Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] occur [prep] [art] first " in BNC.

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1 Yet one study showed that about one in five of all premarital pregnancies occur in the first month of a sexual relationship , and half within the first six months .
2 One of Barley 's more crashing mistakes occurs on a first and valuable meeting with the rainmaker .
3 In addition , there was a strong tendency for the remaining pauses to occur in the first half of a clause rather than the second half .
4 The majority of these deaths occur in the first hour and it is important to realise that if early ventricular fibrillation is survived the ultimate outcome is unaffected .
5 For example , in 1979 nearly half of all divorces occurred within the first 10 years .
6 Approximately half of all reinfarcts occur within the first month and the rest tail out to one year .
7 Unfortunately heavy losses occurred during the First World War with all four being sunk .
8 Most cases occurred in the first 48 hours of detention ( until July 1988 Austrian law allowed detainees to be held incommunicado for 48 hours ) .
9 Most complications occurred with the first few procedures when the technique was being developed .
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