Example sentences of "which [vb -s] the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 New elements include Visual WorkBench , and AppWizard , which automates the first steps of using an application framework , which Microsoft says makes it easier to get started developing an application .
2 Whilst thinking furiously about the play of the rest of the hand , you try the queen of hearts from dummy , which wins the first trick .
3 The pattern of pitch which accompanies the first clause or group of words will be recognised by an English listener as in some way complete and it will hold it together as a separate unit and separate it from the following clause , which will also be held together by intonation .
4 Few mystical treatises get off to a more intriguing start than The Fire of Love , which describes the first time Rolle became aware of a heat in his breast which , he insists , was not imaginary or metaphorical but which could be felt as a finger felt the heat of the flames in which it had been thrust .
5 The second part is a quantitative study which complements the first part .
6 Similarly a chorus of cavaliers , referring to ‘ corni e tamburi , e trombe ’ , has instrumental parts which could be for actual trumpets and drums but are more probably for strings imitating them , since in Act II when Chiron is supposed to play his lyre the music consists of a sinfonia di viole , and the passata dell'armata which ends the First Act of Didone ( 1641 ) and another chiamata alla caccia in the Third are equally ambiguous .
7 The tunes were in a slow waltz time but played with that characteristic thump which accentuates the first beat of the bar so strongly as to obliterate everything else , reducing any melodic line to a tribal dance .
8 This suggests an element of indecision in United States policy which provides the first point of investigation for this project .
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