Example sentences of "in [noun sg] the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final area in my list of mathematics education IT uses is control , in essence the first step to robotics . |
| 2 | In amphibia the first sign of neurulation is the flattening of the upper surface of the embryo into a broad plate bounded by two ridges or folds . |
| 3 | ( b ) The battle in practice The first contact between contracting parties will normally be the sending out of a price list or catalogue , or perhaps a potential buyer 's request for an estimate or tender . |
| 4 | In theory the first step in the procedure is a formal application for payment of arrears by either the landlord or someone acting as an agent . |
| 5 | ‘ It is in fact the first flowering of fiscal revolt against the high taxes of the 1990s . |
| 6 | In fact the first evidence for such oracles comes from the Peripatetic philosopher and historian Antisthenes of Rhodes , the contemporary of Polybius . |
| 7 | The shoddy tower-blocks and monotonous housing estates into which the ex-peasants were already being herded twenty-five years ago were in fact the first stage of systematically transforming life in the country . |
| 8 | It was titled ‘ Umbrella ’ and the song ‘ And Hiding Away ’ , to which Allan referred in his letter , is in fact the first track on the album . |
| 9 | It was in fact the first time in his life that he had looked at any woman . |