Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [adv] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of getting that accommodation encourages many refugees to come here in the first place . |
| 2 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ There is a big opportunity for our young players to play regularly in the first eleven . |
| 4 | There are 400 commitments to take forward in the next year — from proposals for new standards for indoor air quality to work on the major international agreements which we hope will be signed at the earth summit in Brazil in June 1992 . |
| 5 | Critics believe there 'd be no need to build such expensive treatment plants to extract nitrates if farmers were given incentives to use less in the first place . |