Example sentences of "[prep] the first place [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be recalled in the first place that in Reg. v. Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , Ex parte Agegate Ltd . |
| 2 | When a commentary on Michael Rutter 's Fifteen Thousand Hours was formulated by Tizard and others ( 1980 ) it acknowledged in the first place that in the report an impressive base of data supported " an architecture in which many common sense perceptions about schools were co-ordinated " ( Tizard et al. |
| 3 | The 13 headfuls of ideas they 've got show occasional but disturbing signs of driving them aimlessly away from what makes them so good in the first place and into acid rock tedium city . |
| 4 | The precautionary principle suggests that , as the future damage done by pollution is often more costly than the extra expense of avoiding it in the first place and in any case it is often unacceptable , even if a money cost ca n't be put on it , then prevention is better than cure . |
| 5 | 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 ? ’ |
| 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 | Sylvia 's problem had arisen in the first place because of the negative situation imprinted on her subconscious memory when her mother lay unconscious in the darkness of the air raid shelter . |
| 8 | They have done so in the first place because of the advantage of high space utilization on limited ground area ; an important asset to companies trying to make the best use of a high value industrial site with no room for extension . |
| 9 | Ken and Codron had got together professionally in the first place because of what he called their ‘ Grill and Cheese relationship ’ . |