Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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1 | This has been done in the first instance through joint ventures with Ladbrokes and Bass respectively , though Horizon also owned and operated hotels in its own name . |
2 | But how do you find out about whether a planning application has been made in the first place ? |
3 | In the intervening year , nothing has been done to right the wrongs of the decade , so what profit has been gleaned in the first year of the new leadership of the Conservative party ? |
4 | However , if every seventh word has been deleted in the first few sentences , then every seventh word must be deleted for the rest of the test . |
5 | This morning it was starts from the state boat ; many a race has been won in the first hundred yards or so , and Oxford , as always , are coached and prepared for everything . |