Example sentences of "than [det] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence for the second point of view is limited , but certainly stronger than that for the first . |
| 2 | In some words , we can observe a type of stress that is weaker than primary stress but stronger than that of the first syllable of ‘ around ’ , for example in the first syllables of the words ‘ photographic ’ , ‘ anthropology ’ . |
| 3 | I think we 'd be er prepared to accept this at , what 's asked for is a feasibility study , no more than that in the first instance and I think we 'd be prepared to accept . |
| 4 | Société Générale , one of the country 's biggest banks , had to raise provisions against dud loans by more than half in the first six months of 1990 . |
| 5 | They were often shorter and plumper than those of the first category , excelling in pirouettes , élévation and batterie , because of their natural gift of ballon . |