Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , of course , the payment of dividend itself re-instates the 40% tax rate and defeats the tax motive for incorporating in the first place . |
| 2 | Finally , with ‘ Do n't walk on the wet edge , you 'll get a verruca ’ ringing in my ears , and ‘ Make sure your hair is BONE dry before you go out into the cold ’ ringing in my brain , we would lay siege to the fish-and-chip shop which was my main reason for going in the first place . |
| 3 | Perhaps the rationalisation the person devises for coping with the first loss is shattered by the second loss . |
| 4 | Blackwell Retail , which used to produce its own catalogue , broke with tradition this year and took Books for Giving for the first time . |
| 5 | It remained in Australia until 1986 , when it was sent to her niece , Mrs Rita Coxall of Bishop 's Castle , for showing at the first Bishop 's Castle Railway Exhibition held at the High School on 18 April 1986 . |
| 6 | The instruments that would be needed for communicating echo pictures are no more sophisticated than the instruments that both bats and dolphins already have for echolocating in the first place . |
| 7 | Political considerations may have made them less inclined to return to China , but it was generally not a major reason for leaving in the first place . |
| 8 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | There was never any mention of further plans for parachuting after the first operational disaster , and the correspondents agree that he was away in the desert . |
| 10 | Having set up the functioning New Business teams and created the essential facilities for servicing in the first few months , much further development was still needed to create procedures to service business once on the books . |