Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] in the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then none of this rot about wars and boundaries would have come up in the first place . ’ |
| 2 | We 're quite good at rearing them these days but even so their chances are hugely reduced by being picked up in the first place |
| 3 | Unfortunately , whether the contract drawn up in the first place has been a correct one or not , I 'm not sure . |
| 4 | He would n't have got out in the first place if he had n't been , and when he calls up he sounds sharp . |
| 5 | Now Mill realizes that the objection to this is the last problem coercion , that if people 's votes are known , then some people might be able to put pressure on others to vote one way rather than another and as I said why the secret ballot was brought in in the first place . |
| 6 | When political conflicts rage , it is far harder to take on the awkward task of asking why this particular standard was set up in the first place . |
| 7 | But the basic , but the basic problem is the way it was set up in the first place , |
| 8 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 9 | ZERO SITS ON A swivel office chair and clicks on his Quadra 900 Macintosh PC with 240 megabytes of memory and a keyboard which he has remodelled to conform to his own idea of how a keyboard ‘ should have been laid out in the first place ’ . |
| 10 | but er the essential work contract then that I had spoken about in the first place the building trade , that was a government order . |
| 11 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 12 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 13 | They should never have been taken on in the first place , any bet , that our , our problem should never have been taken on in the first place . |
| 14 | A gene ca n't affect the wiring up of a brain unless there is a brain being wired up in the first place . |
| 15 | There wo n't be a brain being wired up in the first place , unless there is a complete developing embryo . |