Example sentences of "with [noun pl] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the ladies are frankly terrified , even those with bedrooms on the first floor . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't agree with play-offs in the first place . |
| 3 | He blamed the fall of the city on the impiety and general degeneracy of the people , who had been so foolish as to ally themselves with Christians in the first place . |
| 4 | Full details of the results for the three months to 31st March 1993 with comparisons for the first quarter of 1992 are included in the Statistical Information attached to this press release . |
| 5 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 6 | I would quibble with details in the first movement , but the savage second movement is unsurpassed in its combined ferocity and thrust , the third moves from creeping malevolence to a spinetingling summoning-up of ghosts , and the finale rushes lemming-like to its conclusion , making a nonsense of the average insert-note description . |
| 7 | De Lorenzi started her round with birdies at the first two holes then dropped a shot at the short third hole to stand at eight under . |
| 8 | As well as printing bibles , it was noted for its support of culture and scholarship north of the border , with publications including the first Gaelic translation of the New Testament , MacPherson 's Ossian , and Jamieson 's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language . |
| 9 | The street was packed with members of the First Spiritualist Church . |
| 10 | The national curriculum began to be taught in the autumn of 1989 , with pupils in the first year of Key Stage 1 introduced to the programmes of study and attainment targets of the three core subjects of mathematics , English and science . |
| 11 | The manager , whatever style of approach is adopted by outsiders who seek a collegial response , does not have an immediacy of contact with colleagues at the first , important stage when , after the preliminary reading of basic documents , thoughts are being formed about interpretation and response . |