Example sentences of "hand [adv prt] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | His assertion that the problem remains and is handed down from the first generation of Homo sapiens to the present one in the institutions of religion and art seems to be , prima facie , very plausible . |
2 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
3 | A far cry from the £2 tray meal handed out on the first of the Scenic Land Cruise trains eight years earlier , in a decade of special-train running where sophistication got its chance — and left behind many ordinary folk for whom the railway ‘ excursion ’ is now but a fading memory . |
4 | Make sure you get a copy of the initial ( and any supplementary ) reading list(s) handed out at the first meeting with your class teachers . |
5 | They have contributed only 39% of what the central government requires them to hand over in the first three months of the year . |