Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand , such action would simply rekindle the international outcry that resulted in the postponement of the ‘ harvest ’ or cull in the first place . |
| 2 | Winters are wild enough to curtail many of the outdoor pursuits that attract in the first place . |
| 3 | It is the speaker 's intention and the addressee 's successful location of the intended referent that matter in the first usage , not the exact aptness of the description , so that we could call this usage speaker reference ( as opposed to semantic reference ; Donnellan , 1978 ; Kaplan , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | Greenough and colleagues showed that preterm babies who did not require respiratory support had a high prevalence of wheeze and cough in the first year of life . |
| 5 | Even today there are those who have doubts about the great burst of prosperity and splendour in the first half of the fourth century manifest in the great villas . |
| 6 | ‘ Our brief has always been to get back to our home ground and stay in the First Division and I think we are capable of achieving both . ’ |
| 7 | Initially there are eight permutations — individual peace and love of collecting stamps makes lack an introverted Boy , whereas social peace and erotic love makes what the Hippies meant by Peace and Love in the first place . |
| 8 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |