Example sentences of "only the first [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Volatility is only the first stage in measuring risk . |
| 2 | Getting the enquiries procedure right is only the first stage in setting up a good media relation programme . |
| 3 | Assigning children to levels within attainment targets is only the first stage in the ranking of children and schools which the government sought to establish . |
| 4 | The basis of this approach is the belief that the response which a subject makes is not an immediate outcome of sensory stimulation but results from a number of processes which occur over time , stimulation of the sensory receptors being only the first stage in a series of events . |
| 5 | The discovery of general laws of structure is only the first step in an interpretive process . |
| 6 | Apple chairman John Sculley told analysts at a briefing last month that the servers will be only the first step in a new push to support corporate users . |
| 7 | It is often forgotten that the service of a notice determining the tenant 's tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s25 , is only the first step in the process of recovering possession . |
| 8 | He said the changes were only the first step in a longer plan for the building , a former cinema . |