Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in [art] first place " in BNC.

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1 But the new cohorts felt much less keenly the social conditions from which the class alignment arose in the first place .
2 A number of missions owe their existence to the initiative and financial support given in the first place by the Association .
3 So I think if you 've got the creativity to write in the first place , you just need to change , not so much the instrument , but maybe change the tuning or the pitch .
4 It was by no means clear how the figure arose in the first place .
5 The trick is to prevent violence occurring in the first place .
6 Taking enforcement action requires in the first place techniques to bring deviance to light .
7 Ultimately the test to be applied is that of the magistrates , and they may also take into account such factors as the likelihood that disorder might ensue as a result of what the defendants were doing , and the reasons prompting the constable to intervene in the first place .
8 This is hot enough for fusion to occur but so far they have been unable to confine the hot plasma long enough and at high enough densities to generate more energy from fusion than is used to keep the machine working in the first place .
9 First , it failed to take account of the fact that British industry at the time was undergoing traumatic upheavals and that the impact of this upon firms had to be recognized if the need to decentralize in the first place was to be understood .
10 Who wanted the job done in the first place ? ’
11 She feels that the experience of being a childminder helped her to get the job and certainly gave her the confidence to apply in the first place .
12 None of that extra quality , whatever it was , which had got the business going in the first place , which had ensured John-William success in those early rough-and-ready days of colossal risks and colossal returns , when so many had failed .
13 Why did the crisis occur in the first place ?
14 This certainly means that Adam 's heirs can not be alone in having a right to private property , but in saying this , it does not explain how such a right arises in the first place .
15 ‘ Why was this baby kidnapped in the first place ? ’
16 Because of demand , because of the demand exists in the first place
17 But because they are so efficient at tempting big barbel to bite in the first place I keep trying different ways of fishing with them to try to overcome the problem .
18 Or was that where all the money went in the first place ?
19 If taxes are needed to pay for government spending , why do we need government spending in the first place ?
20 Why did the Third World borrow in the first place ?
21 Tell me , it 's , it 's probably quite an expensive thing to do in the first place without having to , to , to bring home , home some money for charity in the end , how have you gone about doing it ?
22 How is the map formed in the first place ?
23 Make his life as easy as possible when he first starts school to avoid the problem occurring in the first place .
24 Preventive approaches are often classified as primary ( avoiding the abnormality arising in the first place ) , secondary ( early detection and medical treatment , or selective abortion ) , or tertiary ( surgical correction ) .
25 Popularity means in the first place being known .
26 But did an agreement exist in the first place ?
27 Other problems , such as academic ability or entry requirements , became secondary if the adult can not afford to do the course or find the time to study in the first place .
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