1.   A considerable number of students left after the first year.

2.   A very high percentage of small businesses fail within their first year.

3.   After its first year it had the widest appeal of any soap opera.

4.   All first year music students are required to take a class in harmony.

5.   Although he is the son of a Cork cattle dealer, he spent his first few years after school travelling the world.

6.   An estimated one-third of whale calves die in their first year.

7.   Apple will be the chief sponsor for the first year, and then become the technology partner.

8.   At the end of our first year, Professor McGuire gave us a farewell speech.

9.   Babies start to bite and chew about half-way through their first year.