Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] in the first " in BNC.

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1 The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures .
2 It 's important not to lose your security of tenure in council accommodation — which is so hard to come by in the first place — by making yourself " voluntarily homeless ' .
3 If he managed to win through in the first round , there is now a second round of contests to be staged , followed by the final round later in the year .
4 This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place .
5 He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament .
6 He was the seventh seed in the men 's championship to go out in the first two rounds , a record for early exits at the tournament .
7 On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place .
8 To try and reduce the potential for stress to build up in the first place .
9 It was also based on the even worse assumption that the actual level of income support in April 1990 was sufficient for people to live on in the first place .
10 for learning to gallop on in the first size
11 They have contributed only 39% of what the central government requires them to hand over in the first three months of the year .
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