Example sentences of "than the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were lucky to last more than the first fairway together . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel there is a need for experience in all positions and I 'm not blaming James for anything other than the first goal against Chesterfield . |
| 3 | Then he reached the first green of the tournament proper — rather than the first green of the practice rounds . |
| 4 | For species actually to act with a sense of past and future history would be a far more radical departure than the first land creature crawling out of the sea . |
| 5 | The newcomers , mostly fishermen or peasant farmers who came as boat people , have been less successful than the first wave . |
| 6 | It was as if there was a wave of water and the wave turned a wheel and the wheel turned a cog and the cog turned a piston and the piston punched out a wave , bigger and more overwhelming than the first wave , turning a bigger wheel , a bigger cog , a bigger piston and then finally a wave that seemed enough to swallow everything in its path . |
| 7 | We are more used to talking about facts as causes than the first criticism allows . |
| 8 | The feature in question is that the second half of a parallelistic couplet ( line B ) is often more precise or specific than the first half ( line A ) . |
| 9 | Strega turned the second lap at 475mph , six miles per hour faster than the first lap and six miles per hours slower than Rare Bear 's 1991 winning speed . |
| 10 | Delighted bosses at Liberty , which opened 19 of its 21 stores , estimated they had taken 10 per cent more than the first day of last year 's winter sales . |
| 11 | but there 's nothing smaller than the first size |
| 12 | To which the best answer is : a lot better than the first person in any queue organised by Mr Kaufman . |
| 13 | Such conventions are common in English education where students are taught to use impersonal and passive forms rather than the first person . |
| 14 | Since this row does n't hold the comb , it is less stretched , so therefore firmer , than the first row of a welt knitting in the basic , or conventional way . |
| 15 | Obviously , it is easier for them to develop in the Second Division rather than the First Division . ’ |
| 16 | Active and vital service seemed more important than the first pip . |
| 17 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 18 | So the second pulse then , is mu it evokes a much weaker current than the first pulse did . |
| 19 | It was , he contended , the first manifestation of the child 's sexuality ; its roots lay a good deal earlier than the first birthday and the very experience of the " oral " relationship of early feeding provided the basis of relationships — for many people long after infancy . |
| 20 | Choosing this road is likely to cost more than the first option , but you will at least ensure that your doors are the best that money can buy . |
| 21 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 22 | Again the same result — plenty of eggs but only eight young fish , two more than the first brood . |
| 23 | It will be at least three times larger than the first show , held last year , and will represent every area of self build , from finance to land plots , as well as house design ‘ packages ’ and most related building and interior products . |
| 24 | Was I making a monster more evil than the first creature ? |
| 25 | Otherwise under section 46(2) the accused should be brought before a magistrate as soon as is practicable and in any event , not later than the first sitting after he has been charged . |
| 26 | ‘ We spent a lot of time recording it and it is a lot better than the first album . |
| 27 | For example , the first syllable of ‘ poetic ’ is more prominent than the first syllable of ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 28 | The more normal condition is that it will only be available to those shareholders of the target who have accepted both the share offer and the cash alternative not later than the first closing date . |
| 29 | This is far less crude than the first example and propels the argument forward by its incorporation . |
| 30 | Recollettas our Spanish investment paid off handsomely , profits more than doubled and Marker is er , the seven day a week sports paper , is now the er second biggest paper in Spain and has a higher readership than the first paper . |