Example sentences of "and [prep] first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Yang Shangkun was removed from the politburo and as first vice-chair of the Central Military Commission ( CMC ) . |
| 2 | These District Land Registries accept responsibility for the registration of dealings and for first registrations of land within their allotted geographical areas . |
| 3 | Infancy and early childhood are the time of basic sexual development ; pre-puberty — despite the " latency " concept — is the phase of accommodation to social thinking and relationships , and of first establishment of gender identity ; adolescence itself is marked by an upsurge of sexual feeling , establishment of sexual identity and — perhaps to an increasing extent — first true sexual experience . |
| 4 | These are dusk to around 1.30 a.m. , and from first glimmer of light to an hour or so after sun-up . |
| 5 | In many developed countries , the weakening of traditions , particularly the transition of the family , the extension of female education and gainful employment , and the so called " sexual revolution " , have had as concomitants a rise in adolescent fertility , on the one hand , and in first births at advanced maternal age , on the other . |
| 6 | There was no sign of a forced entry and at first detectives on the tax-haven island were baffled . |