Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the first place [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I 've already referred to a byproduct of over-provision that sites are then moved on to sh car showrooms and erm supermarkets which are needs which or demands which would probably not have justified the allocation of the land for industry in the first place but once the land is allocated to industry it seems to be thought that no harm would be done by allocating those to something else . |
| 2 | There is evidence to suggest that the most successful projects are pioneered by ‘ champions ’ , who not only sponsor the project proposal in the first place but manage the implementation phase and often the early stages of fully-fledged operation . |
| 3 | He would have survived if he had accepted the plan in the first place and done what the Corporation had wanted him to do instead of putting forward his own counter proposals . |
| 4 | Adrian Gozzard , ex-Plessey , also expressed a preference for consultants who took responsibility for all parts of the search , bringing in the business in the first place and the , closely supervising the research . |
| 5 | ‘ I still do n't understand why the Milettis did n't try and stop-you handling the investigation in the first place if they feel so strongly about you . ’ |
| 6 | They had invested in junk in the first place because of government policy , accounting for 7% of bonds outstanding at the end of 1988 . |
| 7 | As Owen had not appointed Yussuf to his service in the first place but Yussuf had appointed himself , this seemed beside the point . |
| 8 | They did n't want the Health Service in the first place but we rapidly came round to it . |
| 9 | But how did ‘ race ’ come to occupy a place in post-war British education in the first place and what were its terms of entry ? |
| 10 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
| 11 | Why did you go after the story in the first place if your position was n't clear ? ’ |
| 12 | He had n't been offered the part in the first place and was more than content in the role of Smee . |
| 13 | They 'll either hint I was downright dishonest to sign the contract in the first place or they 'll make out I ca n't even spell my own name . |
| 14 | There was no justification for the ban in the first place and is the Secretary of State not concerned that the International Labour Organisation has expressed much concern over the continuing ban and it may well be that in view of the fact that the government is not willing to compromise in any way the I L O may well decide to formally rebuke and reprimand the government . |
| 15 | Why is it — perhaps you can enlighten me — why is it , for example , they roast topside of beef in the first place and in the second cook it to the consistency of baked cow-pat ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm only here for the beer in the first place and , the way I see it , if old skull-face came knocking on my door with his scythe at least I could get my laughing gear around some of that celestial scrumpy ! |
| 17 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 18 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 19 | That 's one of the reasons why I decided to get involved in the project in the first place when it was first broached to me . |
| 20 | We pay the employer as little as possible to take the trainee in the first place and then charge him as much as possible to train the trainee on his behalf . |
| 21 | But the report missed the fact that the republicans , through the Wolfe Tone Societies , had been largely responsible for creating NICRA in the first place and some commentators have accused Cameron of naïveté about republican influence . |
| 22 | That might work with the philosophe who put together the doctrine in the first place but it is unlikely to work with a follower who is able to live with all sons of inconsistencies so long as a few slogans can be repeated again and again . |
| 23 | Again it should be emphasised that many sufferers never receive counselling ( except from a sponsor ) or go into residential treatment in the first place and that residential treatment centres have no place other than to help sufferers remove blocks to their understanding of the principles of recovery of the . |
| 24 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 25 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 26 | In a gloom at being at school in the first place and being next to Heather in the second , I push my hands into my jeans pocket — we are n't supposed to wear jeans at school — and discover some chewing gum , antique but welcome . |
| 27 | I would n't have come to the office in the first place if you had n't asked me . ’ |
| 28 | Others claim to have never really supported the incorrect view in the first place or , if they did , it was only to show that it was inconsistent . |
| 29 | But there has to be something to trigger the interest in the first place and whatever that is and however mild a form that might be lust , lust might be a more extreme form of it , but there has to be something to interest you in the first place , before you can go on to love , to knowing more about the person and having this in love feeling develop into love . |