Sentence examples of "first few" in English

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Space exploration of the Solar System for the first few centuries was full of trial and error. L'exploration spatiale du système solaire fut, durant les premiers siècles, riche en expérimentations.
The first few years were difficult. Les quelques premières années furent difficiles.
My tree had a few blossoms but no fruit. Mon arbre a quelques fleurs mais aucun fruit.
The first of human rights is to shut up!!! Le premier des droits de l'homme, c’est de fermer sa gueule !!!
Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers. Rien ne semble plus surprenant à ceux qui considèrent les affaires humaines d'un œil philosophique que la facilité avec laquelle la multitude est gouvernée par une minorité; et la soumission implicite par laquelle les hommes renoncent à leurs propres sentiments et passions pour ceux de leurs gouvernants.
It was Janet that won first prize. Ce fut Janet qui gagna le premier prix.
A few days later, he came. Il vint quelques jours plus tard.
I visited the town for the first time in a long time. J'ai visité la ville pour la première fois depuis longtemps.
You can see how much difference a few degrees can make. Vous pouvez voir quelle différence quelques degrés font.
A daughter of the first Earl of Gowrie was courted by a young gentleman much her inferior in rank and fortune. Une fille du premier Earl de Gowrie était courtisée par un jeune gentilhomme bien inférieur à elle en rang et en fortune.
Few people understood his comment. Peu de gens comprirent son commentaire.
I hurried in order to catch the first train. Je me dépêchai pour avoir le premier train.
That child has few friends. Cet enfant a peu d'amis.
Today's arraignment hearing offers the defendant his first opportunity to state his case personally. L'audience de lecture de l'acte d'accusation d'aujourd'hui offre au prévenu sa première occasion d'exposer son cas en personne.
Few people can speak a foreign language perfectly. Peu de gens parlent parfaitement une langue étrangère.
It was through a first short sentence that Tom got acquainted to Mary. C'est par une première courte phrase que Tom fit la connaissance de Mary.
It's so easy to write good example sentences, that even if we accidentally delete a few good sentences in the process of getting rid of a whole lot of bad ones, I think we could drastically improve the quality of this corpus by doing a lot of deleting. Il est si facile d'écrire de bonnes phrases d'exemple que je crois que même si nous supprimons accidentellement quelques phrases correctes dans le processus de se débarrasser d'un tas de phrases incorrectes, nous pourrions augmenter drastiquement la qualité du corpus en faisant beaucoup de suppressions.
She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old. Elle mit au monde son premier enfant à vingt ans.
We decided to lie hidden for a few days. Nous décidâmes de rester cachés deux ou trois jours de plus.
We went to Hawaii last year for the first time. Nous sommes allés à Hawai l'an dernier pour la première fois.
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