stucco could cover a multitude of sins , including poor stone or brickwork . |
| 16 | Previous attempts to do this had always foundered on the fact that the fun usually resulted pretty soon in procreation but at this very time field trials of the contraceptive pill were taking place which would soon make the division practical and permanent for the first time in history . |
| 17 | There is something small and pitiable and mean-spirited about the first ; but the second is a universal spirit whose love is noble and all-enveloping . |