Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the first year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Propagation is done by dividing the sprouting rhizomes , which it develops after the first year , or by seed . |
| 2 | As the mature version of deep slow wave sleep develops in the first year of life , and daytime sleeping is displaced by wakefulness , the number of hours spent in active ( REM ) sleep is eroded until by the age of three years it has dropped from twelve hours to three or four . |
| 3 | Remove flower stems in the first year for a stronger bushier plant . |
| 4 | There were an awful lot of teething troubles in the first year or so , but it is working very well . |
| 5 | The frequency of intercourse approximately halves in the first year of marriage but takes about 20 years to halve again . |