Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 2 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | No definition is spot on really , you can always find difficulties with it but they do sort of discuss it in the first paragraph . |
| 4 | they , they should of done , but they did n't , the point is they should n't of left it the last minute , they should of done it in the first place |
| 5 | well I suppose their motto is , she had a C D ten on her driving licence , I suppose she should n't of had it in the first place so if she had n't of had it , he would n't of got it ! |
| 6 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 7 | This is normally accompanied by the equally widespread concentration on the factual content or the basic manipulative skills in the material and the associated neglect of the higher-level objectives that were probably the author 's main motivation in developing it in the first place . |
| 8 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 9 | Had he done wrong in inviting her in the first place ? |
| 10 | He said after the case that the Department of Trade and Industry had been ‘ rather petty ’ in prosecuting him in the first place . |
| 11 | First , how dare she assume that our main goal is to walk , without consulting us in the first place . |
| 12 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |