Example sentences of "lost in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zina Garrison , the beaten Wimbledon finalist last summer , lost in the first round , but not much of consequence occurred until Sanchez-Vicario toppled Mary Joe Fernandez in the quarter finals — and then came the heavy matches . |
| 2 | Normally half of this ‘ extra ’ height is lost in the first hour after waking but , if exercise is taken on waking , then the loss of height is more rapid . |
| 3 | Weight is very quickly lost in the first week or so of most diets , but slows down somewhat after that . |
| 4 | Mr George Kynock reclaimed the seat most Conservatives felt should never have been lost in the first place . |
| 5 | Having lost in the first round to Sarah Lochrie , 7–5 , 6–4 , she then fought her way back into the tournament to beat Jasmine Choudhury 7–5 , 6–3 in the semis and Felicia D'Amelio 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–4 in the final to take her first national title . |
| 6 | It 's as if I 've wasted my life searching for something that was never lost in the first place . |
| 7 | The Secretary of State must be aware that 125,000 jobs were lost in the first 10 weeks of 1992 . |
| 8 | At supervisory/management level , the industry still lacks trained personnel ; it is important that the hotel and catering courses attract their fair share of the extra young people who will be gaining qualifications , that the programmes of study meet industry needs and that once these qualified people come into the industry they stay and are not lost in the first two or three years . |
| 9 | It may also , of course , be the reason why the action is lost in the first place , because evidence for the truth of the statement is unavailable from the person who originally made it . |
| 10 | Lendl 's 6–2 7–6 second-round defeat to Black , after a first round bye , was the latest blow to the 33-year-old 's faltering career , having lost in the first rounds of the French and Australian Opens already this year . |