Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] in the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After struggling in the first half when playing into the wind , they made certain later ; then came the news that Newcastle Gosforth 's defeat at Bedford had given West Hartlepool promotion . |
| 3 | However , many have argued that the dependency perspective failed to explain how the practices of the TNCs and those who act as their agents in the Third World actually operated to produce underdevelopment , particularly where something like the kinds of development that are taken for granted in the First World have occurred regionally or in particular industries in some Third World countries . |
| 4 | The likelihood of dying in the first year is increased by no more than twofold . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The way it just sort of ends in the first sentence . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I have given up hope of racing in the first round at Snetterton , later this month , ’ he admitted . |
| 8 | They would n't of gone in the first place . |
| 9 | If you only want the bloody music , whe I , what 's the point of taping in the first place ! |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Agnes Jones 's intense religious fervour , which had led her into nursing in the first place , caused Florence Nightingale some anxiety . |
| 13 | With trading in the first quarter similar to that of the second half of last year , the company is continuing to exercise tight control of the business . |
| 14 | Three methods were being tried : A benign substance called Hot Foot Gel painted on the top of transformers and similar equipment to produce a ‘ sinking ’ feeling for the Hoodies when they try to land ; Plastic strips with irregular plastic spikes fixed to the top of equipment to discourage the birds from landing in the first place ; Non-working poles incorporating ‘ alternative nesting pans ’ were erected at selected sites to encourage the crows to use them instead . |
| 15 | To prevent the reactions from occurring in the first place , filtered blood has to be used from the very first transfusion and 99% of white cells have to be removed . |
| 16 | What was the , what was the point in averaging in the first place ? |
| 17 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |
| 18 | to prevent liability from arising in the first place ( e.g. ‘ Seller gives no warranty as to fitness for purpose or merchantable quality ’ ) ; |
| 19 | This followed assurances that no authority seeking a redetermination should suffer a reduced spending level , fear of which had prevented any of the selected authorities from appealing in the first year of operation . |
| 20 | STRONG demand from other segments of the construction market left Hewden Stuart , Britain 's largest plant hire group , virtually untouched by current problems in housebuilding in the first half of the year . |
| 21 | They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place ! |
| 22 | Such people are n't worth knowing in the first place . |
| 23 | The instruments that would be needed for communicating echo pictures are no more sophisticated than the instruments that both bats and dolphins already have for echolocating in the first place . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | He was so depressed , poor boy , at falling in the first place — all Langleys ride as if they were born to it — and then at not being able to return to Cambridge for the last few weeks of term , and his aunt was quite at her wit 's end to know what to do with him . |
| 27 | 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 . |