Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ‘ wholly appropriate ’ that information in these circumstances should in the first instance be given in the absence of the public . |
| 2 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 3 | Since citizens of all colours will for the first time be allowed to vote together , it will produce a legislature dominated by blacks . |
| 4 | Andorrans would for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary . |
| 5 | Andorrans will for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary . |
| 6 | Liabilities must in the first instance be met from the partnership property . |