Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver production had been lower than average in the first seven months of 1989 . |
| 2 | This improvement was substantial : from slightly worse than myopic on the first attempt , the average improved to getting on for 40% of the difference between the optimal and the myopic on the second . |
| 3 | The main concern over the century was to shift as much as possible from the first to the second form . |
| 4 | We 'll need as much exposure as possible in the first couple of years , but it worries me that there 's no independent ‘ father figure ’ capable of speaking for the whole game and making sure it does n't ‘ do a snooker ’ . ‘ |
| 5 | hesitation , a great deal of divided effort as near as life as possible in the first instance . |
| 6 | If you have only one funnel , test the other soils as soon as possible after the first is finished . |
| 7 | Yeah the minutes of the meeting of the nineteenth of February nineteen ninety two , that 's an awful long time ago erm , and it is proposed to bring into force byelaws for district and parish council-owned land upon or as soon as possible after the first of April nineteen ninety two . |
| 8 | She had thought of him as Roman since the first moment she had known his name . |
| 9 | The novelty of the decision lies in the characterisation of the husband as principal in the first degree acting through the innocent agency of the third party . |
| 10 | The company convinced the academics that ‘ equivalent professional experience ’ should be viewed as equal to a first degree . |