Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pron] first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How much of your clobber will you need for your first two days ? ’ |
| 2 | She was miserable now but inevitably she 'd recover from her first heavy affair . |
| 3 | And now , in less than five hours , Prince Yuan would arrive for his first annual inspection . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a fact that in the first 12 months one in three firms will close and in the longer term 900pc of new companies will shut in their first five years . ’ |
| 5 | Since bleomycin degrades DNA in a catalytic fashion , and all our cleavage experiments are performed at very low antibiotic concentrations ( nanomolar ) , it must dissociate from its first binding site before a second cleavage event can occur . |
| 6 | Kevin Dutton was unsure of the reaction he would get to his first unconventional portrait of a British comedian , he certainly did n't expect to find others demanding the same treatment . |
| 7 | We will start in our first parliamentary session with a Freedom of Information Act which will open up government to the people . |