Example sentences of "[adv] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | His financial transactions during the start-up period are listed below in the first column and are identified by capital letters . |
| 2 | Divinity degrees require some study in each of the departments listed below in the first two years of the course . |
| 3 | In addition , the two-tier pricing system allowed US domestic industry to purchase oil well below world market prices ( some 40 per cent below in the first half of 1979 ) . |
| 4 | That does n't affect the fact that they contain some wonderfully joyous music , especially in the First , the one on this CD . |
| 5 | ‘ I often feel that forwards waste too much time in scrummaging especially in the first six scrums of a game ’ , says Derek Bevan . |
| 6 | As with any new aquarium or pond the water quality must be monitored especially in the first 6–8 weeks . |
| 7 | According to s.6 , as amended by the FSA 1986 , the practice of price stabilisation ( ie. trading activities geared towards stabilising share prices , especially in the first few months of an issue ) , if done in conformity with the rules made under s.48 of the FSA 1986 , can take place despite the fact that such activities would ordinarily be in breach of the insider dealing prohibitions . |
| 8 | Consequently decreased mortality among all ages ( but especially in the first year of life ) , together with a long-term reduction in fertility , have combined to produce an ageing population structure . |
| 9 | The next two chapters use case studies to expand the framework that they provide for an appreciation of the variety among places , without explicit recognition of the interactions with the physical and built environments ( although both are implicit , especially in the first ) . |
| 10 | The coalmining industry has been a major symbol of the differences between the two main political parties of post-war Great Britain : the Labour party , with its firm commitment — especially in the first decades of the period — to public ownership of the ‘ commanding heights of the economy ’ , and the Conservative party and its much greater ( and increasing from the mid-1970s on ) commitment to free market operations with minimal state interference , let alone ownership . |
| 11 | The South Atlantic region ( Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , West Virginia , North and South Carolina , Georgia and Florida , plus the District of Columbia ) performed much better than the national average , especially in the first two decades when growth rates were half as large again as those for the United States as a whole . |
| 12 | This met with some opposition , for there were those who regarded music with suspicion because of its ‘ human ’ origins and its consequent unworthiness for the offering of pure worship , Nevertheless , hymns grew in favour in succeeding years and especially in the first part of the eighteenth century . |
| 13 | I 've been staying at her place for some weeks now , in order to help her maintain the tight control on her blood sugar that 's so vital , especially in the first three months , but that 's becoming impractical . |
| 14 | The Treaty also permitted " declared site inspections " ( i.e. of sites where treaty-limited weapons were declared to be held ) , and some " challenge inspections " , especially in the first 120 days , although inspections would continue after that period . |
| 15 | Bridget Hill has remarked that what constituted marriage among the eighteenth-century lower orders was " anything but clearly defined " , especially in the first half of the century before the passing of Hardwicke 's Marriage Act . |
| 16 | Matches between these two sides are traditionally ‘ needle ’ affairs and in this respect today 's game did n't disappoint , especially in the first half . |
| 17 | Hankin , who celebrated his first win as a Football League manager , said that he was unhappy with his team 's passing , especially in the first half , but he was delighted with their commitment . |
| 18 | Jenkins ' kicking , especially in the first half , gave little encouragement to his forwards . |
| 19 | Yes welcome to Talking Sport , good evening , tonight 's headlines ; a disappointing result at the Manor as Oxford United outplay Charlton , especially in the first half , but concede a goal late on to finish as a one all draw , and they drop to eighteenth in the table . |
| 20 | But perhaps the most punishing — and undeserved — losses had been suffered by von Zwehl 's VII Reserve Corps , which had done so brilliantly in the first days of the battle . |
| 21 | Patrick explained it should be stiff enough in the first place in order to stay up , achieved with the help of a product like the one he 'd just used . |
| 22 | This explains very clearly why Matilda is far and away the most popular children 's book I have written and was bought by over half a million children in Britain alone in the first six months . |
| 23 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 24 | Investment in mainland China continued to grow , with US$540,000,000 flowing to Fujian province alone in the first quarter of 1990 . |
| 25 | I planned to do it alone in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | I thought I might go ; perhaps in the first week of the holiday . ’ |
| 27 | He succeeded in doing so , but confided afterwards that no single examiner thought me worthy of a first , but when the marks were added up , mine were within a few marks of those who were obviously in the first class , and so my name was added to the list of three others . |
| 28 | Both scored highly in the first round but the French had done so well in the next round with three landing on the line , that only the RAF stood a chance of catching them . |
| 29 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 30 | But if more deaths among the female goats resulted from the aberrant male breeding behaviour in this population , what caused them to behave so in the first place ? |