Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way around this particular problem would be to adapt the approach recommended by the Canadian Sentencing Commission ( 1997 ) , in which guide-lines are used in the first instance simply to indicate offences for which the presumptive sentence would ( or would normally ) involve a community sanction , and those which would ( or would normally ) involve a custodial penalty . |
| 2 | Foundation skills are acquired in the first five years of life . |
| 3 | Human existence , for Marx and Engels , occurs in terms of people 's concepts , which are incorporated in their mode of life and their subjective experience , but it is from man 's interaction with nature and from the history of this interaction that these ideas , beliefs , and values are created in the first place . |
| 4 | Normally courses in three subjects are taken in the first year and , commonly , these are followed by second courses in at least two of the subjects in the second year . |
| 5 | The basic plan for joint honours is that both subjects are taken in the first and second years ; then , in the third and fourth years selected parts of the honours courses in mathematics and the other subject are taken . |
| 6 | Candidates are registered in the first instance as supervised postgraduate students . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , in the restless whirl of Disney expansion that is itself something akin to a rollercoaster ride , the six Euro Disney hotels , 4500 cast members , golf course and 30 separate attractions are all on schedule for the opening in April and 11 million visitors are expected in the first year alone . |
| 8 | Its component elements are absorbed in the first few years of life largely unconsciously , and later more deliberately by informal and formal learning processes . |
| 9 | Other competition matters are handled in the first place by the Office of Fair Trading , which can , under the Competition Act , seek undertakings from firms to desist from certain anticompetitive practices . |
| 10 | Monthly mailings are no use at all , and ideas are needed in the first instance rather than completed material . |
| 11 | Applicants are registered in the first instance as supervised postgraduate students ; this initial period will count towards the minimum period of study for the degree . |
| 12 | These options and their relative merits are considered in the first sub-section . |
| 13 | Their structures are shown in the first diagram . |
| 14 | Clinical and basic science topics are covered in the first six terms . |
| 15 | The data , the smoothed values and the residuals are shown in the first three columns of figure 9.7 . |
| 16 | Roman micromosaics are displayed in the first two rooms . |
| 17 | Departments are established in the first place by Act of Congress and they remain subject to Congressional oversight . |
| 18 | With a low-start , low-cost with-profits endowment , payments are reduced in the first few years , and the difference has to be made up in the remaining period . |
| 19 | Shipments of products meeting their standards are expected in the first half of 1994 . |
| 20 | Three subject courses are taken in the first year , two or three in the second and one or two in the third to make seven in all . |
| 21 | The real question is why the scalper 's services are needed in the first place . |
| 22 | Model conversations are intended in the first instance , for mimicry-memorization , to help the student to use freely the common expressions in the language . |