Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] in the first " in BNC.

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1 True , the lawful use of force might then be met with unlawful resistance which would in turn be likely to give rise to harm to the person whose use of force was justified in the first place .
2 ( One of her brothers was killed in the first . )
3 This figure was exceeded in the first quarter of the year alone when a Rbs31,000 million deficit was recorded .
4 After trials in the pilot schools ( see below ) the following form of identification was adopted in the first question in part one :
5 Yes Alan was mentioning in the first half poor strike rate , just four goals in over two hundred and fifty appearances in his time at Leeds United .
6 The table below details specimen surrender values which would be applicable if the Bond was surrendered in the first five years , and are based on a monthly premium of £9 .
7 A distinction was made in the first chapter between three types of risk , objective , estimated and subjective , and the assumption was made that subjective risk is closely related to the concept of arousal as it has been used in much memory research .
8 The intended new departure was signalled in the first episode with a move of house for Frank and Betty .
9 Tenterden Station was featured in the first television series and although shown over two years ago the railway still receives numerous visitors on ‘ Darling Buds Country ’ coach tours .
10 Unfortunately my father was killed in the first war , nineteen seventeen January , and my mother was left with four children to bring up .
11 As Christine de Pisan was to show in the first quarter of the century , the use of artillery for defensive purposes was now regarded as necessary and normal .
12 The nature of the ‘ causes ’ identified by the different approaches , in other words , reflected very clearly the way the enquiry was framed in the first place .
13 Cheered on by the huge German crowd , who 'd given him a two-minute standing ovation when his record was read out during the knock-up , Becker was devastating in the first set .
14 The bridge was constructed in the first century BC and is attributed to Trajan .
15 However , reference to Figure 2.2 indicates that the BAT share price outperformed the market during the 1980s , although this outperformance was concentrated in the first half of the decade .
16 Most of Khrushchev 's political career was covered in the first two volumes , but some good titbits have been saved till last .
17 Packed cell volume was measured in the first arterial or venous blood sample obtained , usually when establishing arterial access .
18 Successful post-war reconstruction was overtaken in the first half of the 1980s by economic depression and the European unemployment crisis .
19 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 . "
20 Rother 's woes were further compounded when Richard Whitmore Jones was injured in the first game and took no further part in the match .
21 ‘ I think Ellison was kept in the first team too long .
22 Because you , Neil 's already spoken to them about how late th the thing was coming in the first place no and they 've just ignored it !
23 Natalia Zvereva was defeated in the first round for the seventh time this year when the American Marianne Werdel beat the eighth seed from the Soviet Union 6-2 , 6-3 in the Chicago tournament .
24 The essence of the matter was stated in the first sentence of Article 613 : ‘ when an enterprise or a part of an enterprise is transferred to another owner ( sic ) as a result of a legal transaction , the latter shall succeed to the rights and obligations under the contracts of employment existing at the date of the transfer ’ ( my translation ) .
25 The breadth of the audi alteram partem principle was limited in the first half of this century .
26 But Jolosa was booked in the first half for kicking goalie Mark Davies .
27 The nature of the fascist impact in the East End of London was demonstrated in the first local elections of 1937 .
28 It 's a lot of money Well this is that Ian was making in the first place is n't it , product actually
29 The main damage was done in the first twelve months , when GDP fell by 3 per cent , industrial production by 9 per cent , and unemployment doubled to 2.5 million .
30 Figure 4.7 shows how the formula-based money was distributed in the first year of the scheme .
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