Example sentences of "the first [noun sg] [prep] five [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Census Dissemination Unit and the Census Microdata Unit have been funded in the first instance for five years . |
| 2 | Hawke did receive a boost from the unemployment figures , however , which showed that there had been a fall in May to 9.4 per cent , the first reduction for five months . |
| 3 | THE DIRECTORS ' COLLECTION ( Tartan £15.99 each ) A formidable collection of directors ' first titles will be released over the next 12 months — the first set of five covers work by the likes of Scorsese , Coppola and Robert Altman . |
| 4 | Development spending was to rise by 21 per cent to taka86,500 million , exceeding the total for recurrent expenditure ( up 8 per cent at taka85,500 million ) for the first time for five years . |
| 5 | England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle . |
| 6 | No wins so far mean that Amthaal slips in the race on 7st 12lb and he showed plenty of promise at Chester last week — racing for the first time in five months . |
| 7 | Long-term unemployment , defined as people out of work for more than a year , is rising for the first time in five years . |
| 8 | After all , she was returning to competition for the first time in five years . |
| 9 | ROCK star Cher came face to face with ex-husband Sonny for the first time in five years … and loathed it . |
| 10 | And for the first time in five years , the average cost of building a house dropped from the year before — from £25,338 in 1991/92 , to £24,537 in 1992/ 93 . |
| 11 | THE number of people who have been out of work for more than a year broke through the one million barrier today for the first time in five years . |
| 12 | I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . |
| 13 | PATCHED up Instonians failed by a whisker to become the first team in five seasons to complete a home and away Harp Senior League double over Lisnagarvey . |
| 14 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |