Example sentences of "[adv] in the first [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ) . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Jenkins ' kicking , especially in the first half , gave little encouragement to his forwards . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Investment in mainland China continued to grow , with US$540,000,000 flowing to Fujian province alone in the first quarter of 1990 . |
12 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
13 | I planned to do it alone in the first place . ’ |
14 | I thought I might go ; perhaps in the first week of the holiday . ’ |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | So in the first case they 've given him , the first place they 've given him six six six five allowances but then they pull back the total of those three . |
18 | So in the first instance a sharp rise in oil prices necessitates an increased demand for dollars , but whether this is maintained depends very much on the decisions of OPEC countries . |
19 | 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 ? |
20 | Why had n't he said so in the first place ? |
21 | They have done so in the first place because of the advantage of high space utilization on limited ground area ; an important asset to companies trying to make the best use of a high value industrial site with no room for extension . |
22 | Where are the projects that might stop them from doing so in the first place ? |
23 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
24 | ‘ I wonder if these councillors realise that anglers are among the people who vote them in in the first place , and who they are supposed to serve ? , ’ he asked . |
25 | ‘ We should have turned Jack Stone in in the first place and let the Met boys worry about protecting the family . ’ |
26 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ the Archdeacon went on , ‘ is why Dersingham put Marr in in the first place . ’ |
27 | Now Mill realizes that the objection to this is the last problem coercion , that if people 's votes are known , then some people might be able to put pressure on others to vote one way rather than another and as I said why the secret ballot was brought in in the first place . |
28 | No , it 's the ones who bring them in , who brought them in in the first place — ’ |
29 | To think about this , we now have to relax one of the restrictions that I built into the computer game : we shall end by seeing why I built that restriction in in the first place . |
30 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |