Example sentences of "the first group [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first group contained seven pennies and three halfpennies . |
| 2 | By the end of 12 months the first group recorded 20 per cent lower medical claims than the other two , and the savings amounted to six times the cost of the health promotion package they had received . |
| 3 | Further distinctions not shown in the table could also be drawn : the first group has short string scales , ranging from 10¼ ’ to 12½ ’ ; ; they have pine keys with rear rack guiding ; they have shallower cases with thinner scantlings and show a method of construction without dovetails in which the case parts can be assembled around the bottom boards . |
| 4 | The first group remained unmoved , the second group were more aggressive and the third group even more so , proving the influence of aggressive acts on young children . |
| 5 | As the first group approached sixteen years Salah tried to get the authorities to open a branch of the primary-school teacher-training college in Huaiwiri so that the girls could continue their education without leaving home . |
| 6 | The first group includes those countries , like India , that had not borrowed heavily in relation to their size . |