Here's a more general solution:
sub arrarycomp {
  my ($x, $y) = @_;
  my $arrmin = $#$x;
  $arrmin = $#$y if $#$y < $arrmin;
  my $result;
  for (0 .. $arrmin) {
    if ($result = $$x[$_] cmp $$y[$_]) {
      return $result;
    }
  }
  return $#$x - $#$y;
}

@out = sort {arrarycomp($a, $b)} @in;

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I am assuming that for this array:
my @in = (
        [ "The Cat", "G", "F", "H", "J" ],
        [ "The", "Dog", "G", "F", "H", "J",],
);

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You want this output Dumper(@out): 
$VAR1 = [
          'The',
          'Dog',
          'G',
          'F',
          'H',
          'J'
        ];
$VAR2 = [
          'The Cat',
          'G',
          'F',
          'H',
          'J'
        ];

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In reply to Re: Sort problem by Thelonius
in thread Sort problem by BrowserUk

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