Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been doubts about which would break first , Christmas or booksellers ' spirits . |
| 2 | Instead of the elections earlier promised for April 1990 , it provided for a loya jirga or grand assembly of over 2,000 members ( 10 from each of 216 districts in Afghanistan plus 15 from each of the seven groups based in Peshawar , either elected or chosen by local councils ) which would select first a new government and parliament . |
| 3 | Was it to establish a quasi-religious movement , one of such moral earnestness as would in the minds of the Owens among the Owenites exercise a compelling influence for beneficial change , one which would establish first alternative and exemplary societies where amity and reason would prevail , and hence would point inevitably to the creation of a co-operative commonwealth ? |
| 4 | Hewlett-Packard Co is today scheduled to unveil a faster version of its hot HP95LX handheld computer , which will include first fruits of the company 's collaboration with Lotus Development Corp on software for mobile computers . |
| 5 | ‘ The Commission has nothing to say on this subject ; it is something which will have first to be discussed by the member states of the Community in political co-operation , ’ a Commission spokesman said yesterday . |