Example sentences of "only the first of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , only the first of the seven features Doniol-Valcroze made was shown publicly in this country . |
| 2 | The initial change in Singer from shuddering zombie to desperate fighter for life is only the first of several metamorphoses — all caught with bravura vividness in Antony Sher 's phenomenally versatile performance . |
| 3 | In vitro fertilisation is only the first of a long line of reproductive technologies which may be developed in the future . |
| 4 | She had made four previous films : Shenandoah ( 1965 ) , The Singing Nun ( 1966 ) , Mr Buddwing ( 1966 ) and Games ( 1967 ) , but only the first of these had any merit . |
| 5 | I shall consider only the first of these here , since theory has no independent insular life , and in an order only partly chronological . |
| 6 | It was only the first of many devices that articulated party opinion against governments that the party theoretically supported . |
| 7 | If it is partitioned in the form unc where Y is of order ( n × p ) and unc square , of order p , ( 2 ) gives unc and only the first of these equations concerns us . |
| 8 | That 's right , if you 're organizing something like that and thinking about it from now , this is only the first of September , but |
| 9 | Quine offers as examples of single-word sentences ‘ Red ’ , ‘ Rabbit ’ and ‘ The tide is out ’ , though he says that taken with maximum strictness only the first of these would qualify ( Quine , 1960 , p. 44 ) . |
| 10 | There are a surprising number of villages between Arreau and Saint-Lary , but curiously , only the first of them , Cadéac , is on the river , all the others , on either side , standing somewhat back from it , towards the high ground , on terraces deposited there by the glacier . |
| 11 | I would like to add that it is only the first of many Platinum Hotels I intend to open throughout the world . ’ |
| 12 | Their Lordships agree that the mere existence or recital of a prior request is not sufficient in itself to convert what is prima facie past consideration into sufficient consideration in law to support a promise , as they have indicated , it is only the first of three necessary preconditions . |
| 13 | The seven tax fraud charges were only the first of many corruption charges expected to be filed against Marcos and her children . |
| 14 | This was to be only the first of many special vessels to be built in the Leith area . |
| 15 | The Eastern District Leagues are nearly completed but only the first of the six divisions has been decided . |