Example sentences of "was [verb] in the first instance " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is cautious about all the hype that has surrounded Alpha from the time of announcement and warns that too much is being promised by a chip that was designed in the first instance to provide a Unix migration path for VAX users . |
| 2 | Erm , just to remind you , or to draw to your attention , erm , ladies and gentlemen , the fact that the report erm , was considered in the first instance , by your community care advisory sub-committee in September , and subsequently by the joint consultative committee in November . |
| 3 | But once some set of rules has been established in this way , we might well think it more important that these rules be publicly regarded as settled , so that people can plan accordingly , than that they be the best rules that could have been found ; this provides a reason why courts should leave the rule untouched even when they think the wrong choice was made in the first instance . " |
| 4 | Erm the selection er er of er suppliers for the infra-red search and track w that was performed in the first instance by Eurofighter and the procurement organisations are the four Eurofighter partner companies make the checks on the potential suppliers in accordance with a schedule which we , the four governments , have provided to them . |
| 5 | For example , in dealing with Bulgaria and Hungary , the pope 's chaplain , John of Casamari , who had considerable local knowledge , was sent in the first instance , to be followed by the " big guns " , Cardinal Leo Brancaleone , a legate with full powers . |