Example sentences of "[conj] in the first [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us say that in the first place man is a creature responding intelligently or stupidly to his surroundings , much as an animal does . |
| 2 | It is true that in the first aid world the manual is regarded as a sort of bible . |
| 3 | Their own experiences at the Front , and the fact that in many of their villages and townships heavier losses had already been recorded than in the First World War , contradicted what Hitler had had to say . |
| 4 | We would be very pleased to discuss any aspect of staff development and in the first instance contact should be made with the Administrative Officer with responsibility for this area of our work . |
| 5 | The canal was never a commercial success , though it was made deeper after Telford 's death , but it is still open , and in the First World War it served the strategic purpose for which it had not been needed during the Napoleonic Wars : 70,000 mines were shipped through it , mainly by the U.S. Navy , to protect Allied merchant shipping against German U-boats . |
| 6 | Oh he was on the river he he was always connected with the river my father and in the First World War they towed the dredger from here to Ramsgate and er he was , he was in the Army but he was connected to the Inland Water Transport and cos they were dredging out the harbour at Ramsgate . |
| 7 | Hitler 's image , however , stood apart from this : ‘ For many of these young ones , the Führer is not the representative of the Party , but in the first instance Führer of the State and above all Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ For in the first century water initiation rites were used to induct people into a number of different groups . |
| 9 | As in the First World War , the imperative need for active working-class collaboration in the war effort greatly enhanced the importance of the labour movement in the industrial and political life of the country . |
| 10 | As in the First World War , the United States was in one respect more fortunate than the other major powers in the Second World War : she avoided either invasion or aerial bombardment . |