Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not sure if Sir Henry Wood conducted it , for at that time he seemed to conduct only the first item of a concert , and then ceded the podium to Basil Cameron . |
| 2 | Once again , constraints on space make it necessary to address only the first stage of development , which occurs between the ages of 0 and about 18 months . |
| 3 | But you never managed to stay there the first day . |
| 4 | If the decision is made to stop then the first step is to advise your customer 's buyer of the situation promptly . |
| 5 | Having taken the field with his directors to become surely the first board to be cheered to the rafters , he was presented with a cheque . |