Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have given up hope of racing in the first round at Snetterton , later this month , ’ he admitted . |
| 2 | The likelihood of dying in the first year is increased by no more than twofold . |
| 3 | And , of course , the payment of dividend itself re-instates the 40% tax rate and defeats the tax motive for incorporating in the first place . |
| 4 | The way it just sort of ends in the first sentence . ’ |
| 5 | If you only want the bloody music , whe I , what 's the point of taping in the first place ! |
| 6 | What was the , what was the point in averaging in the first place ? |
| 7 | ‘ But I wo n't know how bad the damage is until I see the physio tomorrow , and then I may have an idea if I have a chance of playing in the first league game . ’ |
| 8 | He even lost his Rothmans Grand Prix title by losing in the first round to world No 52 , Welshman Tony Chappel , while in the grip of fear . |
| 9 | to prevent liability from arising in the first place ( e.g. ‘ Seller gives no warranty as to fitness for purpose or merchantable quality ’ ) ; |
| 10 | Because the pattern of trading in the first year of the market was so confined by technical and political constraints it would be unsafe to generalise from it . |
| 11 | The report starts by reviewing the pattern of spending in the first two years of the fund . |
| 12 | Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place . |
| 13 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 14 | Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place . |
| 15 | When elected in 1981 , the Mitterrand government harked back to the legacy of planning in the first postwar decades ( chapter 18 ) . |