Example sentences of "them [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps a better title might be how to prevent things going wrong , on the argument you know that prevention is better than cure and rather than trying to put problems right which have already happened , it might be better to try to prevent them happening in the first place . |
2 | This non-drying adhesive stays very sticky for months and can be squeezed out onto a strip of tape around benches , staging , individual pots , or even across doorways to prevent them walking in the first place . |
3 | Two of them came in the first half as Bolton tore Watford to shreds . |
4 | It reached a point where a number of people 's art collections began to be more valuable than the businesses that had allowed them to buy in the first place . ’ |
5 | In Britain from the 1820s all attachés had to have a letter of appointment signed by the secretary of state ; and from 1815 a number of them began for the first time to be paid . |
6 | The notice to the creditors must state a time and date , not more than four days before the meeting , by when the creditors must lodge their proofs of debt ( Form 6.37 in Sched 4 to the rules , see App C , form 34 ) and , if applicable , proxies , in order to entitle them to vote at the first meeting ( r 6.79(4) ) . |
7 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded . |
8 | It is providing an early dealing service to society members , allowing them to deal on the first day the shares are traded on the stock market . |
9 | With this in mind , she had taken Charles with her when she went to see them perform for the first time . |
10 | ‘ If we can keep them contained for the first half then we 've got a chance of pinching a couple of goals . ’ |
11 | I imagine that the brunt of this will be borne by younger voters , many of them voting for the first time , who possibly do not realise that in addition to voting they must also pay poll tax . |
12 | He did n't want them jailed in the first place . |
13 | So it still was n't gon na meet the actual need that prompted them to occur in the first place . |
14 | At least that is one message 1500 of them gape at the first ever BAYSDAY , held earlier this month at various institutions in London 's museum heartland . |