Example sentences of "[prep] [art] first [det] days after " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Parents , on duty in turn , kept the egg warm and brooded the tiny chick for the first few days after hatching . |
| 2 | My suggestion is that the evolution of subcutaneous fat in neonates and post-natal depression is an example of co-evolution and what has happened is mothers are programmed to be depressed for the first few days after birth because in primal conditions when remember this is where evolution set the parameters of human behaviour , in primal conditions it would probably pay a mother to test her new-born offspring to see if it could survive , because if it was defective or if it was sickly , or if there was some reason why that baby could n't make it to adulthood and its own reproductive life , that mother should not invest in it , because that 's her reproductive success . |
| 3 | The oligosaccharides have been found to be particularly concentrated in colostrum — the thick , creamy pre-milk that is produced by the breasts in late pregnancy and during the first few days after birth before the breastmilk proper comes in . |
| 4 | In almost all investigations of any size , one investigator can be occupied full time taking statements during the first few days after the accident . |
| 5 | Condemnation was at once forthcoming from many politicians , but in the first few days after the murders Mr Kohl turned down invitations to appear on television , preferring to offer his denunciation from the pages of a newspaper . |
| 6 | Imprinting usually takes place in the first few days after birth . |