Example sentences of "[be] usually [vb pp] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there 's a constant risk of chest infection , antibiotics are usually given at the first sign of a temperature . |
| 2 | The chapter/section idea(s) : these will be much more concrete , are usually expressed in the first and/or last paragraphs and should be seen as a part of the wider themes/theses of the book . |
| 3 | The first certain quotation of the Bible in a Greek philosopher is to be found in the treatise On the Sublime attributed to Longinus which is usually dated in the first century A.D … ( 9.8 ) . |
| 4 | It contrasts so vividly with the centesimal system where the remedy may well be given as a single dose and even when several doses are taken is usually stopped at the first sign of improvement . |
| 5 | If we add a syllable , the ‘ fall ’ part of the fall-rise is usually carried by the first syllable and the ‘ rise ’ part by the second . |
| 6 | The general education element is usually concentrated in the first two years ( 'lower division' ) of the four-year course , and takes the form either of distribution requirements which ensure that students cover a certain range of subjects , or else a common course organized around certain themes or topics , such as the ‘ Great Books ’ course or Boyer 's ( 1987 ) suggested ‘ integrated core ’ ( language , art , heritage , institutions , nature , work , identity ) . |