Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] first [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Il Moro led for the first two legs , New Zealand showed her fearsome ability to climb to windward when she squeezed up from underneath Il Moro to take the lead at the third mark . |
| 2 | The change in gastric acid secretion , between basal acid secretion and stimulated acid secretion , that occurred during the first 30 minutes after sham feeding was compared with the change in urine acid output ( DUAO ) over the same period . |
| 3 | The real evidence of successful integration occurred after the first two weeks . |
| 4 | Episodes of intestinal obstruction usually occurred in the first year of operation but in seven patients admission to hospital with obstruction occurred after the first 12 months . |
| 5 | ( The Pentateuch or the Torah is the Law of Moses found in the first five books of the Old Testament . ) |
| 6 | Most of the deaths ( 29/42 ) occurred within the first six weeks of the index bleed . |
| 7 | For example , in 1979 nearly half of all divorces occurred within the first 10 years . |
| 8 | Figure 5 shows their distribution with time ; 49% occurred in the first four seconds after the onset of the common cavity episode and 34% were scattered over the 5th to the 27th second after the onset of the common cavity . |
| 9 | Most cases ( 63% ) of chronic diarrhoea occurred in the first two years of life . |
| 10 | Our four hypertension related male deaths all occurred in the first 12 years of the 21 years of follow up , suggesting their treatment was probably begun too late . |
| 11 | Most cases occurred in the first 48 hours of detention ( until July 1988 Austrian law allowed detainees to be held incommunicado for 48 hours ) . |
| 12 | Clinical deterioration occurred in the first three months of treatment in seven cases . |
| 13 | Mungo concentrated on the first two rows . |
| 14 | If Brian Lara 's timing and placement helped to give the West Indies ' innings its early momentum — 81 came off the first 20 overs — Simmons used his massive strength to devastating effect as 102 were plundered off the next 15 overs . |
| 15 | The NORTH U21s , managed by Dave Parker , enjoyed their biennial pre-season tour to Marvejols in Central France where they were hosted for their week long visit by French families as the result of town twinning with Cockermouth , and the fantastic hospitality and often adventurous leisure activities were enjoyed not only by the players but also by referee Fred Howard , who officiated in the first two matches . |
| 16 | Andrew Gallagher on the right wing , beat two tackles and scored in the first five minutes of the game , following a neat Jeremy Hastings pick-up . |
| 17 | Although the overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear , Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hammadi suggested during his visit to Tehran in mid-February [ see above ] that more than 20,000 of his compatriots had been killed and 60,000 wounded in the first 26 days of the war . |
| 18 | Billie Jean King played in the first five Federation Cup finals . |
| 19 | Two of the reasons for this reputation came at the first two majors of the 1986 season — the US Masters and US Open . |
| 20 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 21 | The first group consisted of the first 15 consecurive patients and 11 consecutive volunteers who were asked not to swallow any saliva ( they were asked to spit it out ) . |
| 22 | The self pride he showed in the first two books is shown to be the very cause of his gradual destruction and inner hell . |
| 23 | As it happened , of the 5381 children who arrived in the first six months of 1939 , only 113 re-emigrated , and most of those went to join their parents who had escaped Germany by other routes . |
| 24 | The album is preceded by the single ‘ Rain ’ , with a demonic American preacher , a Gambian thunderstorm and the bells of Oxford 's Merton college all segued in the first 20 seconds . |
| 25 | There were five barges moored abreast here , and we climbed over the first four , greeting the startled crews as we went . |
| 26 | The third struck above the waterline setting fire to the aircraft fuelling system ruptured by the first two hits . |
| 27 | The protest in Washington DC , on Jan. 26 , involved some 100,000 people according to official estimates , a turnout larger than any achieved during the first two years of the Vietnam conflict . |
| 28 | After 12 months , the recurrence rate was significantly ( p<0.001 ) lower than that observed during the first six months . |
| 29 | When John Lehmann published the second issue of Orpheus , an annual symposium of the arts which folded after the first two volumes , he employed Minton to design its dustjacket and small tail-pieces . |
| 30 | Those who rebled within the first five days were then treated by further sclerotherapy and were randomised if and when they were free of bleeding for this period of time . |