Example sentences of "exist [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those ‘ events ’ of primitive evolution which did not qualify as ‘ good ’ should not be termed ‘ bad ’ , but simply ‘ not good ’ , because ‘ bad ’ implies the existence of ‘ evil ’ , and this did not exist during the first two of the three periods into which this book assumes universal existence to be divided . |
| 2 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 3 | For example , supposing you erm , this , this , this was used principally in child analysis , which did n't exist before the First World War , it was developed afterwards . |
| 4 | But did an agreement exist in the first place ? |
| 5 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 6 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |