Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why then did you put over a hundred thousand pounds in that budget in the first place ? |
| 2 | ‘ If she 's dead , ’ said Sam , ‘ she 's not going to mind much about anything , and anyway , if she went to all the trouble of making that tape in the first place , she 's obviously not bothered about leaving it lying around . |
| 3 | If we 're so smart we would n't be in this mess in the first place . |
| 4 | ‘ If she had done her job properly , I would never have been in this mess in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And I 'm sorry , too , ’ puts in Rainbow , ‘ for getting you into this mess in the first place . |
| 6 | Part of her , that stubborn , spirited side , the side that had got her into this mess in the first place , would n't let her give up , back out and admit that Luke Denner and his sexuality were more than she could handle . |
| 7 | Yet he is required to hand over his children 's future to the ‘ non-ideological ’ market forces he thinks are largely responsible for getting us all into this mess in the first place . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 9 | The biggest question mark over Major out of the row is how the Government got into this mess in the first place . |
| 10 | The decision to investigate this relationship in the first place was bound up with theories of the social function of closeknit networks ( see 5.7.1 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ’ |
| 12 | Regret because maybe her husband will find out and want to know why she was going with another man in the first place . |
| 13 | My final choice from last week 's ‘ Independent ’ was the example that provoked me into attempting this subject in the first place . |
| 14 | It 's terribly uncomfortable to be trapped in this situation in the first place . |
| 15 | She 'd known he 'd think that and that was one of the reasons why she had n't wanted to get into this conversation in the first place . |
| 16 | Having taken the trouble to travel all this way in the first place , he 'd doubtless find some means of coercing her to stay . |
| 17 | Having instigated this trip in the first place , Maggie became most anxious and cornered Mitch upstairs after breakfast . |
| 18 | If Chancellor Norman Lamont wants to ease their burden he should begin by penalising those uncaring banks which have caused a lot of this misery in the first place . |
| 19 | Say that 's population control investment in agricultural infrastructure and technology education and what 's causing this problem in the first place ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , George , if we are going to start arguing that way , who provided the money for the deposit on this house in the first place ? ’ |
| 21 | If the hon. Gentleman is seeking to make a charge against me , he must make that charge equally against the chief veterinary officer for raising that issue in the first place . |
| 22 | This dismal monumentalism is the apotheosis of impersonality , a confirmation rather than a denial of the mindset which led to such slaughter in the first place , though the architect intended no irony . |
| 23 | The managerial implications are profound in many ways but above all a management framework must be created which facilitates such relationships in the first place and then allows them to flourish . |
| 24 | On the other hand , some may never have placed such emphasis on independence in their lives , or never felt that they had very much independence in the first place . |
| 25 | The system of financial ownership does not generate as much risk in the first place , while the state handles much of what does occur . |
| 26 | As to the argument advanced by Mr. Barda on an analogy between ordinary and judicial parents , my understanding of the prerogative function of wardship , also applicable to the residual prerogative , is that it is a frequent justification for the exercise of such jurisdiction in the first place , that parents ' rights are insufficient and that the court 's greater powers are necessary for an objective decision as to the best interests of the child concerned . |
| 27 | as if the police , or anyone else , will think there must be something wrong with them for them to have got such letters in the first place . ’ |
| 28 | Finally , consider just why you are using all these fonts in the first place — perhaps you should re-think your design and limit the numbers to something more sensible . |
| 29 | The major constraints which tenure conditions impose upon conservation programmes that discourage private initiatives to invest in conservation practices are short leases which tempt the tenant to remove as much plant material and nutrients as possible from the soil within the period of tenancy ; insecurity of tenants in longer leases ; uncertainty of compensation to tenants by landlords for conservation works at the end of the lease ; and a lack of an accepted means by which landlord and tenant can share these outlays in the first place ( Barlowe 1958 ) . |
| 30 | How did you find out about these firms in the first place ? |