Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the first two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those ‘ events ’ of primitive evolution which did not qualify as ‘ good ’ should not be termed ‘ bad ’ , but simply ‘ not good ’ , because ‘ bad ’ implies the existence of ‘ evil ’ , and this did not exist during the first two of the three periods into which this book assumes universal existence to be divided . |
| 2 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 3 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 4 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 5 | They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days . |
| 6 | Do you see in the first two movements of the Fifth and in the whole of the Sixth a certain prophetic note , or do you see them in purely musical terms ? |
| 7 | ( Lewis , 1973 , p. 33 ; Stalnaker , 1975 , p. 173 ) It is said that this proves the failure of transitivity — the three statements are Unexceptionable and the third does not follow from the first two . |
| 8 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |