Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] [noun sg] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Readers may be familiar with textbooks that set out to define their subject in the first chapter . |
| 2 | With exquisite logic , Sonic Boom is on the panel , a man who could n't stop talking , I 'm sure , if he could be bothered to open his mouth in the first place . |
| 3 | It was wrong to leave her family in the first place , wrong , having come here to go on leading the life she did . ’ |
| 4 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 5 | Other measures were announced which it was hoped would enable the Russian government to balance its budget in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 6 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 7 | It could be argued that the best way of dealing with attempted suicide would be to prevent its occurrence in the first place ; but this is not an easy task , and one that often extends beyond the reach of the clinician . |
| 8 | All three are [ in different degrees ] illusions , which make the weight of life bearable — to those of sufficient stature to feel its weight in the first place . |