Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The failure of the crop of Blackacre will render it impossible to perform the contract in the first example , whereas in the latter case the contract can be fulfilled by supplying potatoes from any source . |
| 2 | The only difference would be that the government would pay a private firm to provide the data in the first place . |
| 3 | In fact , if we all had sex as often as we had surveys we would n't have time to answer the surveys in the first place . |
| 4 | Indeed , given the level of activity within the Six at this time and the patent way in which Britain 's Grand Design seemed to go against everything they were working for , it is surprising that the Six were willing to discuss the scheme in the first place . |
| 5 | Not only is AT&T probably paying too much , it should not have been trying to buy the firm in the first place . |
| 6 | But Huddersfield lost the Cup in a replay at Bolton , the Wanderers , with their graceful and deadly striker David Jack , going on to win the trophy in the first final to be played at Wembley . |
| 7 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 8 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 9 | And , of course , when a crime was reported they were the ones who had to notify the Parquet in the first place . |
| 10 | The key point in writing a press release is to encapsulate the message in the first sentence . |
| 11 | But there has to be something to trigger the interest in the first place and whatever that is and however mild a form that might be lust , lust might be a more extreme form of it , but there has to be something to interest you in the first place , before you can go on to love , to knowing more about the person and having this in love feeling develop into love . |
| 12 | But whatever the starting point may be , the researcher must be stimulated to want to pursue the investigation in the first place . |
| 13 | The result is to attribute the laws in the first case to Constantine , in the second to Constantius II . |
| 14 | The fact that Virgin Atlantic had won the licence to fly the Atlantic in the first place was , he said , a brave move on the part of the Civil Aviation Authority , given the Laker experience , but also a measure of government policy . |
| 15 | Cambridge United and Middlesbrough were unable to break the deadlock in the first half of their match , but Taylor gave Cambridge the lead after sixty seven minutes and it was Taylor who made it two nil fifteen minutes from time to give Cambridge a memorable victory . |
| 16 | ‘ We expect to complete the turn-round in the first half of 1993 , ’ says Shah , ‘ and to be profitable on a global basis in the second half . ’ |
| 17 | In order to compress the spring in the first place , the atoms must collide with sufficient energy . |
| 18 | ( Rule of Life No. 279 : People who say , ‘ I hear what you 're saying , ’ really mean they did n't want you to raise the subject in the first place . ) |
| 19 | To condemn the child in the first few days of its life , and engineer its death can only be a gross misjustice . |
| 20 | One of Rice 's reasons for accepting an invitation to join the board in the first place was his belief that it might lead to a rekindling of the old partnership . |
| 21 | It was a mistake for Britain to join the ERM in the first place — and it is a mistake for countries such as France and Spain to stick with it now . |
| 22 | It was n't very smart of me to upset the guy in the first place . |
| 23 | Because tranquillisers simply mask symptoms rather than provide a cure , you may need to seek help to deal with the problem which caused you to need the tablets in the first place . |
| 24 | Still , the trip might buy him credit with the boss , unless he thought Cormack was a sycophantic idiot offering to take the things in the first place , which was equally likely . |
| 25 | We pay the employer as little as possible to take the trainee in the first place and then charge him as much as possible to train the trainee on his behalf . |
| 26 | Novell expects to close the deal in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 27 | You can do this yourself , although it will probably be better if you arrange for a vet to undertake the task in the first instance , as it is important to judge the required length properly . |
| 28 | This was assessed by two independent investigators by observing ( a ) the cell appearance and their ability to attach the plate in the first 24 hours and ( b ) the length of time the culture required to reach confluency from the same starting number of cells per well . |
| 29 | Nothing is more vulnerable to tangling than loose-hanging net and great care must be taken to clear away any potential snags — and particularly in those areas where bramble , twigs , stalks and other debris have been trimmed to construct the ride in the first place . |
| 30 | It is now six months since the report was handed in to the Department of Industry — as long as it took to prepare the report in the first place . |