Example sentences of "just the first " in BNC.

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1 Startlingly bold as this idea is , the arguments for it were initially contained in just the first thirty-three short sections of the Principles .
2 Pick off just the first flush of flowers from the ever-bearing kinds .
3 Financing just the first instalment of Labour 's spending plans would raise basic-rate income tax by 3½p in the pound if the entire burden was not to be loaded on to the better-off .
4 We are just the first ones . ’
5 Deciding which manuals to supply was just the first of a chain or decisions .
6 Although this book covers just the first half-century of the period , it is a valuable contribution to the subject , as are the further volumes in the Pelican Social History series : Britain 1800–1870 by V.A.C .
7 The Legendre functions of integer order are well known , but it may still be appropriate to note just the first few .
8 Wall-to-wall hit songs tell you why and that 's just the first act !
9 Thousands of caribou perished in just the first year of this dam .
10 Port Solent offers berth holders more than just the first class yacht sales and repair facilities of the south coast 's most prestigious marina , it also offers 24 hour access 365 days a year .
11 I sometimes shape just the first third of the sleeve , increasing rapidly in this section but making it possible to knit the rest of the sleeve straight .
12 Ungermann says that all of its future products will support Virtual Network Architecture , and that the DragonSwitch is just the first product in a family named after the mythical reptile .
13 One reason is that many suspect this is just the first of several unwelcome shifts in the government 's funding pattern , despite official promises to the contrary .
14 According to Doug Michels , executive vice president and cofounder of SCO , SCO IPX/SPX is just the first of a number of proposed SCO-Novell products .
15 And if it did happen , your physical health could be just the first of many things you lose , that you take for granted now .
16 These , it was thought , were just the first countries on the list .
17 I see now that these were just the first skirmishes in a never-ending guerrilla war .
18 I thought : These are just the first hundred , for the rest of my life — strangers who 'll know , who 'll find out , who 'll try not to react but who will react .
19 That 's just the first floor .
20 The actors , standing in brightness , see just the first few
21 If you happen to know your bride or bridegroom 's tastes you could say , ‘ I would like to read you just the first verse/first two lines/last two lines of one of one of Sharon 's favourite poems about the sea .
22 This was a story he told all his life ; it was just the first of many miracles with which he believed he was blessed .
23 It has become a pure threat signal rather than just the first stage of an attack .
24 ‘ These two ventures , along with the expected announcement of first gas from one of our recent discoveries in Colombia , are just the first of many exciting projects we expect to see come to fruition over the next year or so , ’ Chris told Pipeline .
25 Reviewing the seminar , Paul Murray said : ‘ Given the change in our portfolio , this important step in LASMO 's investor relations programme was both essential and effective and was just the first of such events — we will certainly be continuing this communications process in the future . ’
26 Our research methodology is to proceed in stages ; this paper does not present the whole story but just the first step in the argument .
27 And that was just the first shampoo !
28 But it was good just to lie in the darkness , curled against him , listening to his even breathing , and know this was just the first night of the rest of their lives .
29 I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe .
30 So you can immediately see that it would be quite wrong to make the mistake that people sometimes do make and think that the second model of the mind is really just the first one given new terms and that the ego is equivalent to the conscious .
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