Example sentences of "could [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence there is a problem of how cooperation could evolve in the first place , although it would be stable once it had evolved . |
| 2 | The difficulty , of course , lies in imagining how such a complex behavioural syndrome , which is stable only when complete , could arise in the first place . |
| 3 | Despite the difficulty of imagining how a behaviour involving the three components outlined in the last paragraph could arise in the first place , I think it is quite possible that the explanation of stable age queues in animals may be of this kind . |
| 4 | It was held that the plaintiffs could succeed against the first defendants in contract , but in third party proceedings the first defendant 's action against the second defendants ( the manufacturers of the pails ) failed as the pails were merchantable under s14(2) . |
| 5 | Reform has already begun : this weekend voters could choose for the first time a single named candidate for the lower house , instead of numbers on a party list . |
| 6 | Wait , I 've got an instant who 's taking part in the conversations and you could type in the first names of those people and then again you 'll get back some why the use of the first name . |
| 7 | Time was when the South West would be filled with Gloucester boys … only two Paul Holford and Dave Sims made it on Saturday and there was nothing they could do in the first half to stop the north from taking control … a try from Jim Mallinder gave them a 13-6 lead at half-time … |
| 8 | And they could see for the first time the lights of settlements off in the dark distance of the Vale . |
| 9 | The implications of these findings are doubly serious because it is equally likely that the spindle-disrupting action of alcohol could occur during the first meiotic division . |
| 10 | The £650,000 signing from Leeds could step into the first team if midfielder Steve Hodge fails to recover from the hamstring injury he suffered while training with England last weekend . |
| 11 | ‘ This time last year we had question marks against some players — whether they could play in the First Division . |
| 12 | I am anxious that you should start work on this project as soon as possible , so that there are no last-minute delays , I should therefore be grateful if you could start on the first batch of frames , of which I give details below : |
| 13 | Whilst some might quibble with the second part of that statement , who could argue with the first ? |