Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first place was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the object of the session in the first place was to play a part in helping the patient to deal successfully with a problem which has been troubling him , provided the session fulfils that role we do not need to worry unduly about whether it was a real regression experience or not ( although , as I have already stated , I feel quite strongly that the majority of cases are indeed genuine ) . |
| 2 | That was the common ground between us ; the reason I got the job in the first place was because I could play The Faces ' ‘ Three Button Hand Me Down ’ . |
| 3 | The decision to investigate this relationship in the first place was bound up with theories of the social function of closeknit networks ( see 5.7.1 ) . |
| 4 | whilst , if a privilege existed , it was up to the House to decide whether there had been a breach , the existence of the privilege in the first place was for the common law to decide and it was for the courts , and not the House , to declare the common law . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A lot of blokes say the reason they got into music in the first place was they thought it would be a great way of pulling women . |
| 7 | They will be aware that the reason for their educational success in the first place was the high proportion of their intake coming from social classes 1 and 2 . |