Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] the first instance " in BNC.

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1 Where a plaintiff in the first instance desires to have an account taken , the particulars must state the amount which the plaintiff claims subject to the taking of the account , and if no such amount is stated , the plaintiff will be deemed to claim £5,000 ( Ord 6 , r 2 ) .
2 After such strong expressions of opinion , I doubt much whether any judge sitting in a court of the first instance would be justified in treating the question as open .
3 But as this has very seldom , if at all , been the ground of the decision even in a court of the first instance , and certainly never been the ground of a decision in the Court of Exchequer Chamber , still less in this House , I did think it open in your Lordships ' House to reconsider this question .
4 I think it would be much better if you wrote a letter in the first instance .
5 A part of the Jubilee Appeal funding has enabled Jennie Appleby to take up the half-time paid post of North East Field Officer , for a year in the first instance .
6 Such a deficiency in the first instance tribunal 's deliberations would also , of course , ground an application for judicial review .
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