Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [prep] the first instance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Data Protection Act you are entitled , subject to certain limitations , to know what data about yourself is held on computer and , if you wish to exercise this right , you should in the first instance approach the Personnel Department . |
| 2 | Study of the examples will show that in order to simulate the behaviour of a system one must in the first instance understand it . |
| 3 | Hence not all directions for a given link are permissible although we shall in the first instance assume that they are , that is , that a chain can pass through itself . |
| 4 | As a result of Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985 , if the Directors wish to allot the unissued shares for cash ( other than pursuant to an employee share scheme ) , they must in the first instance offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings . |
| 5 | What may in the first instance be attributed to physical causes and treated by an herbalist may , if it persists or grows more severe , be redefined as caused by mystical forces requiring treatment by a diviner ( see Horton 1970 : 142 ) . |