Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] first [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the sons and daughters of the farming family was imposed the strict necessity of abstaining from sexual activity other than for the first born , so as not to impair the integrity of land succession . |
| 2 | I remember these houses well , because in the first lived two school-friends , Ron and Reg Bruton . |
| 3 | We walked no further on the trackbed itself , because on the first walk the owner of the land here had gently but firmly expressed the view that his fences might suffer if climbed over . |
| 4 | It is necessary before undertaking an analysis of whether a restraint in a particular case is reasonable to decide whether in the first place the doctrine has any part to play . |
| 5 | The voting procedure for the second ballot will be the same as for the first save that paragraph 14 shall not apply . |
| 6 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |