Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first relates to whether a set of standard conditions should govern the contract in the first place , and the second ( in the case where the parties exchange their respective sets of standard conditions ) to the question of which set shall govern the contract between the parties ( the so-called " battle of the forms " ) . |
| 2 | So you should make the decision in the first place . |
| 3 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 4 | The only alternative would be to require the new unitary councils to club together to carry out this and other strategic functions , but that begs the question : Why abolish the counties in the first place , only to recreate them in a less accountable form ? |
| 5 | Actresses could see the faces in the first row . |
| 6 | Erm as you can see the sales in the first two are expected to be four point nine almost five million pounds . |
| 7 | Such educated guesswork can be eliminated if you can actually see the fish in the first place . |
| 8 | Why did they move the arms in the first place ? |
| 9 | With players like Stephen Martin , Kenny Morris , Billy McConnell , Alan Roper , Geoff Clarke , Stephen Smyrl and Martin Deery all sidelined for various reasons , it seemed that Holywood would n't seriously test the visitors in the first of their three weekend games against leading Ulster opposition . |
| 10 | They 'd only normally be happy to do that , if they did n't have the policy in the first place , would n't they . |
| 11 | If Wilko 's so keen to have Shez in the team that he 's willing to lose one of our best defenders , then why did he sell the man in the first place ? |
| 12 | If someone who is offered an obviously forged check believes that if the issue is litigated a court will lay down a rule denying recovery for the future and apply that rule against him , he will not take the check in the first instance , and society will have the benefit of the better rule without actually paying the costs of litigation or incurring the disadvantages of bad commercial practice before the case is litigated . |
| 13 | In initiating my original purchase I incur an obligation to make a payment in money , but I in turn have to have a source from which I can acquire the money in the first place , and this will , directly or indirectly , put me into at least a temporary relationship with a great variety of people , including the reader who purchased this book from a bookstall and paid out money , some small fraction of which will eventually find its way back to myself . |
| 14 | What actually does happen , in most cases , is that either you do not lose the weight in the first place , or , if you do , it is on a difficult diet and when it finishes you get fat once again . |
| 15 | Whether they were believers BC , I have no idea , but a corollary to their belief must be , why did ‘ God ’ let them get the disease in the first place ? |
| 16 | I suppose you have to be able to afford all that if you can afford the car in the first place . |
| 17 | German measles ( rubella ) is one of the few viruses that can infect the baby in the first 12 weeks . |
| 18 | De Gaulle did not address the electorate in the first of two rounds : Opposition politicians hardly ever ( or never ) seen on TV- did , and had a considerable impact . |