Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Robinson 's side may be a blend of the old and the new , but they still look like the side to beat again after demolishing Nottingham in the first round and drawing last year 's losing finalists , Northampton , in the quarter-finals . |
| 2 | Neither side had more than a couple of scoring chances in the first half , and Ecchinswell took advantage of the first of these , breaking through after dispossessing Martin Whiddett on the sideline and finding a vast opening in the Alton defence . |
| 3 | It is historically untrue to say that religious decline in Europe began in the twentieth century : the majority of working people in the first one hundred years of industrialism were not regular churchgoers ( though the new middle classes were ) . |
| 4 | Kelly was excellent though he was mighty lucky to get away with tugging Giggs in the first minute . |
| 5 | Although , as discussed in Chapter 4 , most search consultants encounter difficulties in attracting candidates on behalf of clients who insist on remaining anonymous for at least the initial stages of the search , many clients see this as a real plus in using headhunters in the first place . |
| 6 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 7 | £20 million will be invested in reading recovery in the first year . |
| 8 | ‘ For instance , would openness deter complainants from making complaints in the first place ? |
| 9 | Three leading opposition figures were prevented from leaving Kenya in the first week of July to attend a human rights conference in London . |
| 10 | Further difficulties lay in raising funds in the first place . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Remember , they only missed out on meeting Copenhagen in the first round proper by 0.3 of a point . |
| 13 | Before we provoke any lawsuits , let's go back to what turned Rich on to playing guitar in the first place . |
| 14 | Only by centralizing power in the first place , on this argument , can the all-pervasive powers of bureaucracy be challenged . |