Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [noun sg] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further modifications and addenda took place in the first half of the twentieth century . |
| 2 | Taking everything together , I strongly suggest that the idea that an economic miracle took place in the first six Thatcher years is a very dangerous myth . |
| 3 | For the majority of young mothers I talked to , it had been a mutual decision to have sex in the first place . |
| 4 | Their ability to attract custom in the first place relies heavily on ( a ) comprehensive , colourful and well-produced catalogues , and ( b ) the use of part-time agents , usually housewives , working on a commission basis . |
| 5 | Just as project schools may have specified objectives in their proposals in order to win a grant , so the initiators of the project may themselves have chosen to word the project aims in a particular way in order to win funding in the first place . |
| 6 | The first major privatization debate ( as we would now call it ) in this country took place in the first decade of this century . |
| 7 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |