Example sentences of "to [det] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a drop of about six feet to the top of the window beneath , and an equal drop to that on the first floor . |
| 2 | If the latter 's optical axis is parallel to that of the first crystal than the beam is totally transmitted , if it is perpendicular to the first optical axis none of the beam gets through . |
| 3 | Women with their womb-smelling warmth , their talcum powder and milky breasts had seen to that in the first four weeks of life . |
| 4 | A pair of bottles of wine will be awarded to each of the first 2,500 entrants whose names are drawn on 5.11.90 . |
| 5 | Terence believes that every hairdresser should have two pairs of scissors , if they are truly professional , and is offering a free pair to each of the first five orders received from Hairflair readers . |
| 6 | One of Mr Thomas 's conditions , supported by Mrs Noble , was that Edward and Helen should not correspond when he left for Oxford , and they agreed to this for the first term . |
| 7 | For clearly , if ever he trusted to this in the first place , he had come without any weapon . ’ |
| 8 | Fran walked with him to the door , wishing that she had never agreed to this in the first place . |
| 9 | We see how this work , together with continuity assumptions , allows us to prove non-trivial laws additional to those of the first section . |
| 10 | Prescribed ATs and PS for maths , science and English applied to those in the first year of key stage 1 , and ( with the exception of English ) in the first year of key stage 3 . |
| 11 | The basic information collected and the procedures used to collect it were similar to those in the first survey ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 12 | A measure of the relief from intractable heartburn and regurgitation was the patients ' expressed willingness to repeat the operation given circumstances similar to those before the first fundoplication . |