Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [to-vb] the first " in BNC.

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1 Babies are conceived for a variety of reasons apart from basic urges — some over a wayward partner who shows signs of straying from the fold ; in competition with a sister who has recently conceived or in determination to produce the first grandchild .
2 So early oxygen levels would have been periodically depressed , in order to allow the first photosynthesizers to carry on evolving .
3 The trip to Milan was made in order to write the first opera , Lucio Silla , for the 1772–1773 carnival season there .
4 Mozart 's father and sister travelled to Munich early in 1781 in order to hear the first performance of the opera on 29 January .
5 In order to solve the first of these differences the two kings signed the Treaty of Andelot in 587 , but Guntram remained suspicious of his nephew .
6 A knot is required in order to make the first fastening .
7 In order to achieve the First Five-Year Plan , figures worked out at that moment estimated that the manpower necessary for attaining the production goals at 4.1 million workers and employees ( i.e. an increase of 1 million or 33% ) .
8 In order to achieve the first objective the drafter will seek to define his/her client 's obligations , restrict the circumstances in which the client will be in breach of contract , and restrict , limit or even exclude liabilities which would otherwise otherwise .
9 There are no simple right or wrong answers to our questions , but in order to meet the first objective ( to teach problem definition skills ) , we must adopt a particular stance or ‘ model of practice ’ which enables precise analysis of situations .
10 We arrived just in time to see the first members of the brass band — a trombone and a tuba — come round the corner of the lane .
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