Example sentences of "[noun] for [verb] in [art] first " in BNC.

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1 And , of course , the payment of dividend itself re-instates the 40% tax rate and defeats the tax motive for incorporating in the first place .
2 Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place .
3 Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’
4 Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place .
5 Having set up the functioning New Business teams and created the essential facilities for servicing in the first few months , much further development was still needed to create procedures to service business once on the books .
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