Example sentences of "by the [noun] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the DEA had used it to provide a cover identity for somebody in Egypt , it could hardly admit that in open court or explain how it had come by the certificate in the first place . |
| 2 | Contradictions in the novel justify contradictions sustained by the reading , despite having been produced by the reading in the first place . |
| 3 | The French continued to feel excluded from the topmost " allied " table of defence planning , and understandably feared that their territory was regarded as expendable by the Anglo-Saxons in the first phase of a war . |
| 4 | Around 242 homes were sold by the company in the first half of this year . |
| 5 | The evil ‘ Mother ’ is now transferred to the opposite side and is the Mother of all the Aliens , hinted at by the eggs in the first film . |
| 6 | Dr Runcie repeated his offer of a limited primacy , involving the limited powers exercised by the popes in the first few centuries of the Christian Church . |
| 7 | It was that a newly-elected government should consider the facts that every day , the NSPCC 's professionals are working with an average of nearly 2,000 cases , involving some 4,300 children ; that around 120,000 calls were handled by the society in the first year of their new , free 24-hour national child protection line ; and that more children than ever before are getting in touch with the NSPCC . |
| 8 | Since criminal investigations are conducted by the police in the first instance , the police file tends to shape the case in all its subsequent stages . |
| 9 | Colin Kerr … predicts that in the second half of this century culture will hold the key role in the development of the economy , a role played by the automobile in the first half ( of this century ) . |
| 10 | Only around Rbs18,500 million out of a required Rbs54,000 million had been contributed by the republics in the first quarter of the year [ for passage in January of 1991 union budget see p. 37970 ] . |
| 11 | Before we turn to the examination of the extent to which it is true to say of Parliament that it is supreme , it would be as well to make clear what we mean by the statement in the first place . |