Example sentences of "with [noun pl] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't agree with play-offs in the first place . |
| 2 | He blamed the fall of the city on the impiety and general degeneracy of the people , who had been so foolish as to ally themselves with Christians in the first place . |
| 3 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 4 | I would quibble with details in the first movement , but the savage second movement is unsurpassed in its combined ferocity and thrust , the third moves from creeping malevolence to a spinetingling summoning-up of ghosts , and the finale rushes lemming-like to its conclusion , making a nonsense of the average insert-note description . |
| 5 | The national curriculum began to be taught in the autumn of 1989 , with pupils in the first year of Key Stage 1 introduced to the programmes of study and attainment targets of the three core subjects of mathematics , English and science . |