Example sentences of "with the [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , their ability to tangle with the issue in the first place , and their success in doing so , will give them confidence to face those struggles when they arise again . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ They came to us with the scheme in the first place . |
| 3 | Experts have exploded the old wives ' myth that , if he decided to play away , there must have been something wrong with the relationship in the first place . |
| 4 | It took Daphne several attempts to explain what ‘ riding to hounds ’ actually meant , though she had to admit that even Eliza Doolittle would have been hard pushed to understand fully why they bothered with the exercise in the first place . |
| 5 | Making contact with the families in the first instance was the most difficult problem . |
| 6 | However , he had to have a close feeling of empathy with the horse in the first place to be able to transmit the mental idea . |
| 7 | With the wind in the first half , ’ Mere applied great pressure which was rewarded with an excellent try by Bannatyne who ran straight through the Mariners defence . |
| 8 | In saying this , however , Blackie ignored the evidence of his colleagues in Scotland who unequivocally denied any protection , adding , ‘ If we have a criticism of a teacher or if we feel that a teacher is weak in some respects … the matter would be discussed very frankly with the teacher in the first place ’ . |
| 9 | Neville Southall , whose saves had prevented Forest running away with the game in the first half , gathered the ball and started to think about clearing it but in the view of the referee , George Tyson , he had thought too long . |
| 10 | Do you think the danger in positive discrimination is that er it 's implying that women ca n't compete on equal terms with the men in the first place ? |
| 11 | Its owner is upset by what 's happened , but feels Mark should n't have been playing with the dog in the first place . |