Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun sg] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers ' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place . |
| 2 | THE town of Albert was reduced to rubble in the First World War and rebuilt in the 1920s . |
| 3 | He also sees that the Western-led coalition can not ensure peace or a new order because it ‘ is not willing to address ’ the very factors such as dictatorship and maldistribution of wealth and power which led to war in the first place . |
| 4 | The Croats first settled in their present homeland in the seventh century and were converted to Christianity in the first half of the ninth century , shortly after they accepted the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Emperor , Charlemagne , in 803 . |
| 5 | Cypress Semiconductor Corp returned to profitability in the first quarter of 1993 ended March 29 , reporting net income of $2.4m against a loss of $23.7m in the fourth quarter , on revenues of $69.5m , up 3% . |